Investing Profile

Josh Manchester(653)

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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: Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Mathias Schilling (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Jake Jolis (Matrix), Nic Carter (Castle Island Ventures), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Ilya Volodarsky (Convective Capital), Francis Pedraza, Alexandre Scialom, 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
$3.7B
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Fanny Surjana, Elad Gil, William Miller, Mircea Pasoi
Skiff
SeedMay 2021$4M
$15M
Co-investors: John Lilly (Greylock), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Beth Turner (SV Angel), Ali Partovi (Neo), Eugene Marinelli (Conversion Capital), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capitail)), Guy Podjarny, John Hennessy, Ameet Patel, Julia Hartz, Charlie Songhurst, David Petersen, Balaji Srinivasan
Radiant
AngelSep 2020$1M
$56M
Co-investors: Scott Nolan (Founders Fund), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital), Kevin Lin, Charlie Songhurst, Tom McInerney
Field Complete
Pre SeedAug 2020$2M
$4M
Co-investors: Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Jon Oringer (Pareto Holdings), Sam Huleatt (IntangibleVC), Kevin Weatherman (KW Angel Fund), David Petersen, John Carleton, Charlie Songhurst, Jeremy Yap, 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
$12M
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Brian Garrett (Crosscut 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.