Ledger. Australian venture funding, tracked

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Shoes of Prey

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Stories naming Shoes of Prey. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

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Blackbird nails 2nd $1 billion fund

Blackbird has locked in a second billion-dollar fund — its sixth, slightly bigger than the last — bringing in new institutional backers, and the article recalls portfolio wins, writedowns and failures.

Also Business News Australia

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Seven Aussie startups that raised $155.5 million this week

Weekly roundup covering seven Australian companies' fresh capital: EV charging, satellite IoT, sovereign cloud, wearables, workplace messaging, plus two crowdfunding raises on Birchal.

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

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Plant-based meats venture ProForm Foods in voluntary administration

KPMG administrators took control of ProForm Foods, the company behind the Meet brand, and the piece recalls earlier raises at v2food and All G Foods as the plant-based sector cools.

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v2food, one of the biggest local names in fake meat, has changed strategy after its founder departed

Plant-based meat maker v2food changed course and is shutting its Wodonga factory after founder-CEO Nick Hazell's departure, with Tim York now chief executive; the story recalls its two Series B raises.

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Osher Günsberg & ethicist Peter Singer back mushroom 'meat' startup Fable Food Co in $12.3 million Series A

Queensland mushroom-based meat alternative maker Fable Food Co raised a Series A led by K3 Ventures, with celebrity and existing investors, to fund product development and expansion into North America, the UK and Singapore.

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Fake meat startup All G scores bigger Woolies backing

Woolworths' corporate venture arm W23 has added an undisclosed multi-million-dollar investment to its backing of Sydney alt-protein maker All G Foods, which had earlier raised a $16 million seed round in late 2021.

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