Lerer Hippeau
VC Fund
New York, United States
Lerer Hippeau is a seed-stage venture capital firm. The firm has invested in entrepreneurs with great ideas who aren’t afraid to do hard things. Their portfolio includes more than 400 enterprise and consumer businesses, including Guideline, MIRROR, Blockdaemon, K Health, Allbirds, ZenBusiness, and Thrive. They’re experienced operators who investearly and stay in their founders’ corners as they build iconic companies.
- Total investments:
- 681
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
- Fund size:
- $200M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Lerer Hippeau invests in
Stages Lerer Hippeau invests in
Countries Lerer Hippeau invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 13 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$7.1M
- Series A
- $3M–$16M
- Series B
- $10M–$42M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 85 (12%)
- E-Commerce 62 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 39 (6%)
- Internet 38 (6%)
- Mobile 37 (5%)
Stage
- Seed 271 (40%)
- Series A 170 (25%)
- Series B 79 (12%)
- Series C 34 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 30 (4%)
Country
- United States 391 (57%)
- Canada 8 (1%)
- United Kingdom 4 (1%)
- France 2 (0%)
- Sweden 2 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Zori
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 18 | Find email | |
Andrea Vogel
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Ben Lerer
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 44 | Find email | |
Caitlin Strandberg
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 15 | Find email | |
Daniel Rochkind
CFO
|
CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 13 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brodie Rec Leagues specializes in basketball tournaments, leagues, and training. | $2.5M / Seed / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| One Footprint is an AI-native platform for digital identity verification, compliance, and secure data vaulting. | $25M / Series B / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Augmodo Spatial AI enables real-time tracking of products across all stores, enhancing inventory management and shopping experiences. It discovers information through augmented reality for enhanced experiences. | $21M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 13, 2026 | ||
| From neighborhood stores to destination warehouses, liquor retailers of all sizes have been held back by manual tasks, slow systems and limited business intelligence. So we decided to build something better — smarter software that saves time and improves margins so independent retailers could focus on their customers, not manually managinginventory. | $20M / Series A / Jun 04, 2026 | ||
| Board is a 24-inch tabletop gaming console that blends the tactile, face-to-face interaction of traditional board games with the immersive and dynamic elements of video games. Designed to bring people together physically around a table, it features 12 exclusive games across arcade, strategy, action, and more, each controlled by unique physicalpieces that make gameplay intuitive. Suitable for players aged 6 and up, Board supports solo, cooperative, and competitive play, making it ideal for family game nights and social gatherings, with parental controls and no mature content. It offers a fresh, social, and interactive gaming experience that encourages engagement and fun for players of all skill levels. | $20M / Series A / Jun 02, 2026 | ||
| Texture aggregates data from devices, meters, markets and other signals, all into a single, easy-to-use platform so any company in the energy space can be data-driven. | $12.5M / Series A / May 23, 2026 | ||
| Brami is a producer and retailer of plant-based, Mediterranean-inspired snacks. The company's products include corn snacks in different flavors such as chia, almonds, quinoa, peanuts, chickpeas, lentils, soybeans, and lupini. The company claims that their products are vegan, gluten-free, soy-free, and non-GMO. | $33M / Series B / May 19, 2026 | ||
| Thea is an AI-powered skincare and dermatology app that gives personalized skincare advice, product recommendations, and treatment guidance using computer vision and chat-based assistance. | $4M / Pre-Seed / May 08, 2026 | ||
| MOTHER Games is an art and media company that creates transformative experiences through play, blending creativity and innovation to craft unique and engaging interactive experiences. | $15M / Seed / May 05, 2026 | ||
| PDW is a family of small autonomous platforms designed for the modern warfighter. It has a record of developing novel technology across a large stack in suas design. Its systems share the common design in electronics and software across three different sized platforms. | $110M / Series B / Mar 25, 2026 | ||
| See all 681 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Lerer Hippeau invest in?
Lerer Hippeau invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 681 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Lerer Hippeau's check size?
Lerer Hippeau typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$7.1M at Seed, $3M–$16M at Series A and $10M–$42M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lerer Hippeau participates in.
How do I contact Lerer Hippeau?
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Who are the partners at Lerer Hippeau?
The team at Lerer Hippeau includes Ron Zori (Venture Partner), Andrea Vogel (Partner) and Ben Lerer (Managing Partner), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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