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Vow Food, an Australian start-up developing cell-cultured meat, has secured US$6m in a seed funding round. It was led by Square Peg Capital, a venture-capital fund focused on Australia, Israel and south-east Asia, along with existing investor Blackbird Ventures, another fund servicing Australia and New Zealand.  Founded by entrepreneurs Tim Noakesmith and George Peppou, Sydney-based Vow Food also received AUD25,000 (then US$16,891) in 2019 in the form of a grant from the New South Wales gover...

Cell-based meat startup Vow raises $7.7 million from big-name investors Neil Perry [left] with Vow co-founders Tim Noakesmith and George Peppou. Source: supplied. Sydney-based startup Vow has secured US$6 million ($7.7 million) in new funding as it continues to grow its suite of cell-based, cultured meat products at a time when interest in the alternative meat sector is blooming.  The oversubscribed seed funding round was led by Square Peg Capital and included participation from existing inves...