Investing Profile

Josh Manchester(662)

VC
I founded and manage Champion Hill, a pre-seed/seed firm. We also make 1-2 later stage SPV investments/year.
linkedin.com/in/josh-manchest...Raleigh, North Carolina
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Current Investing Position
Champion Hill Labs General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$250K
Investments On Record
11

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Josh Manchester's Investments On Record (10)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Keeper
Pre SeedDec 2023$1M
$16M
Co-investors: Jake Jolis (Matrix), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Nic Carter (Castle Island Ventures), Mathias Schilling (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Ilya Volodarsky (Convective Capital), Francis Pedraza, Wayne Chang, Alexandre Scialom, Jeff Seibert
Swarm Aero
Pre SeedMay 2022
Co-investors: Leo Polovets (Susa Ventures), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Jai Malik (Countdown Capital)
Anduril Industries
Pre-SeedApr 2022
$5.2B
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Elad Gil, Mircea Pasoi, William Miller, Fanny Surjana
Skiff
SeedMay 2021$4M
$15M
Co-investors: Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Beth Turner (SV Angel), John Lilly (Greylock), Ali Partovi (Neo), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capitail)), Eugene Marinelli (Conversion Capital), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), David Petersen, Charlie Songhurst, Julia Hartz, Ameet Patel, Balaji Srinivasan, John Hennessy, Guy Podjarny
Radiant
AngelSep 2020$1M
$56M
Co-investors: Scott Nolan (Founders Fund), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Charlie Songhurst, Tom McInerney, Kevin Lin
Field Complete
Pre SeedAug 2020$2M
$4M
Co-investors: Jon Oringer (Pareto Holdings), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Kevin Weatherman (KW Angel Fund), Sam Huleatt (IntangibleVC), George Burke, David Petersen, Jeremy Yap, Charlie Songhurst, John Carleton
Umbra Labs
SeedNov 2019$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Michael Mealling (Starbridge Venture Capital), Mathieu Guerville, Kurt Bilafer, Jules Walker
Umbra
SeedApr 2019$10M
Pre SeedMar 2018$2M
$12M
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Brian Garrett (Crosscut Ventures)

most interested in

We are one of the few firms that will invest in defense, and yes we will invest in weapons if it makes sense to do so. Past investments are SpaceX (2014), Anduril (2017), Umbra (2018), Modern Intelligence (2021) We are also keenly interested in digital sovereignty: Eco.com, Skiff.com, Keys.casa, and the Urbit ecosystem (Uqbar, Tirrel, Zorp etc). We have a bucket for curveballs: things that don't fit in buckets. Flexport (2015), Brella (2019) Fount.bio (2019) Coop.farm (2022).

not interested in

We feel that the world doesn't need the n+1 investor in enterprise SaaS, mainstream fintech, or ecommerce. We are most interested in things for which nobody knows who the best investors in the world are.