Chief Commercial Officer · Founder, Vow

Tim Noakesmith

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
Chief Commercial Officer · Founder	Vow	AgFunderNews, Square Peg Capital portfolio (Mon 11 Jan 2021), SmartCompany (Fri 8 Jan 2021), Startup Daily (Thu 7 Jan 2021), Square Peg Capital portfolio (Thu 7 Jan 2021), Blackbird Ventures portfolio, SmartCompany (Fri 18 Dec 2020), SmartCompany (Wed 2 Sep 2020), SmartCompany (Mon 23 Sep 2019), Startup Daily (Fri 16 Aug 2019)
Design Lead (former)	Cochlear	Startup Daily (Wed 18 Jun 2025), Startup Daily (Tue 14 Jan 2025), Startup Daily (Thu 7 Jan 2021), Square Peg Capital portfolio, Startup Daily (Fri 16 Aug 2019)

Coverage

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

News

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.

Forbes Australia Fri 20 Jun 2025 Food Standards Australia New Zealand Kitchen by Mike Vow George Peppou Tim Noakesmith

News

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.

AgFunderNews Wed 3 Apr 2024 Aleph Farms Blackbird Ventures Food Standards Australia New Zealand GOOD Meat Mandala Club Prosperity 7 Ventures Upside Foods Vow Didier Toubia George Peppou Tim Noakesmith

Series A $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.

SmartCompany Tue 15 Nov 2022 Vow Blackbird Ventures Prosperity 7 Ventures George Peppou Samantha Wong Tim Noakesmith

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19 deals

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.

Funding announcement

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.

Square Peg Capital portfolio Mon 11 Jan 2021 FluroSat InvertiGro Square Peg Capital Vow George Peppou James Tynan Tim Noakesmith

Seed

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.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio Wed 6 Jan 2021 Vow Blackbird Ventures Square Peg Capital George Peppou Neil Perry Samantha Wong Tim Noakesmith

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8 deals

From AI sewer tech to lab-grown meat: SmartCompany's 10 startups to watch in 2021

A roundup profiling ten Australian startups expected to grow in 2021, reporting raises by VAPAR, HealthMatch, Ovira, Heaps Normal, Vop and Outland Denim, plus grants, accelerator alumni and founders' plans.

2 deals

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.

SmartCompany Wed 2 Sep 2020 Memphis Meats v2food Blackbird Ventures Rockpool Vow Bill Gates Sir Richard Branson Corey Costelloe George Peppou Neil Perry Tim Noakesmith

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.

SmartCompany Mon 23 Sep 2019 Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P)Qponics Sunfed Meats University of Queensland University of Technology Sydney Vow Dr Federico Davila George Peppou Tim Noakesmith

Grant $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.

Startup Daily Fri 16 Aug 2019 Vow Cicada Innovations Cochlear CSIRO Heuros Hungry Jacks Main Sequence Ventures NSW Government George Peppou Jack Cowin Tim Noakesmith

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