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About Us

Join us on our journey to innovate the food system!

We are Ana, Cecilie, and Martina and our story began in 2021, when we met at a university. Driven by a shared passion for positive change, we set out to redefine the path to great food — now and in the future.


We challenge how the food industry develops and portrays non-animal proteins, and make plant-rich meals easy and delicious — without the need to imitate meat. While pioneering food innovation, we remain committed to great flavor, high quality, and a tiny climate impact.

Tempty Foods team VISA

Awarded as
Top 25 Female Entrepreneurs in Denmark 2024

Vegan Startup of the Year 2023
Vegan Startup of 2023
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Startup of the Year 2022
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Food Innovation Idea of 2021

Our values

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Empower
courage

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Collaborate to succeed

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Give space for curiosity

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Take the initiative

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Stay honest & trust yourself

Media

Our favorite media and articles

Smagen af fremtiden

You can spot us in a TV2 Kosmopol's series "Smagen af fremtiden"!

The Grocer

Tempty Foods launching products made with Quorn ingredient

Vegconomist

Denmark’s Plant Fund Assigns DKK 58M for the First 36 Selected Plant-Based Food.

Borsen Tempty Foods

Nordea parrer velhaver med iværksætter på pengejagt – men har ingen risiko

Founders

We are an ambitious team driven by a positive change!

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Martina Lokajova

Co-Founder & CEO 

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 Cecilie Engvang Lund

Co-Founder & COO 

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Ana
Pejic

Co-Founder & CPO 

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Team Tempty

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Neel Heintze

Social Media &
Content Manager

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Christian N. Jansen

Supply Chain & Operations Manager

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Product Developer

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Investors

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Ph.d. Adela Michea

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Anuj

Dr. Anuj Dhariwal

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Kent H. Bergenholtz

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gelu

Gelu Sulugiuc

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Shruti Raviraj & Pave ApS

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Santosh Govindaraju

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Lasse Bolander

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Phaedria M. St. Hilaire 

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Morten Meldal

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Amit Suri

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 Vipasha Soni

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Vinu Nair

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Ravindra P. Hegde

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Klaus Toft

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Kjeld Pedersen

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Soren

Søren Kirketerp

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Malene Enø

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Want to join our team?

Let's push for positive change in our food system together.

Retailers

These are our retail partners and where you can buy TEMPTY B2C

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Funding support
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