Lerer Hippeau

Venture Capital
137investments
20exits
$126Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
1,015open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Lerer Hippeau is a New York venture capital firm that invests in innovative startups at the seed and early stages. It backs consumer, commerce, media and enterprise software companies, with a portfolio that has included Warby Parker, Allbirds, Casper and BuzzFeed. The firm was founded in 2010 by Ken Lerer, Eric Hippeau and Ben Lerer and is headquartered in New York City.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
137
53 of them startups
Hiring now
49
1,015 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
5
$126M raised
Exits
20
Focusshare of its companies
Consumer Goods 19%Artificial Intelligence 16%Health Care 13%Software 10%Commerce 8%Media & Entertainment 8%Food & Beverages 7%Financial Services 7%
Where its companies are
United States 49%United Kingdom 1%Slovenia 1%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 67%Series A 33%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 137 investments
OpentronsSeries E $40M · this month AugmodoVenture round $21M · 3 mo ago · 2 roles 10BeautyVenture round $23.5M · 5 mo ago · 5 roles Covera HealthVenture round $21.4M · 7 mo ago BirdstopVenture round $4.6M · 15 mo ago CapitalizeSeed $4M · 15 mo ago ConflixisSeed $4.3M · 2 yr ago Hello CakeVenture round $18.6M · 2 yr ago Heartbeat HealthVenture round $24M · 2 yr ago · 20 roles FootprintVenture round $20M · 2 yr ago · 14 roles Caladan BioVenture round $5.1M · 2 yr ago Every TableVenture round $24.3M · 3 yr ago · 12 roles
1,015 open roles at 49 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Zipline66 new roles in 30 days Airbnb66 new roles in 30 days Studs17 new roles in 30 days Oscar Health16 new roles in 30 days Zynga13 new roles in 30 days CAMP11 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
First Round Capital 8 shared NEA 8 shared Andreessen Horowitz 7 shared Comcast Ventures 7 shared Y Combinator 6 shared BoxGroup 6 shared Greycroft 6 shared General Catalyst 5 shared Union Square Ventures 5 shared IVP 5 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Techstars Greycroft Great Oaks Venture Capital First Round Capital Y Combinator Initialized Capital Andreessen Horowitz NEA
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 3 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York United States
HQ
200-500 est. staff