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: Nic Carter (Castle Island Ventures), John Neamonitis (Lakehouse Ventures), Aly Madhavji (Blockchain Founders Fund), Hari Raghavan (Autopilot Fund), John Durant (Wild Ventures), Rajiv Srivatsa (Antler), Nitin Sharma (Antler), Jude Gomila (Jude Gomila Rolling Fund), Jake Jolis (Matrix), Mathias Schilling (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Ilya Volodarsky (Convective Capital), Francis Pedraza, Wayne Chang, Brandon Goldman, Ben Tossell, Jonathan Swanson, Jeff Seibert, Alexandre Scialom
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: Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Brian Singerman (Founders Fund), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Michael Chase (Outliers Fund), Stu Shea (01 Advisors), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Brian Rabben (Rabben Hood Ventures), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Stephen Romanoff, Mattia Astori, Richard Cooperstein, Thomas Tull, Elad Gil, William Miller, Mircea Pasoi, Fanny Surjana
Skiff
SeedMay 2021$4M
$15M
Co-investors: Beth Turner (SV Angel), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), John Lilly (Greylock), Ali Partovi (Neo), Eugene Marinelli (Conversion Capital), Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Guy Podjarny, John Hennessy, Ameet Patel, David Petersen, Balaji Srinivasan, Julia Hartz, Charlie Songhurst
Radiant
AngelSep 2020$1M
$520M
Co-investors: Scott Nolan (Founders Fund), Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Rachel Slaybaugh (DCVC (Data Collective)), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Adam Draper (Boost VC), Colin Anderson (Friends & Family Capital), Hank Vigil (Acequia Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Justin Mateen, 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), George Burke, David Petersen, Charlie Songhurst, John Carleton, Jeremy Yap
Umbra Labs
SeedNov 2019$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Michael Mealling (Starbridge Venture Capital), Mathieu Guerville, Kurt Bilafer, Jules Walker
Umbra
SeedApr 2019$10M
Pre SeedMar 2018$2M
$87M
Co-investors: Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Stephen Hays (What If Ventures), Brian Garrett (Crosscut Ventures), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet 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.