# Denise Holle

> Denise Holle is a seed investor at Joseph Rowntree Foundation backing FinTech and Social Impact. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Joseph Rowntree Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-rowntree-foundation)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Denise Holle is a seed investor at Joseph Rowntree Foundation focused on FinTech and Social Impact.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Social Impact | 1 | 100% |
| Impact Investing | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lightning Reach | Founded during the pandemic, Lightning helps people in financial hardship to receive super fast support and recover from shocks. The company works with charities and public sector institutions to accelerate support to people in financial hardship - providing a quick and secure platform to easily verify financial need and process grants within 3days instead of 5+ weeks. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Big Issue Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-issue-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Treebeard Trust](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/treebeard-trust) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [UnLtd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Joseph Rowntree Foundation

VC Fund · York, United Kingdom

Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a British social policy research and development charity.

3 contacts available at Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denise Holle | Head of Social Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denise-holle |
| Paul Kissack | Group Chief Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-kissack-a0e9 |
| Richard Partington | Technical Advisory Panel Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-partington-2e31 |

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## FAQ

### What does Denise Holle invest in?

Denise Holle invests primarily in FinTech, Social Impact and Impact Investing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Denise Holle last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Denise Holle closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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