Champion Hill Ventures

Champion Hill Ventures is a venture capital investment firm established in 2014 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The firm focuses on investing at the earliest stages in non-consensus ideas, markets, founders, and technologies primarily within the technology sector across the United States and occasionally in other regions.

Josh Manchester

Founder and General Partner

16 past transactions

True Anomaly

Series C in 2025
True Anomaly is a company dedicated to advancing space security and resilience through an integrated approach that combines spacecraft, software, and autonomy. It aims to create a secure, stable, and sustainable space environment for the United States, its allies, and partners. The company designs, builds, and sells innovative solutions that address the complexities of space security. By leveraging advanced spacecraft manufacturing infrastructure and autonomy systems, True Anomaly revolutionizes how space missions are conducted, while also offering training and simulation tools. Its focus on providing comprehensive software solutions positions True Anomaly as a key player in the evolving commercial space market.

Rainmaker Technology

Seed Round in 2024
Rainmaker employs cutting-edge technology to generate rain, replenish water sources, and address drought challenges sustainably and effectively.

Tranquility AI

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Tranquility AI leverage AI to deliver solutions to the most complex problems facing governments and enterprises around the world.

Zorp

Seed Round in 2024
Zorp is a blockchain development company that offers solutions to cyber risk through high-throughput chains and provides proof of computation and storage.

Keeper

Pre Seed Round in 2023
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True Anomaly

Series B in 2023
True Anomaly is a company dedicated to advancing space security and resilience through an integrated approach that combines spacecraft, software, and autonomy. It aims to create a secure, stable, and sustainable space environment for the United States, its allies, and partners. The company designs, builds, and sells innovative solutions that address the complexities of space security. By leveraging advanced spacecraft manufacturing infrastructure and autonomy systems, True Anomaly revolutionizes how space missions are conducted, while also offering training and simulation tools. Its focus on providing comprehensive software solutions positions True Anomaly as a key player in the evolving commercial space market.

Castelion

Seed Round in 2023
Castelion is a defense technology company that specializes in modernizing military systems. It applies advanced hardware development and manufacturing methods to address key national security challenges, focusing on affordability, scalability, and supply chain resilience. Castelion offers services like high-speed hypersonic testing, thermal protection systems, and avionics, designed to integrate with existing platforms and enhance military capabilities while mitigating these critical concerns.

Mach Industries

Seed Round in 2023
Mach Industries is a defense technology company focused on developing innovative solutions that utilize hydrogen as a fuel source for defense systems. The company aims to transform military capabilities by creating weapon systems for the United States and its allies that leverage the chemical reaction of oxygen and hydrogen to produce explosive energy. Through a vertically integrated energy chain, Mach Industries enables the development of unmanned aerial vehicles and aerial protection devices powered by hydrogen combustion, utilizing techniques for producing and combusting hydrogen sourced from the field. This approach not only enhances operational efficiency but also aligns with modern sustainability goals in defense technology.

Castelion

Venture Round in 2023
Castelion is a defense technology company that specializes in modernizing military systems. It applies advanced hardware development and manufacturing methods to address key national security challenges, focusing on affordability, scalability, and supply chain resilience. Castelion offers services like high-speed hypersonic testing, thermal protection systems, and avionics, designed to integrate with existing platforms and enhance military capabilities while mitigating these critical concerns.

True Anomaly

Series A in 2023
True Anomaly is a company dedicated to advancing space security and resilience through an integrated approach that combines spacecraft, software, and autonomy. It aims to create a secure, stable, and sustainable space environment for the United States, its allies, and partners. The company designs, builds, and sells innovative solutions that address the complexities of space security. By leveraging advanced spacecraft manufacturing infrastructure and autonomy systems, True Anomaly revolutionizes how space missions are conducted, while also offering training and simulation tools. Its focus on providing comprehensive software solutions positions True Anomaly as a key player in the evolving commercial space market.

Fount

Series A in 2023
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Umbra

Series B in 2022
Umbra is a space technology company specializing in advanced earth observation systems. It designs, manufactures, and operates satellites to collect high-resolution data, empowering government and commercial clients with consistent, actionable insights for informed decision-making across various applications such as land use monitoring, wildlife protection, and climate change mitigation.

Linear Labs

Series A in 2022
Linear Labs, Inc. is a Texas-based manufacturer specializing in innovative electric motors for various applications, including electric vehicles, micro-mobility, robotics, wind turbines, and HVAC systems. Founded in 2012, the company has developed a new family of electric motor systems known as the Hunstable Electric Turbine, which features multiple rotors that adapt to changing conditions. This technology provides significant improvements in torque, range, and energy efficiency, enabling more effective power utilization. Linear Labs' motors are designed to reduce component and assembly costs while enhancing overall efficiency, addressing the growing global demand for electricity, as electric motors account for a substantial portion of electricity consumption. Their products cater to a wide range of applications, including autonomous robots, forklifts, e-bikes, and light electric motorcycles, positioning the company at the forefront of the evolving electric motor industry.

Field Complete

Seed Round in 2021
Field Complete Inc., founded in 2019 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, specializes in developing cloud-based field service management software solutions. The company offers a range of tools including customer relationship management (CRM), estimation and quotes, scheduling and dispatching, job management, invoicing, GPS tracking, payments, and reporting services. These solutions are designed to enhance business efficiency for various industries such as property maintenance, construction, cleaning, green energy, and more. The software is built by a team with extensive experience in real estate, property maintenance, building, and development, aiming to address the specific needs of service providers in these fields.

BigOmics

Seed Round in 2021
BigOmics Analytics offers a cloud-based self-service data analytics platform for the healthcare industry.

Bifrost AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bifrost is a developer of a Generative 3D platform for creatives to create custom virtual worlds. It generates synthetic training data using three-dimensional graphics to simulate real-life scenarios. These datasets help teach AI systems to handle new tasks, environments, and challenges, while also validating their performance and reliability across thousands of automatically generated scenarios.
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