Lerer Hippeau
Lerer Hippeau is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in Other, Consumer, Fintech. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 15 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 15 companies on record
- Partners
- 14 listed
- AUM
- $1.4B
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Other, Consumer, Fintech, AI / ML, Real Estate
- HQ
- New York, NY
Last verified: 2026-07-11
Seed, Series A
$500K – $3.0M
$1.4B
15+ companies
14 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage VC investing in software and consumer internet, frequently leading seed rounds.
How Lerer Hippeau invests
Lerer Hippeau is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Consumer, Fintech, AI / ML, Real Estate.
Lerer Hippeau typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.4B in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2024, Lerer Hippeau has backed 15 companies in our records, including AIR Platforms, BuiltAI, OnProfit. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2025, with 2 investments logged over the last 12 months.
Partners & Team
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Portfolio Companies (15)
Other
10beauty
10Beauty, located in Burlington, MA, is building the definitive intelligent beauty company, leveraging robotics and automation to reimagine how people can interact with machines on a service level.
Abra Finance
Abra is the all-in-one digital asset custodian where consumers and institutions can buy, sell, trade, store, and borrow cryptocurrency.
Advocate
We are your advocate, and we’re changing the way Americans get help when they’re too sick or injured to work – one person at a time.
Aerflo
Aerflo has reimagined how you can enjoy and consume beverages in a way that is uniquely sustainable and convenient.
Air Software
Air is a creative ops system for creative teams.
Altitude
Building the world’s first robotic dishwasher.
Ashby
Ashby helps scaling companies achieve their ambitious growth targets.
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Consumer, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ben Lerer, Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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