Character Capital
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Supporting startups with capital and sprints. Founded by @jazer @eliblee @jakek.
Joined August 2015
In 2024's least surprising news, @jakek and I finally started a podcast!!! What's it called? Jake & JZ! When does it come out? Every Thursday! What's it about? Startups, design, marketing, technology… and whatever else we’re thinking about 🤓 Where can I get a very
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🔥 Character Labs is BACK by popular demand — applications are open now until July 19 for pre-seed founders building in AI.
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Some big news! I’m now a full-time general partner at Character AND applications are open for Character Labs, our 4-week sprint program for startups. It took 15 years (!) to get to this moment; here's the story:
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VC subsight 300/365: Character Labs is BACK! https://t.co/1F9u44VXdV What: four-week sprint program for AI founders. Rapidly accelerate PMF through sequence of back-to-back sprints to validate product and GTM hypotheses
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Character Labs is our 4-week sprint program for AI founders. In Character Labs, startup founders work directly with Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky in a sequence of back-to-back Design Sprints focused...
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I've been waiting a year for this... Character Labs is BAAAAAACK! ICYMI, Labs is our four-week sprint program for AI founders. Like an accelerator, but 100% focused on product-market fit.
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We're excited to (finally!) announce our investment in @inductive_bio!
We are thrilled to be coming out of stealth! See our press release ( https://t.co/TdqeBLgFzS), along with some coverage from STAT in their Readout Newsletter ( https://t.co/HA4BoPhYtF).
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Seeing a fourth type of AI founder emerge... 4. The Distributors — understand how to put AI tech in the hands of customers within a specific sector. Especially important for late-adopter customers where applications of mainstream tools (e.g. ChatGPT) are not obvious.
Three types of AI founders: (a mini thread based on what we're seeing and investing in at @CharacterVC; thx to @eliblee for being a great thought partner on this)
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Three types of AI founders: (a mini thread based on what we're seeing and investing in at @CharacterVC; thx to @eliblee for being a great thought partner on this)
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Applications for Character Labs are due this weekend! If you're working on something new, and want to sprint with our team on product-market fit, we'd love for you to consider applying. DM us if you have any questions about the program!
Character Labs is our new sprint program for pre-seed founders. It's 100% focused on accelerating progress toward product-market fit. Applications are now open. https://t.co/hpPr6CdRLu
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@koalluh was in the first CL cohort, and it truly gave us a running start. You get personalized support, funding, & strategic guidance from the minds behind Google's 5-Day Sprint method.🧠 (cc @jazer @jakek @eliblee) Highly recommend to folks early in their startup journey!!
Two years ago, I started @CharacterVC with @eliblee and @jakek. So far, we've invested in 20+ companies and worked closely with the founders (using our Sprint method from GV) to help them de-risk product/GTM fast. Now we're expanding with a new program called Character Labs...
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Super excited to announce Character Labs, our multi-week sprint bootcamp for pre-seed founders.✨ https://t.co/TGbVXJ0EMX This session is optimized for AI.🤖
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Character Labs is our 4-week sprint program for AI founders. In Character Labs, startup founders work directly with Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky in a sequence of back-to-back Design Sprints focused...
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Two years ago, I started @CharacterVC with @eliblee and @jakek. So far, we've invested in 20+ companies and worked closely with the founders (using our Sprint method from GV) to help them de-risk product/GTM fast. Now we're expanding with a new program called Character Labs...
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Character Labs is our new sprint program for pre-seed founders. It's 100% focused on accelerating progress toward product-market fit. Applications are now open. https://t.co/hpPr6CdRLu
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We're excited to partner with @GVteam in backing @alexanderingram and the entire @giftwithzest team!
Like a ‘90s kid rippin’ open an N64, we’re stoked to unwrap the news of our $4.2MM seed round! Peep the TechCrunch article all about us and our gifting mission 👀 🎁
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New blog post, about the relationship between craft and invention:
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The best startups combine the discipline of craft with the mindset of invention
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Congratulations to the Highnote team!
We're excited to have @TechCrunch share our $1.7MM fundraise from our amazing partners including @AforeVC, @bklynbridgevc, @CharacterVC, and @PrecursorVC plus our amazing group of angels from companies like @splice, @YouTube, @auth0, + more. https://t.co/pdqQqDasWO
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Congratulations to portfolio company @headsupai, announcing their $8M seed round today!
Today we are announcing our $8.5m seed round. It’s only a start, and we couldn’t be more excited by the prospect of changing how go-to-market is done in SaaS.
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