# Champion Hill Ventures

> Champion Hill Ventures is a VC fund in Raleigh backing Software and Manufacturing. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Raleigh, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/champion-hill-ventures
- Website: https://www.championhillventures.com/

Champion Hill Ventures is a VC fund in Raleigh focused on Software and Manufacturing. Champion Hill Ventures invests at the earliest stages in non-consensus ideas, markets, founders and technologies across the United States and occasionally elsewhere.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$14M |
| Pre-Seed | $825k–$5.4M |
| Series A | $12M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 14% |
| Industrial | 2 | 10% |
| Health Care | 2 | 10% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 24% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 57% |
| Singapore | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sonibel Instruments | Sonibel Instruments catches weld defects during welding, giving welders the option to rework them on the spot and minimize repair costs. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Apr 07, 2026 |  |
| Castelion | Pallas is a venture-backed defense tech company applying modern hardware development and manufacturing processes to critical national security challenges, specifically to solve affordability, scale, and supply chain robustness. | $350M | Series B | Dec 05, 2025 |  |
| True Anomaly | True Anomaly develops space security technologies, including spacecraft, software platforms, and mission systems for orbital operations. The company builds satellites and autonomous systems that support monitoring, maneuvering, and coordination in space environments. Its offerings include simulation tools and mission planning software that helpoperators model scenarios and manage on-orbit activities. The organization also provides hardware and integrated systems that enable responsive deployment and control of space assets. Its work focuses on supporting government and commercial missions that require situational awareness and operational capabilities beyond Earth. | $260M | Series C | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Durin | Mining technology company developing next-generation exploration drilling hardware and software. | $3.4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| Rainmaker Technology | Rainmaker employs cutting-edge technology to generate rain, replenish water sources, and address drought challenges in a sustainable and effective manner. | $6.3M | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| Zorp | Zorp is a blockchain development company that offers solutions to cyber risk through high-throughput chains and provides proof of computation and storage. | $5M | Seed | Jan 24, 2024 |  |
| Tranquility AI | Tranquility AI leverage AI to deliver solutions to the most complex problems facing governments and enterprises around the world. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 24, 2024 |  |
| Keeper | Find the right person. Build something meaningful together. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| True Anomaly | True Anomaly develops space security technologies, including spacecraft, software platforms, and mission systems for orbital operations. The company builds satellites and autonomous systems that support monitoring, maneuvering, and coordination in space environments. Its offerings include simulation tools and mission planning software that helpoperators model scenarios and manage on-orbit activities. The organization also provides hardware and integrated systems that enable responsive deployment and control of space assets. Its work focuses on supporting government and commercial missions that require situational awareness and operational capabilities beyond Earth. | $100M | Series B | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| Castelion | Pallas is a venture-backed defense tech company applying modern hardware development and manufacturing processes to critical national security challenges, specifically to solve affordability, scale, and supply chain robustness. | $14.2M | Seed | Oct 04, 2023 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Champion Hill Ventures invest in?

Champion Hill Ventures invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Champion Hill Ventures's check size?

Champion Hill Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$14M at Seed, $825k–$5.4M at Pre-Seed and $12M–$17M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Champion Hill Ventures participates in.

### When did Champion Hill Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Champion Hill Ventures closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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