Investor · 5 deals

NGS Super

Disclosed deals

Every published round NGS Super took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Gilmour Space	Series D+	20 Jan 2026	$217m	Participant	Hostplus Future Fund HEST Main Sequence Ventures Funds SA NGS Brighter Super Blackbird Ventures HESTA NRF Corporation QIC Ventures	Business News Australia, Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Tue 28 Apr 2026), SmartCompany (Fri 23 Jan 2026), Beaten Zone Venture Partners, australianmanufacturing.com.au, AFR Technology, SmartCompany (Tue 20 Jan 2026), Dealroom, Forbes Australia, Main Sequence Ventures portfolio
Eden Brew	Series A	4 Oct 2023	$24.4m	Participant	Breakthrough Victoria Main Sequence Ventures Victorian Government Radar Ventures Possible Ventures Digitalis Ventures Orkla Bernard Fanning Angus Stone Paul Piticco Dylan Alcott	Startup Daily (Mon 4 Nov 2024), Startup Daily (Thu 4 Jul 2024), Crunchbase News, AgFunderNews (Wed 3 Apr 2024), Startup Daily (Sat 23 Mar 2024), AgFunderNews (Thu 19 Oct 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 6 Oct 2023), @AuManufacturing, SmartCompany (Tue 3 Oct 2023), Main Sequence Ventures portfolio, Radar Ventures portfolio
Vow	Series A	15 Nov 2022	$73.5m	Participant	Prosperity 7 Ventures Hostplus NGS Toyota Ventures Grok Ventures Tenacious Ventures Blackbird Ventures Square Peg Capital Cavallo Ventures PeakBridge Pavilion Capital	Women's Agenda, Forbes Australia, Startup Daily (Fri 5 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (Wed 20 Aug 2025), Startup Daily (Wed 18 Jun 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 14 Jan 2025), Startup Daily (Fri 29 Nov 2024), SmartCompany (Mon 8 Apr 2024), Startup Daily (Sat 6 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (Wed 18 Oct 2023), Startup Daily (Thu 28 Sep 2023), SmartCompany (Thu 30 Mar 2023), Startup Daily (Tue 28 Mar 2023), SmartCompany (Wed 14 Dec 2022), Techboard, SmartCompany (Fri 18 Nov 2022), @AuManufacturing, Startup Daily (Tue 15 Nov 2022), SmartCompany (Tue 15 Nov 2022), Square Peg Capital portfolio, Tenacious Ventures portfolio
Vow	Series A	14 Nov 2022	$49.2m	Participant	PeakBridge Toyota Ventures Square Peg Capital Grok Ventures Cavallo Ventures Tenacious Ventures Hostplus Pavilion Capital Blackbird Ventures Prosperity 7 Ventures	AgFunderNews (Tue 12 Dec 2023), AgFunderNews (Wed 10 May 2023), TechCrunch Venture (Tue 28 Mar 2023), AgFunderNews (Thu 17 Nov 2022), TechCrunch Australia, TechCrunch Venture (Mon 14 Nov 2022), TechCrunch Venture (Mon 14 Nov 2022), AgFunderNews (Mon 14 Nov 2022)
Gilmour Space	Series C	30 Jun 2021	$75m	Participant	NRF Corporation Queensland Government QIC Ventures Fine Structure Ventures Hostplus Blackbird Ventures Main Sequence Ventures HESTA	Startup Daily (Wed 30 Jul 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 29 Jul 2025), Startup Daily (Fri 16 May 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 16 May 2025), Startup Daily (Mon 24 Feb 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 23 Feb 2024), Startup Daily (Mon 19 Feb 2024), SmartCompany (Mon 19 Feb 2024), @AuManufacturing (Fri 11 Aug 2023), Startup Daily (Tue 20 Sep 2022), @AuManufacturing (Tue 20 Jul 2021), Startup Daily (Mon 5 Jul 2021), SmartCompany (Fri 2 Jul 2021), SmartCompany (Thu 1 Jul 2021), SmartCompany (Wed 30 Jun 2021), Startup Daily (Wed 30 Jun 2021), TechCrunch Australia, @AuManufacturing (Wed 30 Jun 2021), Blackbird Ventures portfolio

Portfolio

Companies NGS Super has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds
Eden Brew		4 Oct 2023, Series A	1
Gilmour Space		30 Jun 2021, Series C	2
Vow	Cultured meat and novel food products grown from animal cells	14 Nov 2022, Series A	2

Funds

Funds NGS Super has money in

This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.

Fund	Manager	Sources
Fund 3	Main Sequence Ventures	SmartCompany, TechCrunch Venture

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies NGS Super has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal NGS Super did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of NGS Super is recorded as having been acquired.

Coverage

Stories naming NGS Super. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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.

AgFunderNews Mon 14 Nov 2022 Vow Blackbird Ventures Cavallo Ventures Grok Ventures Hostplus NGS Super Pavilion Capital PeakBridge Prosperity 7 Ventures Square Peg Capital Tenacious Ventures Toyota Ventures George Peppou

Also TechCrunch Venture·TechCrunch Venture·TechCrunch Venture·AgFunderNews·AgFunderNews·AgFunderNews·TechCrunch Venture

2 deals

As Gilmour Space secures $61 million, here are seven Aussie startups heading into orbit

SmartCompany surveys Australia's space tech sector as Gilmour Space lands a $61 million Series C, profiling players such as Fleet, Myriota and Space Machines and recalling Moonshot's incubator backing of eleven startups.

Also @AuManufacturing·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing

2 deals

A GIANT LEAP: Australian rocket startup Gilmour Space fires up with $61 million series C

Gold Coast rocket firm Gilmour Space raised a $61 million Series C led by Fine Structure Ventures, with Blackbird, Main Sequence and super funds taking part, ahead of a planned 2022 orbital launch.

Startup Daily Wed 30 Jun 2021 Gilmour Space CSIRO Fidelity Fleet Space Technologies Space Machines Company Blackbird Ventures Fine Structure Ventures HESTA Hostplus Main Sequence Ventures NGS Super Adam Gilmour Brett Rome David Elia James Gilmour Rick Baker

Also SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·TechCrunch Venture·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·@AuManufacturing

Something wrong? Tell us