# James Harcourt

> James Harcourt is a grant investor at The National Lottery Community Fund backing Training. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The National Lottery Community Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-lottery-fund)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2017
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026

James Harcourt is a grant investor at The National Lottery Community Fund focused on Training and Non Profit.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Training | 1 | 100% |
| Non Profit | 1 | 100% |
| Social Entrepreneurship | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) | The School for Social Entrepreneurs was founded in 1997 by Michael Young. Its mission is to address inequalities and social exclusion by supporting social entrepreneurs from all backgrounds to transform their talent into real social outcomes, in the form of sustainable solutions to poverty and disadvantage in communities. It does this through theuse of action-learning based programmes of personal and organisational development.SSE supports individuals to realise their potential and to establish, scale and sustain, social enterprises and social businesses across the UK, Australia, Ireland and Canada. | $3.3M | Grant | Aug 22, 2017 | http://www.the-sse.org/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About The National Lottery Community Fund

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Big Lottery Fund a distributor of National Lottery funding, established as a non-departmental public body by an Act of Parliament.The National Lottery Community Fund is governed by a board. The board is responsible for setting the Fund’s long-term strategy and key policies, and making sure that it’s run in an effective and efficient way. Itdelegates the day-to-day running of the organisation to the chief executive and her senior management team.The chief executive and her senior management team are responsible for delivering the strategy and policies set by the board. They oversee the day-to-day running of the Fund.Their work is divided into five portfolios, covering funding across England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland, and the UK as a whole.

2 contacts available at The National Lottery Community Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Knott | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-knott-8879 |
| James Harcourt | Director - England Grant Making | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-harcourt |

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## FAQ

### What does James Harcourt invest in?

James Harcourt invests primarily in Training, Non Profit and Social Entrepreneurship startups, most often at Grant 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.

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### When did James Harcourt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Harcourt closed in Aug 2017. 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.

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