# Lerer Hippeau

> Lerer Hippeau is a VC fund in New York backing Software and E-Commerce. See 541 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 541
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 21%
- Fund size: $37M
- Last fund: Oct 2012
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9333719/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/LererHippeau
- Website: http://www.lererhippeau.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LererHippeau/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$7.5M |
| Series A | $3M–$17M |
| Series B | $10M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 59 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 42 | 8% |
| Mobile | 30 | 6% |
| Internet | 29 | 5% |
| Information Technology | 27 | 5% |

327 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 213 | 39% |
| Series A | 124 | 23% |
| Series B | 52 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 34 | 6% |
| Series C | 23 | 4% |

14 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 311 | 57% |
| Canada | 7 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 0% |
| Israel | 1 | 0% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ron Zori | Venture Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-zori |
| Andrea Vogel | Partner | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-hippeau |
| Ben Lerer | Managing Partner | 40 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-lerer |
| Caitlin Strandberg | Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caitlin-strandberg |
| Daniel Rochkind | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-rochkind |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Augmodo | 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 |  |
| Scotch | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Performance Drone Works | 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 |  |
| The Six Bells | The Six Bells is a country-inspired homewares brand | $6.2M |  | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| Climatic Health | Climatic Health develops a lung health system focused on breathing support, respiratory monitoring, and clinically studied methods. | $10M | Seed | Jan 28, 2026 |  |

10 of 541 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Lerer Hippeau invest in?

Lerer Hippeau invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 541 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–$7.5M at Seed, $3M–$17M at Series A and $10M–$50M 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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