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.
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.
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.
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