Investing Profile

Josh Manchester(703)

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), Mathias Schilling (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Ilya Volodarsky (Convective Capital), Alexandre Scialom, Francis Pedraza, Jeff Seibert, Wayne Chang
Swarm Aero
Pre SeedMay 2022
Co-investors: Leo Polovets (Susa Ventures), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Jai Malik (Countdown Capital)
Anduril Industries
Pre-SeedApr 2022
$6.7B
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Elad Gil, William Miller, Fanny Surjana, Mircea Pasoi, Thomas Tull
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 Capital)), Eugene Marinelli (Conversion Capital), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), David Petersen, Balaji Srinivasan, Guy Podjarny, John Hennessy, Ameet Patel, Julia Hartz, Charlie Songhurst
Radiant
AngelSep 2020$1M
$160M
Co-investors: Scott Nolan (Founders Fund), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Rachel Slaybaugh (DCVC (Data Collective)), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Hank Vigil (Acequia 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), Charlie Songhurst, Jeremy Yap, George Burke, David Petersen, John Carleton
Umbra Labs
SeedNov 2019$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Michael Mealling (Starbridge Venture Capital), Jules Walker, Mathieu Guerville, Kurt Bilafer
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), 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.