Dr Tom Oxley: Ledger

Stories naming Dr Tom Oxley. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Role	Organisation	Sources
CEO · Founder	Synchron	Startup Daily (9 Nov 2025), Startup Daily (7 Nov 2025), SmartCompany, Forbes Australia, Startup Daily (14 Mar 2023), Startup Daily (16 Dec 2022)

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Eight Aussie startups that raised $108.6 million this week

Roundup of eight funding deals: Synchron's Series D, plus raises by Lumonus AI, Hullbot, Nbryo, Cytophenix, Giftbee, Understanding Zoe and Zeligate, spanning medtech, robotics, agtech and AI.

SmartCompany 7 Nov 2025 Cytophenix Giftbee Hullbot Lumonus Nbryo Synchron Understanding Zoe Zeligate AgriZero Centre for Entrepreneurial Research and Innovation (CERI)Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research KPMG Neuralink Royal Melbourne Hospital Startmate University of Melbourne University of Western Australia UNSW Founders Antler Australia Aviron Investment Management Bandera Capital Brisbane Angels Climate Tech Partners DNX Ventures Folklore Ventures Gates Foundation Katapult Ocean Mandalay Venture Partners Meat & Livestock Australia NewSouth Innovations NRF Corporation Oncology Ventures Queensland Investment Corporation Regeneration VC Rypples Tenacious Ventures Trinity Ventures Verge HealthTech Fund Euan Murdoch Dr Christine Carson Denver Naidoo Elon Musk James Telders Johan Erchoff Karl Watfern Dr Kieran Mulroney Laetitia Andrac Mark Singer Professor Nicholas Opie Dr Rahul Sharma Sherief Khorshid Teagan Paton Tim Inglis Tom Loefler Dr Tom Oxley

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'Alexa, hook up my brain': Synchron hits major 'medical milestone'

Australian neurotech firm Synchron reported year-long trial results showing its brain implant was safe in six US patients, including one who used Amazon's Alexa by thought alone, keeping it ahead of Musk's Neuralink.

Forbes Australia 1 Oct 2024 Amazon Apple Khosla Ventures Microsoft Neuralink Synchron University at Buffalo Bill Gates Dr Elad Levy Elon Musk Professor Nick Opie Dr Tom Oxley Vinod Khosla

Funding announcement

From brain implants to super-intelligent humans: will we become homo ex machina?

Analysis of the technological singularity concept, covering brain-computer interface work by Neuralink and Synchron, expert predictions about artificial general intelligence, and worries over unregulated AI. Republished from The Conversation.

Startup Daily 14 Mar 2023 DARPA Google Neuralink OpenAI Synchron US Department of Defense Elon Musk Dr Tom Oxley

Dr Tom Oxley

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Eight Aussie startups that raised $108.6 million this week

'Alexa, hook up my brain': Synchron hits major 'medical milestone'

From brain implants to super-intelligent humans: will we become homo ex machina?