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