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Champion Hill Ventures

Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Raleigh, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
Industries
  • Defense Tech
  • Deep Tech
  • AI
  • Autonomy
  • National Security
About
Champion Hill Ventures is a Raleigh-based VC focused on early-stage defense and deep tech startups. Their focus spans defense, deep tech, AI, autonomy, and national security technology across the United States. The firm supports founders from Pre-Seed through Seed.
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$250K
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$1.5M
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Investment Thesis

Champion Hill Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across defense, deep tech, AI, autonomy, and national security technology sectors. They invest in founders solving large problems hiding in plain sight at the intersection of commercial markets and national security. The firm differentiates itself through founder Josh Manchester's deep operator-investor expertise, Raleigh NC positioning, 47+ investments track record, and dedicated focus on supporting defense tech founders during the generational competition with global adversaries.
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Manager's Experience

Josh Manchester (Founder & General Partner) founded Champion Hill Ventures bringing operator-investor expertise across defense tech and deep tech sectors. The team operates from Raleigh NC with dedicated focus on supporting founders solving large problems hiding in plain sight at the intersection of commercial markets and national security. Manchester is known for framing defense tech investing as a "generational competition" thesis, supporting 47+ portfolio companies across defense, deep tech, AI, autonomy, and national security technology.

Team

Josh Manchester - Founder & General Partner

Robert Haddick - Partner

Portfolio

SpaceX

Anduril

Umbra

True Anomaly

Bifrost

Flexport

LabGenius

Transcelestial Technologies

ZBiotics

Brella

Fount

Fleeting

HelixNano

Field Complete

Eco

Pause

Casa

Urbit

Skiff

BigOmics

Modern Intelligence

Galvanick

Tirrel Corp

Moonray

Blast

StageGlass

Coop.Farm

Decentralized Engineering

Swarm Aero

Black Lake

AtlasUp

Zorp.io

Kinode

Mach Industries

Keeper.ai

Senra Systems

Castelion

Pearl.link

VATN

Rainmaker Technologies

Mavn

TUNL Industries

WSFM

TranquilityAI

Cloud Poker Night

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