Corporate / CVC · 3 deals
Participated in Living Carbon's Series A
Every published round Toyota Ventures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vow | Series A | 15 Nov 2022 | $73m | Participant | Women's Agenda, Forbes Australia, Startup Daily (5 Sep 2025), SmartCompany (20 Aug 2025), Startup Daily (18 Jun 2025), Startup Daily (14 Jan 2025), Startup Daily (29 Nov 2024), SmartCompany (8 Apr 2024), Startup Daily (6 Apr 2024), SmartCompany (18 Oct 2023), Startup Daily (28 Sep 2023), SmartCompany (30 Mar 2023), SmartCompany (14 Dec 2022), Techboard, SmartCompany (18 Nov 2022), @AuManufacturing, Startup Daily (15 Nov 2022), SmartCompany (15 Nov 2022), Square Peg Capital portfolio | |
| Vow | Series A | 14 Nov 2022 | $49.2m | Participant | AgFunderNews (12 Dec 2023), AgFunderNews (10 May 2023), TechCrunch Venture (28 Mar 2023), AgFunderNews (17 Nov 2022), TechCrunch Australia, TechCrunch Venture (14 Nov 2022), TechCrunch Venture (14 Nov 2022), AgFunderNews (14 Nov 2022) | |
| Living Carbon | Series A | Oct 2023 | US$21m (A$32.5m) | Participant | TechCrunch Australia, Crunchbase News |
Companies Toyota Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living Carbon | Creates photosynthesis-enhanced trees to capture carbon | Oct 2023, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| Vow | Cultivated meat company | 14 Nov 2022, Series A | 2 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Toyota Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Toyota Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Toyota Ventures did.
Stories naming Toyota Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Feature on Australia's fast-growing climate tech sector, recounting raises at companies including Neara, Loam Bio, Goterra and Great Wrap, and warning that scarce growth capital and limited foreign investment could stall the industry.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup: Paine Schwartz closes its $1.7bn food-and-ag fund; several seed and Series A rounds; Tangelo acquires Diet ID; Infarm declared bankrupt; layoffs and partnerships across the sector.
Melbourne energy storage firm Relectrify won IEC certifications for its ReVolve product, with endorsements from Nissan Casting and Counties Energy; the article recalls a growth round led by Toyota Ventures.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering funding rounds for Pure Salmon, FreshToHome, SwarmFarm and others, acquisitions of Delphi and Soylent, layoffs at Impossible Foods and GreenLabs, and plant-based labeling news.
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.
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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