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What does Lerer Hippeau invest in?
Lerer Hippeau invests most often at Seed and Series A (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2C, B-to-c and Enterprise.
Lerer Hippeau highlights
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31 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 64% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 15 rounds, median $3.4M
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15 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Lerer Hippeau: Investing in innovative startups.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $3.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- B2CB-to-cEnterprise
- Based in
- New York, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first417 appearances
- 2026
24 rounds
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- 2025
36 rounds
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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 registration6 named
BSBenjamin Samuel Sailer LererManaging Partner/Member of Lerer Hippeau Ventures Management, LLCiForm ADV
DRDaniel RochkindChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
ECEric Claude HippeauManaging Partner/Member of Lerer Hippeau Ventures Management, LLCiForm ADV
GCGraham C. BrownManaging Partner/Member of Lerer Hippeau Ventures Management, LLCiForm ADV
ISIsabel Sarah Sailer LererMember of Lerer Hippeau Ventures Management, LLCiForm ADV
KBKenneth Bruce LererManaging Partner of Lerer Hippeau Ventures Management, LLCiForm ADV
We also hold 23 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
$1.9Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Lerer Hippeau Ventures Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 162263
Who backs their funds
1 LP on record in Lerer Hippeau's funds
- Funds
- 1
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.
Cendana Capital1 fundFund Vintage Committed Lerer Hippeau - -
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
60 of 60 we have independently watched raise
10beautyA BitAbraAirbnbAirplatformsAllbirdsAolAugmentirAugmodoAuguryAutofiAvaAxialBarkBaublebarBirdstopBladeBlockdaemonBlockrenovationBloglovinBoardBookkeepBritBuiltaiBuzzfeedCantinaCasperCellularintelligenceCeltraChartbeatChubbiesshortsClassdojoClimatichealthCocoonCodeclimateComposeConflixisCotopaxiCoverahealthCrexiCrossingmindsCrowdtangleCrypttvCultureiqCurehydrationDatabandDeringhallDia &DigitalgeniusDiscloDocsendDragoninnovationEverlaneEverytableExpressableFatherlyFieldlensFitlabFood52Freshnationand 68 more
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.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed15 in all
CrowdTangleBought by FacebookUndisclosedNov 2016
ComposeBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedJul 2015
Torando LabsBought by BuzzFeedUndisclosedOct 2014
FullscreenBought by Otter MediaUndisclosedSept 2014
PoptipBought by Palantir TechnologiesUndisclosedJul 2014
BestVendorBought by DocstocUndisclosedAug 2013
MetaresolverBought by Millennial MediaUndisclosedFeb 2013
Kingfish LabsBought by BuzzFeedUndisclosedSept 2012
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.