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Sydney startup’s lab-grown quail cleared for Aussie menus
The national food regulator has cleared Vow's lab-grown quail for local sale, letting the Sydney company's Forged parfait reach Australian diners in the coming weeks.
Co-founder and CEO, Vow
George Peppou
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Vow becomes third company to launch cultivated meat, but it isn’t starting with chicken nuggets…
Vow launches a quail-derived cultivated meat product through Singapore's upscale restaurants; its CEO explains the premium-first strategy, unit economics and its $56m backing, with Australian regulatory approval expected late 2024.
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Meet Square Peg's New Partner, James Tynan
Square Peg announces James Tynan as its newest partner, with reflections from Vow's CEO and Square Peg's investment team on his approach, plus his board roles at Partly and Neara and sector outlook.
Funding announcement
Australia's Vow is writing a new narrative for the cultivated meat industry
Sponsored profile of Sydney cultivated meat company Vow, covering its quail-based first product, recent Series A backing, manufacturing plans, and founder George Peppou's upcoming panel appearance at AgriFutures' evokeAG 2023 event.
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$73.4m
Cultured meat startup Vow raises $73 million and launches its first high-end culinary brand
Australian cultured meat company Vow has raised a Series A led by Blackbird and Prosperity7 Ventures, funding a second factory and the Singapore launch of Morsel, its fine-dining brand.
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Series A
$49.2m
Brief: Vow lands $49.2m ahead of its cultivated quail launch in Singapore restaurants
Cultivated meat maker Vow raised a Series A to fund product development, manufacturing expansion and hiring as it prepares to launch its quail product in Singapore restaurants.
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Vow unveils southern hemisphere’s ‘largest’ cultivated meat facility, plans Singapore launch
Vow has opened a large cultivated meat facility in Sydney and plans a Singapore product launch pending regulatory approval, with a bigger second facility under development.
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2021 wrapped: a record-breaking year for fundraising and growth
Square Peg Capital's year-in-review recaps its 2021 portfolio: raises it led or joined, SPAC listing decisions, Vend's acquisition, new investment-team hires, and its newsletter and podcast output.
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Founders Stories Podcast: Vow on defining a brand new category of food
Square Peg's podcast features Vow's co-founders discussing cultured meat and their Sydney company's origins, with principal James Tynan named as Vow's lead investor.
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Investment Notes: Vow
Blackbird announces it followed on in cultured meat startup Vow's Series Seed round, led by Square Peg, having earlier backed Vow's 2019 pre-seed round, and profiles the company's approach.
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Sydney startup Vow cooks up a storm with celeb chef Neil Perry, in a bid to take lab-grown meat mainstream
Cultured meat startup Vow teams with chef Neil Perry on a trial menu of lab-grown dishes. The Sydney company previously took pre-seed money from Blackbird and is preparing a seed round.
Funding announcement
“A drought-proof farm”: This algae farm is leading the charge in Australia’s plant-based protein revolution
Profile of Queensland algae farm Qponics, which won a government grant with partners to grow omega-3 algae and protein biomass, alongside coverage of lab-grown meat startup Vow and plant-based protein sustainability questions.
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$25k
The NSW government is backing a lab-grown kangaroo meat startup
NSW government grants $25,000 to Western Sydney cellular agriculture startup VOW, which grows meat from animal cells including kangaroo, co-founded by Tim Noakesmith and George Peppou.
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