Character VC
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
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.0M
44+ companies
4 partners
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
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (44)
Other
Vouch
FormLogic
Flatiron Health
Digit
Blue Bottle Coffee
Slack
Reclaim
HeadsUp
MajorBoost
Exponent
- •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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