# VOW funding: rounds and investors

> VOW has raised $49M across 2 rounds since 2022. Investors include Techstars, Alumni Ventures and Everywhere Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/vow (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *VOW*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$49M** raised across 2 rounds since 2022, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Aug 2025
- **Biggest round:** $49M Series A · Nov 2022
- **Investors:** 7

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2023 2024 2025

**$49M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $49M
- **Biggest round:** $49M
- **Between rounds:** 2.8 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Everywhere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures) Source recorded
- **Nov 2022** Series A **$49M** *4 new* [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) [Pavilion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pavilion-capital) [Aramco Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aramco-ventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From VOW's own website: 1 founder, 28 on the team.

**George Peppou** Founder & Executive Director

- **Alex Andrews** CEO
- **Andrew Janis** Chief Legal Officer
- **Joe Turner** Chief Financial Officer
- **Noah Klein** Chief Commercial Officer
- **Andrew Gia** Lab & Facility Operations Manager
- **Audrey Elwin** Product Development Associate
- **Brett Barrett** Sales Lead – Australia
- **Cam James** Research Associate - Cell & Process Development
- **Cillian Donohoe** Manufacturing Manager
- **Claudia Brown** New Product Introduction Manager
- **Glen Hughes** Manufacturing Associate
- **Joshy Rohan-Gould** Senior Software Engineer
- **Kavita Chinoy** Quality Manager
- **Kealan Kenny** Manufacturing Associate
- **Kirsten Schnitzler** Innovation Manager
- **Laura Linehan** Process Development Associate
- **Louis Matsumoto-Prouten** Supply Chain Associate
- **Maria Bradis** Quality Assurance Associate

And 10 more on the team.

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2022 **Venture** 2025 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Everywhere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) [Pavilion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pavilion-capital) [Aramco Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aramco-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round

[Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Everywhere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) VC firm **1** round

[Toyota Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Pavilion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pavilion-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Aramco Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aramco-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=vow).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list VOW as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[4PM Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/4pm-ventures) Venture studio Per its own site

[DTN Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dtn-ventures-llc) VC firm Per its own site

[How Women Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/how-women-invest) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about VOW

### Who invested in VOW?

VOW's investors include Techstars, Alumni Ventures, Everywhere Ventures, Blackbird Ventures and Toyota Ventures, and 2 more on record.

### How much has VOW raised?

VOW has raised $49M across 2 rounds since 2022. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did VOW last raise?

VOW's most recent round was a Venture in Aug 2025.

### What was VOW's biggest round?

VOW's largest round on record is $49M (Series A), in Nov 2022.

### Who backed VOW first?

VOW's first round on record, in Nov 2022, was backed by Blackbird Ventures, Toyota Ventures and Pavilion Capital and 1 others.

### What stage is VOW at?

VOW's latest named round is a Venture, in Aug 2025.

### Where is VOW based?

VOW is based in the United States.

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