Champion Hill Labs

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Aug 1, 2025	Build on Bitcoin	$10.0M Venture Round	—	Alt Capital, Antler, Autopilot Fund, Blockchain Founders Fund, Castle Island Ventures, Convective Capital, Mathias Schilling, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lakehouse Ventures, Matrix, Wild Ventures, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Tossell, Brandon Goldman, Francis Pedraza, Jeff Seibert, Jonathan Swanson, Wayne Chang
Aug 1, 2025	Neurvona	$600K Seed	—	Acequia Capital, Also Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Boost VC, Rachel Slaybaugh, Draper Associates, Founders Fund, Pioneer Square Labs, Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Charlie Songhurst, Jeff Hammerbacher, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Tom McInerney
Jul 1, 2025	Varda	$190.0M Series C	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 8VC, Abstract Ventures, Afore Capital, Also Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Ballistic Ventures, Bedrock Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Cubit Capital, Daft Capital, DCM, Drive Capital, E1 Ventures, Floodgate, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Goat Capital, Khosla Ventures, LGF, Lux Capital, Marlinspike, Next47, Outliers Fund, Paradox Capital, Prime Movers Lab, Rabben Hood Ventures, Saga, Sequoia Capital, Stellar Capital, The Hit Forge, Virginia Venture Partners, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Austin Ogilvie, Emil Lee, Fanny Surjana, Gokul Rajaram, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Joshua Reeves, Justin Mateen, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Mattia Astori, Mircea Pasoi, Natasha Ahmed, Richard Cooperstein, Sahin Boydas, Sohila Zadran, Sri Batchu, Stephen Romanoff, Thomas Tull, Vineet Jain, Vivek Patel, William Miller, Zachary Hargreaves
Jun 1, 2025	Nominal	$75.0M Series B	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 8VC, Kevin Hartz, Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Bedrock Capital, DCM, E1 Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Roni Hiranand, LGF, Lux Capital, Marlinspike, Next47, Obvious Ventures, Rabben Hood Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sixth Street, Starship Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Fanny Surjana, Jeff Seibert, Mattia Astori, Mircea Pasoi, Richard Burton, Richard Cooperstein, Stephen Romanoff, Thomas Tull, Tony Xu, William Miller
May 1, 2025	Rork	$3.0M Seed	—	AirAngels, Alt Capital, AngelList, Antler, Autopilot Fund, Blockchain Founders Fund, Castle Island Ventures, Convective Capital, Founders Fund, Mathias Schilling, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Kapor Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lakehouse Ventures, Matrix, NFX, Primary Venture Partners, Summit Partners, The Community Fund, Wild Ventures, Alexandre Scialom, Amjad Masad, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Tossell, Brandon Goldman, Charlie Cheever, Francis Pedraza, Gokul Rajaram, Jeff Seibert, Jonathan Swanson, Kyle Vogt, Matteo Franceschetti, Mav Li, Mei Z., Siqi Chen, Thomas Dohmke, Vishal Rao, Wayne Chang
Apr 1, 2025	Stance Health	$1.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Antler, Autopilot Fund, Blockchain Founders Fund, Castle Island Ventures, Celesta, Cistern Capital, Convective Capital, General Catalyst, Mathias Schilling, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lakehouse Ventures, Matrix, Wild Ventures, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Tossell, Brandon Goldman, Francis Pedraza, Jeff Seibert, Jonathan Swanson, Wayne Chang
Mar 1, 2025	Flock Safety	$280.0M Series F	—	11, 355 Capital, Acequia Capital, Also Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angel investor, Anorak Ventures, Blu Venture Investors, Boost VC, C2 Investment, Cedar Capital Group, Rachel Slaybaugh, DTCP, Family Office, Founders Fund, Greylock, Helium-3 Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Insight Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Matrix, Meritech Capital Partners, Openview Venture Partners, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Race Capital, Sapphire Ventures, sequel, Thrive Capital, Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Anjney Midha, Bartek Pucek, Brendan Iribe, Charlie Songhurst, Chintan Patel, Jared Sleeper, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Matt Bellamy, Mattia Astori, Mike Krieger, Miras Mami, Peter Sonsini, Siqi Chen, Tom McInerney
Mar 1, 2025	Movemint	$2.0M Seed	—	Acequia Capital, Also Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Boost VC, Rachel Slaybaugh, Founders Fund, Sarona Ventures, Tribe Capital, Ulu Ventures, Underscore VC, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Arash Ferdowsi, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Mathilde Collin, Shishir Mehrotra, Tom McInerney
Mar 1, 2025	Zeitview	$60.0M Venture Round	—	Acequia Capital, Also Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Boost VC, Rachel Slaybaugh, Founders Fund, Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Charlie Songhurst, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Tom McInerney
Sep 1, 2024	Keeper	$4.0M Seed	—	Accomplice VC, Alt Capital, Antler, Autopilot Fund, Blockchain Founders Fund, Bloomberg Beta, Castle Island Ventures, Convective Capital, Mathias Schilling, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lakehouse Ventures, Matrix, Outrun Ventures, Specialist VC, Wild Ventures, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Tossell, Brandon Goldman, Christian Bach, Francis Pedraza, Janis Krums, Jeff Seibert, Jonathan Swanson, Marco Zappacosta, Nitay Joffe, Ron Pragides, Scot Wingo, Thom Ruhe, Wayne Chang
Apr 1, 2024	Nominal	$8.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 8VC, Kevin Hartz, Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Bedrock Capital, DCM, E1 Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Roni Hiranand, LGF, Lux Capital, Marlinspike, Next47, Rabben Hood Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Starship Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Fanny Surjana, Mattia Astori, Mircea Pasoi, Richard Burton, Richard Cooperstein, Stephen Romanoff, Thomas Tull, William Miller
Mar 1, 2024	Build on Bitcoin	$10.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Antler, Autopilot Fund, Blockchain Founders Fund, Castle Island Ventures, Convective Capital, Mathias Schilling, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Lakehouse Ventures, Matrix, Wild Ventures, Alexandre Scialom, Ben Tossell, Brandon Goldman, Francis Pedraza, Jeff Seibert, Jonathan Swanson, Wayne Chang
Jan 1, 2024	UpSmith	$5.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 8VC, Afore Capital, AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Asymmetric Capital Partners, Bedrock Capital, E1 Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, LGF, Marlinspike, Rabben Hood Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Anne Wojcicki, Fanny Surjana, Mattia Astori, Mircea Pasoi, Richard Cooperstein, Stephen Romanoff, Thomas Tull, William Miller
Nov 1, 2023	Alto Neuroscience	$45.0M Series C	—	7BC Venture Capital, Baird Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Endeavor Venture Funds, Scott Hartley, LombardStreet Ventures, Presight Capital, What If Ventures, Tim Kendall
Sep 1, 2023	Pryon	$100.0M Series B	—	7BC Venture Capital, Alumni Ventures, Aperture Venture Capital, BBG Ventures, BootstrapLabs, Canaan Partners, Cota Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Matt Ocko, EVE Atlas, Scott Hartley, Feenix Ventures, Gaingels, Good Growth Capital, Ingeborg Investments, LombardStreet Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Modern Venture Partners, NewFund, NightDragon, Parkway VC, Proton Enterprises, Revolution, Spark Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, What If Ventures, Anthony Pompliano, Catherine Lu, Hoda Eydgahi, Sam Palmisano, Scot Wingo, Thomas Tull, Will Szczerbiak
Aug 1, 2023	Knot	$10.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 305 Ventures, Acrew Capital, American Express Ventures, Atomico, Bain Capital Crypto, Convective Capital, Craft Ventures, Expert Dojo, Exponent Founders Capital, First Round Capital, Four Rivers Group, General Catalyst, Giant Ventures, Global Ventures, Harrison Metal, IntangibleVC, Interplay Ventures, KW Angel Fund, LGF, Mouro Capital, MS&AD Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Plug & Play Ventures, Sarona Ventures, SciFi VC, Seedcamp, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Spark Capital, StillMark, SV Angel, Vouch Insurance, Alison Engel, Ameet Ranadive, Biz Stone, Charlie Songhurst, David Petersen, Dylan Field, Eoghan McCabe, Eric Wei, George Burke, Hunter Horsley, Jason Robins, Jeff Seibert, Jeremy Cai, Jeremy Yap, Jesse Leimgruber, John Carleton, Jose Gaztelu, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Luke Sherwin, Michael Pennington, Neil Parikh, Othman Laraki, Pamela Valdes, Parker Conrad, Sam Altman, Sam Blond, Sean Harper, Wences Casares
Jul 1, 2023	Proteus Space	$4.0M Seed	—	Afore Capital, Alpine Space Ventures, Countdown Capital, Humba Ventures, Lavrock Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Techstars
Jun 1, 2023	Charm Industrial	$100.0M Series B	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 8VC, Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Bedrock Capital, E1 Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, LGF, Marlinspike, Outliers Fund, Rabben Hood Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Fanny Surjana, Mattia Astori, Mircea Pasoi, Richard Cooperstein, Stephen Romanoff, Thomas Tull, William Miller
Mar 1, 2023	K2 Space	$9.0M Seed	—	Afore Capital, Countdown Capital, Dimension Capital, Humba Ventures, Hummingbird Ventures, Rally Ventures, Stellar Capital, Daren Cotter
Feb 1, 2023	Zeitview	$55.0M Series E	—	8VC, Acequia Capital, Also Capital, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Baidu Ventures, Boost VC, Coatue, Congruent Ventures, Daffy, Rachel Slaybaugh, Fenway Summer, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Andrew Wheeler, Indeed.com, Jungle Ventures, LaunchPad, Microsoft, Tiffany Luck, Openspace Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Sequoia Capital, TCG (The Chernin Group), Tribe Capital, Union Square Ventures, Vera Equity, Wellington Management, Amit Agarwal, Charlie Songhurst, Gokul Rajaram, Jacqueline Reses, Jeffrey Wald, Justin Mateen, Kevin Lin, Shishir Mehrotra, Tom McInerney, Tony Xu
Feb 1, 2023	Vitally	$30.0M Series B	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 8VC, Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Bedrock Capital, E1 Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, LGF, Marlinspike, Next47, Outliers Fund, Rabben Hood Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Fanny Surjana, Mattia Astori, Mircea Pasoi, Richard Cooperstein, Stephen Romanoff, Thomas Tull, William Miller
Jan 1, 2023	Capella Space	$60.0M Venture Round	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 8VC, Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Bedrock Capital, E1 Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, LGF, Marlinspike, Outliers Fund, Rabben Hood Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Fanny Surjana, Mattia Astori, Mircea Pasoi, Richard Cooperstein, Stephen Romanoff, William Miller
Jan 1, 2023	Blues	$32.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 8VC, Afore Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Bedrock Capital, E1 Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Greylock, LGF, Marlinspike, Outliers Fund, Rabben Hood Ventures, The General Partnership, XYZ Venture Capital, Dylan Field, Fanny Surjana, Mattia Astori, Mircea Pasoi, Richard Cooperstein, Stephen Romanoff, Thomas Tull, William Miller
Oct 1, 2022	UpSmith	$3.0M Seed	—	01 Advisors, 11k Ventures, 8VC, Afore Capital, AirAngels, Andreessen Horowitz, Anorak Ventures, Asymmetric Capital Partners, Bedrock Capital, E1 Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, LGF, Marlinspike, Rabben Hood Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Anne Wojcicki, Fanny Surjana, Mattia Astori, Mircea Pasoi, Richard Cooperstein, Stephen Romanoff, Thomas Tull, William Miller
Oct 1, 2022	Alto Neuroscience	$35.0M Series B	—	7BC Venture Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Scott Hartley, Future Africa, LombardStreet Ventures, Presight Capital, What If Ventures, Charles Delingpole, Christian Faes

Financial History

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Leadership Team

Key people at Champion Hill Labs.

Josh Manchester

General Partner

Leadership Team

Key people at Champion Hill Labs.

Josh Manchester

General Partner

Deep Dive

Champion Hill Labs is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and based in Cary, North Carolina, that invests primarily in private technology companies. Its mission centers on identifying and supporting founders solving large, often overlooked problems through non-consensus ideas and innovations underserved by traditional capital markets. The firm’s investment philosophy emphasizes backing startups in sectors such as robotics, aerospace, geospatial, cybersecurity, clean technology, artificial intelligence, and digital sovereignty. Champion Hill Labs typically invests $1-5 million in mid-stage, venture-backed IT businesses, often participating in primary rounds, secondary stock purchases, or providing liquidity to management and employees. Its impact on the startup ecosystem includes nurturing companies that push boundaries in defense, hard technology, and new computing regimes, thereby fostering innovation in structurally underserved markets[1][3][4][6].

Champion Hill Labs was established in 2014 with a focus on venture investments in technology-driven startups. The firm’s evolution has maintained a consistent emphasis on hard tech and frontier technologies, including defense and digital sovereignty, while also embracing curveball investments that defy conventional categories. Key partners and leadership details are not explicitly listed in the available data, but the firm’s strategic approach highlights a preference for founders with pre-category behavior and disruptive ideas. Early traction for the firm includes investments in notable startups such as Umbra (space technology), Casa (secure digital storage), and LabGenius (biopharmaceuticals leveraging AI and robotics), demonstrating its commitment to cutting-edge innovation and diverse technology domains[1][6].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on non-consensus, pre-category startups and structural capital market gaps.
Network Strength: Access to elite syndicates and collaboration with top-tier investors.
Track Record: Investments in frontier tech sectors like defense, aerospace, AI, and biotech.
Operating Support: Provides liquidity options and strategic capital to mid-stage companies, supporting growth beyond initial funding rounds[4][6].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Champion Hill Labs rides the wave of increasing interest in hard technology, digital sovereignty, and defense innovation, sectors gaining momentum due to geopolitical shifts and technological advancements. The timing aligns with growing government and commercial demand for advanced aerospace, cybersecurity, and AI solutions. By investing in startups that address these emerging needs, the firm influences the broader ecosystem by accelerating the development of technologies critical to national security, digital infrastructure, and sustainable innovation. Its focus on curveball investments also encourages diversity in tech innovation, challenging prevailing narratives and expanding the scope of venture capital[6].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Champion Hill Labs is poised to deepen its influence in defense tech, new computing paradigms, and digital sovereignty, areas expected to see significant growth due to evolving geopolitical and technological landscapes. Trends such as AI integration, space technology expansion, and cybersecurity will likely shape its investment trajectory. The firm’s commitment to non-consensus ideas suggests it will continue to back unconventional startups that could redefine their industries. As these sectors mature, Champion Hill Labs’ role as a strategic investor and ecosystem builder will likely expand, reinforcing its position as a key player in frontier technology venture capital[6].

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Focus on non-consensus, pre-category startups and structural capital market gaps.
Network Strength: Access to elite syndicates and collaboration with top-tier investors.
Track Record: Investments in frontier tech sectors like defense, aerospace, AI, and biotech.
Operating Support: Provides liquidity options and strategic capital to mid-stage companies, supporting growth beyond initial funding rounds[4][6].