Better Nature, the UK's leading tempeh brand, has secured £1.1 million in funding to accelerate growth of its high-protein, gut-friendly tempeh range on a global level.
The brand, whose mission is to ‚Äòsave the world from so-so protein like chicken and get everyone eating supercharged protein: tempeh' is a trailblazer in the protein space, tapping into the £3.2 billion UK chicken market to drive consumers towards healthier, more sustainable protein.
The funding was primarily raised from angel investors, with 70% coming from existing investors, reaffirming strong confidence in the company's mission and trajectory.
The new funding will enable Better Nature to supercharge its sales and marketing initiatives, spearhead market-leading innovation and widen the appeal of its high-protein, gut-friendly tempeh products to more consumers in the UK & beyond.
Our latest fundraising round is a brilliant boost for the business at a point when the tempeh category is rapidly gaining momentum and we are seeing strong brand growth. We recorded our best-ever quarter in Q2 2025, with 128% year-on-year sales growth, and we're now the UK's No.1 tempeh brand by volume, with 38.1% market share, leading the category's impressive 41% growth. As a brand, we're perfectly poised to capture the huge trends in health right now: high-protein, gut-friendly, natural, fibre-rich and plant-based. With our Indonesian roots and our expertise in tempeh at the heart of the brand through my brilliant co-founder Dr. Ando, we are the go-to experts on tempeh and perfectly placed to get the world eating what we believe to be the healthiest protein on the planet.
