# Champion Hill Labs

> Champion Hill Labs is a VC fund backing Robotics and Bitcoin. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.championhilllabs.com

Champion Hill Labs is a VC fund focused on Robotics and Bitcoin. Champion Hill Labs invests in private technology companies

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 2 | 29% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Security | 1 | 14% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 14% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Josh Manchester | Founder & General Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-manchester |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SkillBank | An online, 15-week, career accelerator for marketing. Our programs are $0 upfront, pay when you get paid. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background. | $1.2M | Seed | May 24, 2021 |  |
| SkillBank | An online, 15-week, career accelerator for marketing. Our programs are $0 upfront, pay when you get paid. Participants will only pay us back once they're making over $40k/year. We believe that everyone should have access to opportunity, regardless of their background. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | May 24, 2021 |  |
| Casa | Casa offers a secure storage solution for consumers and companies to safely store their digital wealth. Casa helps users manage their private keys, through the multi-location security model that removes single points of failure and protects users from theft, accidents, and disasters, providing them with the tools for securing their digital lives. | $4M | Seed | Feb 03, 2021 |  |
| Linear Labs | The world has a bottomless appetite for electricity. In fact, 45% of the world's electricity passes through an electric motor. This is equivalent to 1 out of every 2 power plants solely dedicated to electric motors. And yet electric motor designs remain essentially unchanged in last 100 years. Linear Labs, an electric motor company, hascreated an entirely new family of electric motor systems designed for the next generation of electric vehicles, HVAC systems and robotics welcoming in a new era of smarter energy utilization. Our "smart"​ motors shape shift and morph the physical design in real time to adjust for changing conditions. The result is 2x improvements in torque, further range and significantly lowering power consumption.Linear Labs is a Texas based technology company.www.linearlabsinc.com | $6M | Seed | Oct 13, 2020 |  |
| Umbra | We design, build, launch, and operate satellites for high resolution Earth observation, new communications capabilities, and exquisite signal monitoring for low cost distribution via an integrated web platform. | $10M | Seed | Apr 02, 2019 |  |
| Umbra | We design, build, launch, and operate satellites for high resolution Earth observation, new communications capabilities, and exquisite signal monitoring for low cost distribution via an integrated web platform. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 23, 2018 |  |
| LabGenius | LabGenius is a biopharmaceutical company developing protein therapeutics using a machine learning-driven evolution engine. Its protein engineering platform integrates several bleeding-edge technologies from the fields of machine learning, synthetic biology, and robotics. | $3.7M | Seed | Nov 24, 2017 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crosscut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosscut-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hawke Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hawke-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hemisphere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hemisphere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LAUNCH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-co) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Champion Hill Labs invest in?

Champion Hill Labs invests primarily in Robotics, Bitcoin and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Champion Hill Labs?

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### Who are the partners at Champion Hill Labs?

The team at Champion Hill Labs includes Josh Manchester (Founder & General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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