Champion Hill Ventures
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United StatesFounded 2014
Champion Hill Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, investing in non-consensus founders solving large, overlooked problems. The firm focuses on three thematic areas: defense and hard technology, new computing regimes and digital sovereignty, and contrarian 'curveball' ideas.
35% of their portfolio is in Defense & Space. Average disclosed round size is $43.4M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
10
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
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Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
17 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Castelion | Series B | $350M | Jul 2025 |
 True Anomaly | Series C | — | Apr 2025 |
 Keeper | Pre-Seed | $4M | Oct 2024 |
| Keeper | Pre-Seed | $4M | Jan 2024 |
| True Anomaly | Series D | — | Dec 2023 |
| Castelion | Seed | $14.2M | Oct 2023 |
| True Anomaly | Series A | $17M | Apr 2023 |
 Umbra | Series B | — | Mar 2023 |
| True Anomaly | Series B | $100M | Jan 2023 |
| Umbra | Series B | — | Jan 2023 |
 FieldComplete | Unknown | $1.9M | Sep 2021 |
 Skillbank | Unknown | $1.5M | Jan 2021 |
 Linear Labs | Seed | $6M | Oct 2020 |
 Swarm Aero | Seed | — | — |
 Sonibel | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | — |
| Linear Labs | Series A | $17M | — |
 Casa | Seed | $4M | — |
Top Co-Investors
ACME Capital4 shared
Menlo Ventures4 shared
Accel4 shared
645 Ventures4 shared
Narya4 shared
Eclipse4 shared
Western Technology Investment4 shared
Riot Ventures3 shared
Root Ventures3 shared
Space VC3 shared
Meritech Capital2 shared
Castle Island Ventures2 shared
Rocketship VC2 shared
FiveNine Ventures2 shared
Lavrock Ventures2 shared
BlueYard Capital2 shared
First In2 shared
Lowercarbon Capital2 shared
Kindred Ventures2 shared
Goodwater Capital2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026