Investing Profile

Josh Manchester(711)

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
10

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Josh Manchester's Investments On Record (9)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
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), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), 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), Thomas Tull, Fanny Surjana, Elad Gil, William Miller, Mircea Pasoi
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), John Hennessy, Balaji Srinivasan, David Petersen, Charlie Songhurst, Julia Hartz, Ameet Patel, Guy Podjarny
Radiant
AngelSep 2020$1M
$160M
Co-investors: David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Scott Nolan (Founders Fund), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Rachel Slaybaugh (DCVC (Data Collective)), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital), 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), Jeremy Yap, Charlie Songhurst, John Carleton, George Burke, David Petersen
Umbra Labs
SeedNov 2019$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Michael Mealling (Starbridge Venture Capital), Mathieu Guerville, Jules Walker, 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), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Stephen Hays (What If Ventures)
Transcelestial Technologies
SeedDec 2017$2M
$22M
Co-investors: Nicolas El Baze (Partech Ventures), John Henderson (AirTree Ventures), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Lewis Pinault (Airbus Ventures), Vishal Harnal (500 Global), Charlie Songhurst

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.