Josh Manchester
Founder & General Partner @ Champion Hill Labs
San Francisco, United States
Josh Manchester is a seed investor at Champion Hill Labs in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Josh loves studying companies or trends which have touch points with governance or with large industries or parts of society that are off the Silicon Valley radar. He previously founded Champion Hill Labs, which performed consulting services for venture firms and hedge funds, and through which he invested in SpaceX, Flexport, and RigettiComputing. Before that he cut his teeth in the venture industry during six years on the team at TrueBridge Capital Partners, committing about $1 billion to venture capital firms globally as an LP, and leading the team’s investments in several mid-stage companies. He began his career in finance at USAA Real Estate Company. Before becoming an investor, Josh spent about six years as an officer in the US Marine Corps, in infantry and combat engineering roles, and has led three different platoons ranging from 10-60 Marines. In his last role he led a reinforced rifle platoon and was responsible for the security and civil development of a city of 10,000 people along the Euphrates River. He graduated from Duke University. When not chasing his young kids he enjoys Alan Furst novels and any time spent in the great outdoors.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Josh Manchester invests in
Stages Josh Manchester invests in
Countries Josh Manchester invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$10M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.2M–$4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (29%)
- Software 3 (21%)
- Robotics 2 (14%)
- Aerospace 2 (14%)
- Clean Energy 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (36%)
- Angel 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 7 (50%)
- Singapore 2 (14%)
- United Kingdom 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Find the right person. Build something meaningful together. | $4M / Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| Find the right person. Build something meaningful together. | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Dec 31, 2023 | ||
| Swarm Aero is an aerospace and defense company that develops large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms to operate in coordinated drone swarms for defense, logistics, and sensing missions. The company builds large uncrewed aircraft and supporting software that allow multiple drones to collaborate and perform tasks as a coordinated networkrather than as independent vehicles. These systems use onboard computing, sensors, and artificial intelligence to enable autonomous flight behaviors and collective decision-making among groups of drones. The technology platform includes aircraft hardware, swarm coordination software, and command-and-control tools that allow operators to deploy and manage large numbers of drones. A swarm node architecture integrates edge computing and distributed sensors on each vehicle so that drones can communicate with one another, share environmental data, and adapt their behavior during missions. Through this system, operators can translate mission objectives into coordinated flight patterns and task assignments executed by the swarm.Swarm Aero’s aircraft and software systems support applications such as intelligence gathering, environmental monitoring, cargo delivery, communications relay, disaster response, and security operations. The platform is designed to enable operations in environments where communications may be limited or conditions change rapidly, allowing autonomous drones to coordinate actions and adjust routes in real time. | $2M / Pre-Seed / May 01, 2022 | ||
| Skiff operates an end-to-end encrypted document collaboration platform meant to establish a private and decentralized workspace. The company's platform offers decentralized storage with complete privacy to the modern workspace, allowing teams worldwide to share information securely and privately, as well as monitoring activity to preventunintended use, allowing organizations to write, edit, and collaborate in real-time with colleagues in complete privacy. | $3.7M / Seed / May 26, 2021 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Simulate the world. Collect 2 years worth of labelled data for perception systems in an hour and accelerate physical AI development timelines. | Seed / Mar 01, 2021 | ||
| FieldComplete is building the next generation of field service software from the inside out. Developed by a team of founders with collectively over 30 years of experience in real estate, property maintenance, building, and development, FieldComplete was created to fill a widening gap in the market between what service providers needed to besuccessful and the tools available to help them manage their businesses.It specializes in the fields of clean energy, construction, and enterprise software. The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | Seed / Oct 07, 2020 | ||
| FieldComplete is building the next generation of field service software from the inside out. Developed by a team of founders with collectively over 30 years of experience in real estate, property maintenance, building, and development, FieldComplete was created to fill a widening gap in the market between what service providers needed to besuccessful and the tools available to help them manage their businesses.It specializes in the fields of clean energy, construction, and enterprise software. The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. | $1.9M / Pre-Seed / Oct 07, 2020 | ||
| Radiant is a technology company that develops portable nuclear microreactors designed to generate electricity and heat in a compact, factory-built form. The company’s flagship product, Kaleidos, is engineered to be transportable to customer sites and to replace traditional power sources such as diesel generators for applications including backuppower and continuous energy supply. Radiant manages design, assembly, fueling, and testing of its reactors with a focus on modular deployment and energy generation without on-site water requirements. It also undertakes infrastructure planning for reactor production facilities to support broader availability of its microreactors. Radiant engages with regulatory processes and industry partners to advance testing and commercialization of its nuclear energy solutions. | $1.2M / Angel / Sep 22, 2020 | ||
| 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 | ||
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About Champion Hill Labs
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FAQ
What does Josh Manchester invest in?
Josh Manchester invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Robotics startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Josh Manchester invest in?
Josh Manchester typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$10M at Seed and $1.2M–$4M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Josh Manchester's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Josh Manchester took part in.
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When did Josh Manchester last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Josh Manchester closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 14 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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