# Character: portfolio, investments and team > Character is a vc firm based in United States. 5 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/character-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Character Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 5 cheques on record. Email VC firm Deploying now New fund $853K, Aug 2026 Pre-seed Seed Series A AI For Science AI For Medicine AI For Industry Follow Character and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fcharacter-capital) Deploying now **50%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record Since the last cheque **56** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$10M** Cheque size, as they say **$200K – $2.0M** Rounds led **1 of 5** Pitch Character ## Character highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds - 03 Led 1 rounds ## What they do > Character is a boutique venture fund supporting founders with capital and sprints. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $200K – $2.0M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** AI For Science AI For Medicine AI For Industry - **Based in:** Milwaukee, United States - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Sept** **[Intermezzo](https://millionrounds.com/company/intermezzo)** Seed · US · Crosslink Capital **$10M** With 4 others - **2025** 4 rounds - **Nov** **[Great Question](https://millionrounds.com/company/great-question)** Series A · US · Startup Daily **$13M** With 5 others - **May** **[Inductive Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/inductive-bio)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$25M** With 7 others - **Mar** **[Taxo](https://millionrounds.com/company/taxo)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.0M** *Led* - **Feb** **[SymbyAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbyai)** Seed · TechCrunch **$2.1M** With 2 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named** BE **Blee-Goldman Eli** Executive Officer of the General Partner i Filing they signed EB **Eli Blee-Goldman** Manager of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed JK **John Knapp** Manager i Filing they signed JZ **John Zeratsky** Manager of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed We also hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$113M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Character Capital LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 313823 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **13** of 37 we have independently watched raise [Apoxy](https://millionrounds.com/company/apoxy)[CTGT](https://millionrounds.com/company/ctgt)[Comend](https://millionrounds.com/company/comend)[Folia Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/folia-health)[Hatch](https://millionrounds.com/company/hatch)[Hypernatural](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypernatural)[Inductive Bio Virtual](https://millionrounds.com/company/inductive-bio)[Intermezzo](https://millionrounds.com/company/intermezzo)[Orbital Materials Datacenter](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital-industries)[Phaidra Power, cooling](https://millionrounds.com/company/phaidra)[Poetiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/poetiq)[Versa](https://millionrounds.com/company/versa)[Zest](https://millionrounds.com/company/zest) Amari AutoManus Axion Orbital Bind AI Brief Decisional Extend Production-ready document Fathom The best Fineras Get in Touch Johnzeratsky Lenny’s podcast Mediphant Nevara Pitch Sprint Prism TPO Rasyn Reclaim AI that Screwball Skillsync TimeCopilot Unsupervized Upstartsmedia Weave AI-powered regulatory Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. New fund on file **$853K** raised in Aug 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 5 rounds **20%** - **Said size:** $200K – $2.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Sept 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *3* - Series A said *2* - Pre-seed said *-* - Series B said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 2 **Pitching Character?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Character. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) ## Recently backed The latest companies Character put money into. [**Intermezzo** $10M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/intermezzo)[**Great Question** $13M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/great-question)[**Inductive Bio** $25M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/inductive-bio)[**SymbyAI** $2.1M · Feb 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbyai) ## Quick answers about Character ### What does Character invest in? Character invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI For Science, AI For Medicine and AI For Industry. ### How active is Character? 5 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2026. ### What has Character invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Intermezzo (Seed, Sept 2026), Great Question (Series A, Nov 2025) and Inductive Bio (Series A, May 2025). ### How big are Character's cheques? The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $2.0M. ### Does Character lead rounds? Yes: it led 1 of its 5 investments on record (20%). ### Is Character investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Character invest alongside? Most often Y Combinator (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Character? Character is a VC firm based in Milwaukee, United States. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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