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Eli Blee-goldman

General Partner at Character

United States

Overview 

Eli Blee-Goldman is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Character, focusing on investments in various sectors like Retail, Digital Health, and FinTech, with notable investments in companies like ThirdPartyTrust and AIQ Solutions. With a background in venture capital and strategic planning, Eli has served as a board member or observer for multiple companies, demonstrating expertise in due diligence, financial modeling, and business development. Eli's career highlights include founding Character and successfully investing in startups at various stages, showcasing a strong track record in identifying and supporting promising ventures in sectors like Health IT and Consumer Internet. Additionally, his role as a General Partner at Capital Midwest Fund highlights his strategic leadership and expertise in guiding companies towards growth and success.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder and General Partner

    2021 - Current

    We invest in early-stage startups and run Design Sprints to help them find product-market fit.

Character is a human centric venture capital firm that supports startups with capital and sprints.

  • Director and Founder

    2025

  • Board Observer

    2022

Phaidra provides AI and ML solutions to accelerate performance in large-scale industries.

Raised $42,500,000.00 from Amazon.

  • Investor

    2022

Fathom records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings for enhanced productivity.

Raised $21,825,000.00 from Maven Ventures, Character, Kevin McCarthy, Igor Tutelman, Rackhouse Venture Capital, Telescope Partners and Active Capital.

  • Board Observer

    2023 - 2024

    Acquired by Dropbox (NASDAQ: DBX)

Reclaim.ai uses AI to help businesses prioritize activities and manage schedules via a calendar app.

Raised $13,325,000.00 from Character, Yummy Ventures, Raj Dutt, Flying Fish Partners, Character, Operator Partners, Jacques Fu, Index Ventures, Calendly and Sue Khim.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2020

    Acquired by BitSight August 2022.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2020

AIQ Solutions develops a medical device technology platform that revolutionizes the treatment response of patients with complex diseases.

Raised $12,658,349.00 from Small Business Innovation Research and NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR).

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2020

Hologram provides a platform to connect devices to any network with cellular connectivity, and offers software for monitoring an IoT fleet.

Raised $82,353,000.00 from TechNexus Venture Collaborative and Gutbrain Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2020

  • General Partner

    2015 - 2020

Capital Midwest Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in advanced manufacturing, B2B, and healthcare technology companies.

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