VC  Lerer Hippeau Ventures

http://lererhippeau.com/





     Office Locations:

100 Crosby, Suite 308
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 646-237-4837

 

Stages:

  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Media & Digital Media
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Lerer Hippeau Ventures is a New York-based, seed stage venture capital fund run by Ken and Ben Lerer, along with Eric Hippeau. LHV invests in founders in the earliest stages of a startup's life, seeking out those entrepreneurs with product vision, consumer insight, focused execution, and unwavering ambition. Its portfolio includes betaworks, chartbeat, Canvas Networks, BankSimple, gdgt, GroupMe, Greplin, and Venmo. Kenneth Lerer is an American businessman and media executive. He is the chairman of The Huffington Post, which he co-founded in 2005 with Arianna Huffington. He is a past Executive Vice President of AOL Time Warner and was a founding partner of New York-based corporate communications firm Robinson, Lerer, and Montgomery. The firm has invested in 416 companies.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name


      Amount


      Date

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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Andrea Hippeau Partner
    Ben Lerer Managing Partner
    Caitlin Strandberg Partner
    Dan Rochkind CFO
    Emily Libresco Director, Marketing and Communications

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      11/09/2024


      Conflixis


      TX


      $4,200,000


      Seed


      10/03/2024


      Valdera


      CA


      $15,000,000


      Series A


      10/02/2024


      Augmodo


      WA


      $5,300,000


      Seed


      09/04/2024


      Trestle


      OR


      $2,300,000


      Pre-Seed


      05/21/2024


      Expressable


      TX


      $26,000,000


      Series B


      04/16/2024


      Somite


      MA


      $5,300,000


      Pre-Seed


      04/01/2024


      Lockchain.ai


      GA


      $4,600,000


      Seed


      02/06/2024


      10Beauty


      MA


      $38,000,000


      Venture


      01/31/2024


      Haven Energy


      CA


      $7,000,000


      Series A


      12/15/2023


      Tetra


      MA


      $10,500,000


      Seed


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      10Beauty
        web link


      Abra


      Allbirds


      Ample Hills Creamery
        web link


      Apio Systems
        web link


      Augmodo
        web link


      Augury
        web link


      Bench Accounting
        web link


      Birdstop
        web link


      Blade


      Blend


      Bloglovin
        web link


      Bluefin Labs
        web link


      Bookkeep.com
        web link


      Bottlenose
        web link


      Brit + Co
        web link


      Buzzer
        web link


      BuzzFeed
        web link


      Campus Job
        web link


      Carnival Labs
        web link


      Casper


      ClassDojo


      Clause
        web link


      Clubhouse Software
        web link


      Confide
        web link


      Conflixis
        web link


      Conversion Logic
        web link


      Cord Project
        web link


      Cotopaxi
        web link


      Cover


      CREXi


      CultureIQ
        web link


      Cure Hydration
        web link


      Dering Hall
        web link


      Distractify
        web link


      Doctor on Demand
        web link


      Dragon Innovation
        web link


      EVEN Financial
        web link


      Everytable
        web link


      Expressable
        web link


      Fi


      FieldLens


      Fitplan Technologies
        web link


      Floored
        web link


      Foxtrot


      Fresh Nation
        web link


      Fuisz
        web link


      GLAMSQUAD


      Goldenset Collective
        web link


      Guideline


      Haven Energy
        web link


      Heartbeat Health
        web link


      HERB


      Heyday


      Homer Logistics
        web link


      Hungryroot


      Into The Gloss
        web link


      INTURN
        web link


      JIBE
        web link


      Jobr
        web link


      JOOR


      K Health
        web link


      Kaiyo
        web link


      Kindred


      Klara
        web link


      Koffie Insurance
        web link


      Lawnstarter
        web link


      Le Tote
        web link


      LeafLink
        web link


      littleBits
        web link


      Lockchain.ai
        web link


      LOLA


      Loop e-Commerce
        web link


      Lover
        web link


      Maxwell Health
        web link


      Medly Pharmacy
        web link


      Medmo
        web link


      Memoir
        web link


      MIRROR Fitness
        web link


      Morty
        web link


      Namely


      Nifty League
        web link


      Ollie


      One Health Company
        web link


      Onward


      OpenTrons


      OrderGroove
        web link


      Palmetto
        web link


      Pando
        web link


      Panjo
        web link


      Plantible Foods
        web link


      Plated


      PolicyMic
        web link


      Poncho


      Prima


      Prose
        web link


      Proxifile
        web link


      PureWow
        web link


      Quartzy


      Raden
        web link


      Raydiant


      Realm Home
        web link


      RebelMail


      Resy
        web link


      Sequencing.com
        web link


      Small Door
        web link


      Soma
        web link


      Somite
        web link


      Soylent
        web link


      Spindle Labs
        web link


      Splash


      Splice


      Storehouse
        web link


      Studs
        web link


      Sweet Reason Beverage
        web link


      Tapad
        web link


      Tetra
        web link


      The React Network
        web link


      Thrive Global


      Tracksmith


      Transfix
        web link


      Trestle
        web link


      Triage
        web link


      Tubular Labs
        web link


      Twice
        web link


      Urban Sky
        web link


      Valdera
        web link


      Vangst
        web link


      Warby Parker


      WayUp


      Wondery


      WorkRails


      Wreno
        web link


      x.ai
        web link


      Yourmechanic
        web link


      ZenBusiness


      Zergnet
        web link


     

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