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Character VC

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Character VC is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Marketplace, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 44 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$1.0M
Portfolio
44 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Marketplace, SaaS, AI / ML, Consumer, Enterprise
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-21

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

44+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Character VC is a pre-seed and seed-stage fund backing marketplace and network-driven SaaS models. They favor highly defensible businesses where AI acts as part of the moat.

How Character VC invests

Character VC is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Marketplace, SaaS, AI / ML, Consumer, Enterprise. It does not invest in Crypto, Consumer.

Character VC typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.

Character VC has backed 44 companies in our records, including Vouch, FormLogic, Flatiron Health.

Partners & Team

JK

Jake Knapp

Co-Founder & General Partner

design sprint methodology
product-market fit
early-stage startups
technical founders
PS

Preeti Singh

General Partner

Marketplaces
B2B SaaS
EB

Eli Blee-Goldman

Co-Founder & General Partner

early-stage software
seed stage
enterprise
healthcare
life sciences
industrial AI
JZ

John Zeratsky

Co-Founder & General Partner

product design
founder coaching
design sprints
early-stage venture

Industry Focus

Invests In

Marketplace
SaaS
AI / ML
Consumer
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Crypto
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (44)

Other

VO

Vouch

Marketplace/SaaS
FO

FormLogic

AI/B2B
FL

Flatiron Health

DI

Digit

BL

Blue Bottle Coffee

SL

Slack

RE

Reclaim

HE

HeadsUp

MA

MajorBoost

EX

Exponent

How to pitch Character VC
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Marketplace, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jake Knapp, Co-Founder & General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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