Investing Profile

Josh Manchester(769)

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, Wayne Chang, Jonathan Swanson, Alexandre Scialom, Francis Pedraza, Jeff Seibert, Brandon Goldman
Swarm Aero
Pre SeedMay 2022
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Leo Polovets (Humba Ventures), Jai Malik (Countdown Capital)
Anduril Industries
Pre-SeedApr 2022
$9.2B
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), William Miller, Mircea Pasoi, Fanny Surjana, Thomas Tull
Skiff
SeedMay 2021$4M
$15M
Co-investors: Beth Turner (SV Angel), John Lilly (Greylock), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Ali Partovi (Neo), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Eugene Marinelli (Conversion Capital), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), John Hennessy, Ameet Patel, Guy Podjarny, David Petersen, Balaji Srinivasan, Julia Hartz, Charlie Songhurst
Radiant
AngelSep 2020$1M
$220M
Co-investors: Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Scott Nolan (Founders Fund), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Rachel Slaybaugh (DCVC (Data Collective)), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Tom McInerney, Kevin Lin, Charlie Songhurst
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), George Burke, David Petersen, Charlie Songhurst, John Carleton, Jeremy Yap
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
$87M
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Stephen Hays (What If Ventures), Brian Garrett (Crosscut Ventures), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet 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.