Character Capital is a boutique venture capital firm founded in 2021 by former Google Ventures partners John Zeratsky, Jake Knapp, and Eli Blee-Goldman. The firm provides seed capital to technical founders and helps them find product-market fit using its proprietary sprint methodology.
33% of their portfolio is in AI. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Their most common stage is seed (53% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.6M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
13
Fund Size
$52M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
15 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Amari | Seed | $4.5M | Feb 2026 |
 Phaidra | Series B | $50M | Oct 2025 |
 Extend | Series A | $17M | Jun 2025 |
 Inductive | Series A | $25M | May 2025 |
 Highnote | Seed | $2.5M | Oct 2024 |
 Weave | Series A | $10M | May 2024 |
 Hatch | Seed | $3M | Jan 2024 |
 Inductive Bio | Seed | $4.3M | Dec 2023 |
 House Rx | Series A | $25M | Mar 2022 |
 Extend | Series C | $17M | — |
 Hypernatural | Seed | $6.8M | — |
 Fathom | Series A | $17M | — |
| AAmari AI | Seed | $4.5M | — |
| Inductive | Seed | $4.3M | — |
| Fathom | Seed | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
First Round Capital3 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners3 shared
Lux Capital3 shared
Innovation Endeavors3 shared
AlleyCorp2 shared
Hustle Fund2 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
Homebrew2 shared
Maven2 shared
Soma Capital2 shared
Rackhouse Venture Capital2 shared
Maven Ventures2 shared
S322 shared
1984 Ventures1 shared
Costanoa Ventures1 shared
WestCap1 shared
Precursor Ventures1 shared
Oak HC/FT1 shared
Brooklyn Bridge Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026