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    Lerer Hippeau

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2010

    Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital firm founded and operated in New York City. Since 2010, the firm has invested in over 400 companies across consumer and enterprise sectors, primarily at the pre-seed and seed stages.

    Deal activity increased 42% year-over-year (17 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $16.4M (across 272 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    206

    Fund Size

    $200M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    17

    Team

    Ben Lerer

    Ben Lerer

    Managing Partner

    Eric Hippeau

    Eric Hippeau

    Managing Partner

    Graham Brown

    Graham Brown

    Managing Partner

    Isabelle Phelps

    Isabelle Phelps

    Partner

    Ron Zori

    Ron Zori

    Venture Partner

    Max Wechter

    Max Wechter

    Senior Director of AI

    Tafarii McKenzie

    Tafarii McKenzie

    Director of Product & Network Strategy

    Will McKelvey

    Will McKelvey

    Principal

    Madeleine Goldberg

    Madeleine Goldberg

    Investor

    Maurice Russo

    Maurice Russo

    Investor

    Andrea Hippeau

    Andrea Hippeau

    Head of Portfolio Management

    Brigitte Bonebrake

    Brigitte Bonebrake

    Assistant Controller

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    294 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Scotch logoScotchSeries A$20MJun 2026
    Brami logoBramiSeries B$33MMay 2026
    Symbiotic Security logoSymbiotic SecuritySeed—Feb 2026
    WeatherPromise logoWeatherPromiseSeries A$12.8MJan 2026
    Kleva logoKlevaSeed$1.6MJan 2026
    Footprint logoFootprintSeries B$25MJan 2026
    On Me logoOn MeSeed$6MDec 2025
    Air EV logoAir EVSeed$6.1MDec 2025
    AIR Platforms logoAIR PlatformsSeed$6.1MDec 2025
    Teleskope logoTeleskopeSeries A$25MNov 2025
    SSurgical AutomationsSeed$3.4MOct 2025
    Armstrong logoArmstrongSeries A$12MOct 2025
    Magic logoMagicSeed$10MOct 2025
    Daylight Energy logoDaylight EnergySeries B—Oct 2025
    Medmo logoMedmoSeries A$15MOct 2025
    Mentium logoMentiumSeed$3.2MOct 2025
    AdPipe logoAdPipeSeries A$12MSep 2025
    Le Walk logoLe WalkSeed$4.1MSep 2025
    Turnout logoTurnoutSeed$21MSep 2025
    LLava PaymentsSeed$5.8MAug 2025
    Somite logoSomiteSeries A$47MMay 2025
    VRIFY logoVRIFYSeries B$12.5MFeb 2025
    Lockchain logoLockchainSeries A$5MFeb 2025
    Augury logoAugurySeries F$75MFeb 2025
    Urban Sky logoUrban SkySeries B$30MFeb 2025
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026