NatureProsperity Update
South Bunloit
Written by Jeremy Leggett, this letter was originally shared with Highlands Rewilding and MAKAR shareholders and friends of the company by email in September 2026.
Dear shareholders and friends of Highlands Rewilding, MAKAR, and NatureProsperity,
As you will recall from my previous e-mails around the launch, NatureProsperity Ltd is fundraising at the moment for a family of four companies equipped to offer resilience and profit‑for‑purpose in the face of the existential threats that will drive huge new nature‑based markets: climate meltdown, biodiversity collapse, and the national housing emergency.
Two of the four are existing companies: Highlands Rewilding and MAKAR. The two entirely new companies will be in sustainable forestry and affordable timber housebuilding for communities. The aim is to accelerate all four to a scale that can begin to move dials, so the fundraising has a necessarily ambitious target of £26 million. I believe it to be feasible, given early feedback from potential investors.
The main phase & the bridge phase
The fundraising is divided into a main phase and a bridge phase. The main phase seeks big tickets (c. £1–10 million), and runs through to end March 2027, with conversations already well underway aiming for deeper dives and due diligence from October onwards.
The main purpose of the bridge phase is to create an opportunity for some of our existing investors to board the NatureProsperity ship if they wish. In doing so they can double‑dip by backing their investments in HRL and MAKAR plus a wider portfolio. New investors might like the idea of pan‑value‑chain investing in nature. Some of you have already said you wish to take the opportunity, and as a result, with a target of £800,000 for the bridge phase, I am more than half way there.
This promising start means that I should be able to make sure of the second objective of the bridge: to give both Highlands Rewilding and MAKAR cash runways well into 2027, so that we can fully test appetite for capitalising NatureProsperity at a level that can help point the way to a new national economy.
I am hopeful that the £0.8 million target for the bridge phase will be readily achievable, and indeed exceeded. I have been lucky enough to lead equity fundraising historically of £17.6 million for HRL (£13.1m between 2021 and 2025) and MAKAR (£4.5m between 2020 and 2026), and the business propositions for both companies, whilst still risky, are better than they have ever been.
They are going to be improved by positive announcements at both HRL and MAKAR before the end of October, so we are being told by major customers. I am looking forward to sharing more about these in due course.
Backing from Green Angel Ventures
I am delighted to say that Green Angel Ventures are reaching out to their large membership of impact investors offering them the opportunity to help build the bridge, and tee up a successful main phase of investment. They are able to assemble a consortium of investors each investing down to a minimum of £5,000, with a 50% reduction in GAV membership fees for any investor wanting to join the NatureProsperity bridge round through their angel syndicate. Their business model is to deduct a tiny percentage of the funds they raise for the companies that pass their comprehensive due diligence, as Highlands Rewilding did when GAV invested in our fourth round. We trust NatureProsperity will pass their due diligence as well, in this current fundraising.
I have to apologise to Highlands Rewilding and MAKAR investors who might like the option of investing in NatureProsperity, but can’t at the minimum level GAV are able to offer. The logistics and bandwidth of managing the many small sums involved in crowdfunding are impossible at this stage. NPL is pretty much me plus some help from Tony and Hannah until the fundraising is done.
Beyond the bridge: the main round
Beyond the bridge is the main round, and its target of £26 million minus the bridge total, by end March. I do not wish to tempt providence, but the early responses from potential big‑ticket investors encourage me more than a little. We can be left in no doubt that the idea of pan‑value‑chain investments in a family of companies is more attractive than a single investment in a company such as Highlands Rewilding on its own. Serious players have told us this, that they will take a close look, and that the October through March timeframe is realistic.
Beyond the big institutions, we are talking to consortia of powerful family offices in the UK, Europe, the US and Australia. We also have senior players in two of the UK’s premier wealth management institutions judiciously running our opportunity past nature‑loving clients. Tony and I are going to be very busy in the months ahead.
Summing all the above, I feel more than cautiously optimistic about a successful bridge end October and a successful main round in what is already clearly a potential promised land beyond.
Many of you have told me that you expect me and my colleagues to take risks given that we are trying to help lead the way to growth markets vital for a liveable future. We continue to do so, and now fancy that there is a whiff of potential success in the air. Please wish us luck, as ever.
With heartfelt thanks to all for what your investments, and/or interest, and hope, has helped achieve so far.
All best,
Jeremy Leggett
Founder and CEO, NatureProsperity
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