Investing Profile

Josh Manchester(802)

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 SeedOct 2024$4M
$20M
Co-investors: Nic Carter (Castle Island Ventures), John Neamonitis (Lakehouse Ventures), Aly Madhavji (Blockchain Founders Fund), Hari Raghavan (Autopilot Fund), John Durant (Wild Ventures), Rajiv Srivatsa (Antler), Nitin Sharma (Antler), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Jake Jolis (Matrix), Mathias Schilling (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Ilya Volodarsky (Convective Capital), Ben Tossell, Jonathan Swanson, Francis Pedraza, Brandon Goldman, Alexandre Scialom, Jeff Seibert, Wayne Chang
Swarm Aero
Pre SeedMay 2022
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Jai Malik (Countdown Capital), Leo Polovets (Humba Ventures)
Anduril Industries
Pre-SeedApr 2022
$9.2B
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Brian Singerman (Founders Fund), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Michael Chase (Outliers Fund), Brian Rabben (Rabben Hood Ventures), Stu Shea (01 Advisors), Lachy Groom (LGF), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Elad Gil, Richard Cooperstein, Mattia Astori, Stephen Romanoff, Fanny Surjana, Mircea Pasoi, William Miller, Thomas Tull
Skiff
SeedMay 2021$4M
$15M
Co-investors: Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), John Lilly (Greylock), Beth Turner (SV Angel), Ali Partovi (Neo), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Eugene Marinelli (Conversion Capital), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Balaji Srinivasan, David Petersen, Guy Podjarny, John Hennessy, Ameet Patel, Julia Hartz, Charlie Songhurst
Radiant
AngelSep 2020$1M
$520M
Co-investors: Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Scott Nolan (Founders Fund), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Rachel Slaybaugh (DCVC (Data Collective)), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Colin Anderson (Friends & Family Capital), Kevin Lin, Justin Mateen, Charlie Songhurst, Tom McInerney
Field Complete
Pre SeedAug 2020$2M
$4M
Co-investors: Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Jon Oringer (Pareto Holdings), Kevin Weatherman (KW Angel Fund), Sam Huleatt (IntangibleVC), Jeremy Yap, John Carleton, Charlie Songhurst, David Petersen, George Burke
Umbra Labs
SeedNov 2019$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Michael Mealling (Starbridge Venture Capital), Jules Walker, Kurt Bilafer, Mathieu Guerville
Umbra
SeedApr 2019$10M
Pre SeedMar 2018$2M
$87M
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Brian Garrett (Crosscut Ventures), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Stephen Hays (What If 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.