Character is a boutique venture fund that backs technical founders building frontier applications of software, particularly AI for science, medicine, industry, business, and commerce. Founded by John Zeratsky, Jake Knapp, and Eli Blee-Goldman — all former Google Ventures partners and creators of the Design Sprint methodology — Character is actively investing from a $52 million fund. The firm leads pre-seed and seed rounds with checks up to $2 million for 6–10% ownership and runs proprietary sprint methods (Design Sprint, Foundation Sprint) to help founders find product-market fit quickly. Character also operates Character Labs, an accelerator investing $200K for 5% in up to 15 companies per cohort, and Character Foundations, a one-day masterclass for founders. Portfolio companies include Phaidra, Inductive Bio, Reclaim (acquired by Dropbox), House Rx, Orbital Materials, Fathom, and 60+ in stealth.

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