Investing Profile

Josh Manchester(729)

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: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Jai Malik (Countdown Capital), Leo Polovets (Humba Ventures)
Anduril Industries
Pre-SeedApr 2022
$6.7B
Co-investors: David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Fanny Surjana, Elad Gil, William Miller, Thomas Tull, Mircea Pasoi
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)), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Eugene Marinelli (Conversion Capital), Guy Podjarny, John Hennessy, Ameet Patel, Julia Hartz, Charlie Songhurst, David Petersen, Balaji Srinivasan
Radiant
AngelSep 2020$1M
$160M
Co-investors: Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Scott Nolan (Founders Fund), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Rachel Slaybaugh (DCVC (Data Collective)), 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: Jon Oringer (Pareto Holdings), Edward Lando (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
$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), Lewis Pinault (Airbus Ventures), John Henderson (AirTree Ventures), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), 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.