Joseph Rowntree Foundation
VC Fund
York, United Kingdom
Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a British social policy research and development charity.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Joseph Rowntree Foundation invests in
Stages Joseph Rowntree Foundation invests in
Countries Joseph Rowntree Foundation invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$2.2M
- Debt Financing
- $6.6M–$9.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 3 (60%)
- Non Profit 2 (40%)
- Advice 1 (20%)
- Family 1 (20%)
- Social 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Debt Financing 2 (40%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Denise Holle
Head of Social Investment
|
Head of Social Investment | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Paul Kissack
Group Chief Executive
|
Group Chief Executive | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Richard Partington
Technical Advisory Panel Member
|
Technical Advisory Panel Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethex helps people make ethical investments that fund extraordinary organizations. | $622.5K / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| BelleVie's vision is a world where those who receive and provide support are valued and thrive. BelleVie's radically different operating model of self-managing teams was inspired by the successful Buurtzorg model of nursing in the Netherlands. Unlike other care providers who are digitising a broken operating model, BelleVie addresses theroot cause, fixing the operating model and then digitising that. | $2.2M / Seed / Nov 28, 2023 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Fair for You is a not for profit lender, providing small loans to lower income households to purchase essential items for their home. We are challenging the highest impact high cost credit that creates a large part of the poverty premium, and sees millions leaving our communities every week, extracted through the poorer households to high costlenders often based overseas. We have arrangements with manufacturers to sell items to our customers at market price. | $9.4M / Debt Financing / Jul 17, 2020 | ||
| Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution. | $6.6M / Debt Financing / Jul 30, 2018 |
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FAQ
What does Joseph Rowntree Foundation invest in?
Joseph Rowntree Foundation invests primarily in Financial Services, Non Profit and Advice startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Joseph Rowntree Foundation invest in?
Joseph Rowntree Foundation typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$2.2M at Seed and $6.6M–$9.4M at Debt Financing. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Joseph Rowntree Foundation's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Joseph Rowntree Foundation took part in.
How do I contact Joseph Rowntree Foundation?
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Who are the partners at Joseph Rowntree Foundation?
The team at Joseph Rowntree Foundation includes Denise Holle (Head of Social Investment), Paul Kissack (Group Chief Executive) and Richard Partington (Technical Advisory Panel Member). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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