Startup · $130.4m raised · Agriculture and food
Cultured meat and novel food products grown from animal cells
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Vow raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Toyota Ventures | Series A · Series A | - |
| Tenacious Ventures | Series A · Series A · Seed | - |
| Square Peg Capital | Series A · Series A · Seed | - |
| Prosperity 7 Ventures | Series A · Series A | - |
| PeakBridge | Series A · Series A | - |
| Pavilion Capital | Series A · Series A | - |
| NSW Treasury | Grant | - |
| NSW Government | Grant | - |
| NGS Super | Series A · Series A | - |
| NGS | Series A | - |
| Hostplus | Series A · Series A | - |
| Grok Ventures | Series A · Series A · Seed | - |
| Grok Capital | Seed | - |
| Grok | Seed | - |
| Cavallo Ventures | Series A · Series A | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Series A · Series A · Seed | - |
Companies Vow acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Vow. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
AgFunderNews roundup of agtech and foodtech developments: several funding rounds, four acquisitions including Danone buying Made in Protein, a leadership change at Vow, a grant, and other industry items.
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.
Eight cultivated-meat startups enter a UK regulator's sandbox for tailored guidance; executives from Mosa Meat, Hoxton Farms and BlueNalu discuss approval timelines, resourcing and international alignment.
An academic review concludes cultured meat's environmental and nutrition promises are unproven, citing energy intensity and scaling costs; Australia's food regulator is tipped to clear Vow Group's quail-cell product by July.
AI cybersecurity startup Harmony Intelligence has raised a US$3 million seed round with Airtree Ventures leading and strategic backers including First Row Partners, to grow its team across Australia and the US.
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Weekly agrifoodtech digest: Colossal Biosciences' mammoth-de-extinction raise, Formo's venture debt, NatureMetrics' Series B, Chipotle's corporate bets, two agri fund closes, two acquisitions, and a cultivated-meat startup's layoffs.
Peak beef lobby Cattle Australia attacks regulator FSANZ's draft labelling rules for fake meat; Vow, the Sydney firm behind a novel-food application, is cutting over 30 percent of its workers.
Profile of La Foundary co-founder Anh Van, who grows mycelium from food waste to create sustainable packaging and art, ahead of future fundraising plans.
Blackbird's annual review letter recaps a year of investing: sums deployed across dozens of rounds, distributions to its investors, four new investment-team members introduced, and foundation and community program highlights.
Weekly roundup of four Australian startup raises: Kismet's $20m seed extension, Primary's $3.5m seed round, Willed's $3m from Seven West Media, and East Forged's $1.5m from a Vietnamese agribusiness's venture arm.
Sydney cash-management startup Primary has completed a $3.5m seed round backed by Carthona Capital and five other funds, with Carthona partner Damian Fox set to join its board.
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KPMG insolvency practitioners now run plant-based meat firm Proform Foods, which trades on during a sale process; the piece recalls Harvest Road's 2021 minority stake, reportedly near $5 million.
Alberts Impact Ventures profiles Harvest B, tracing how its blended plant-and-meat proteins cut cost, fat and emissions, and recalling its own backing of the food tech company.
PeakBridge has finished raising its second growth vehicle at $187m with Edmond de Rothschild as partner. Its founding GP discusses AI's role in food investing and names holdings such as Vow and Tastewise.
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.
Weekly agrifoodtech digest: Vegrow's Series C headlines several raises, alongside two acquisitions, a Swiggy board appointment, Chipotle's accelerator investment and cultivated meat developments.
Square Peg partners discuss climate tech investing at the firm's AGM: venture's role, regulation, energy cost tailwinds, and startups they flag such as Tomorrow.io, Vow, Neara and Amber; also recalls Occidental buying Carbon Engineering.
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LinkedIn's seventh annual ranking of Australia's top startups puts Immutable first and Harrison.ai second; the piece also notes me&u's recent merger with Mr Yum and the Tran brothers' three-year fundraising tally.
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Better Bite Ventures' First Bite program has made its first investments in four Asia-Pacific alternative-protein startups working on fermentation, plant-based ice cream and cultivated seafood, with applications open for the next intake.
Square Peg has promoted James Tynan, a 2020 hire who previously ran Startmate, to partner; the piece also lists startups he has backed for the firm, such as Vow, Neara, Partly and Blinq.
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.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding for Momofuku Goods, STEER, Cauldron, EV Biotech, Extracellular, Quisto, Local Bounti and Agreena, the shutdown of New Age Eats, and partnership and product news including Vow's mammoth meatball.
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Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech news: funding for Chromologics, BelliWelli, Hectare and others, acquisitions by Next Gen Foods and Pessl Instruments, product launches, and Australian cultivated meat firm Vow beginning its regulatory process.
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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.
Australian venture investors AirTree, Blackbird, Square Peg and OneVentures review their 2022 deployment and fund raises and predict capital efficiency, venture credit, consolidation and selective funding will shape 2023.
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SmartCompany profiles ten Australian startups to watch in 2023, recapping recent funding rounds, one acquisition, and pitch-event and awards results across insurtech, gaming, biotech, death tech and freight.
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Gold Coast bridging lender Funding.com.au relaunched its website after a national TV campaign, and recaps a year including a Series B raise, a new debt facility with MA Financial, and an awards nomination.
Techboard's monthly roundup reports November 2022 Australian private funding of roughly $678 million across 38 deals, listing closed raises by Vow, Samsara Eco, Advanced Navigation and others, Sprint Ventures' first fund close, and rounds still open.
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Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: funding for Muncher, Vow, Freight Farms and others, a grant to GreenPod Labs, Bayer buying Targenomix, Bunge and Advanta taking SEEDCORP|HO stakes, and Deliveroo and Voly shutting down.
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Manufacturing roundup: Vow, Ofload and Vaxev each raise new capital; Ofload buys CIA Logistics; Quickstep upgrades its outlook; Pawsey's Setonix earns green computing honours; Australia backs shipping and plastics pledges.
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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TechCrunch roundup: FTX fallout hits Nestcoin and SoftBank's stake, while Quix, Joepegs, Vow, Faraday Future and Butter raise, plus items on Twitter, VLC, DoorDash, Hulu, Google and Apple.
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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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Weekly roundup of agrifoodtech venture raises across food and agtech, plus JBS shutting its Planterra alt-protein division and Australian startup Optomni's seed round.
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.
Gold Coast bridging lender Funding.com.au reports record broker accreditations and loan book growth, and recalls completing its Series B raise earlier in 2022.
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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