VC firm
Lerer Hippeau
Also known as Lerer Hippeau Select, Lerer Hippeau Select Fund III, LP, Lerer Hippeau Select Fund IV, LP, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures CS, Lerer Hippeau Ventures CS, LLC, Lerer Hippeau Ventures Select, Lerer Hippeau Ventures Select Fund II, LP
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, United States
- Assets under management
- $1.9BForm ADV private fund GAV, as of 2026-03-31Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 23
- Legal name
- Lerer Hippeau Ventures Management, LLC
- lererhippeau.com (opens in a new tab)
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Record updated 29 September 2026
About
Lerer Hippeau is a New York-based generalist venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed and seed investing. Founded in 2010, it has backed 486 portfolio companies and invested $1.5B across sectors including AI/ML, commerce, fintech, healthcare, media, hardware/robotics and more. Notable investments include Zipline, Warby Parker, Hungryroot, Venmo, and Casper.
Investment approach
- Investing status notes
- Home page lists ongoing 2026 activity: new investments and portfolio-company funding round updates (e.g. "Workspace for teams and AI agents" new investment, "Board raises $20M Series A", September 2026 dated updates).
Funds
- Lerer Hippeau Select Fund IV, LP
- $86MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lerer Hippeau ZB, LP
- $3.5MVintage 2021, SPV, SEC amount sold
- Lerer Hippeau Select Fund III, LP
- $84.1MVintage 2019, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lerer Hippeau Ventures Select Fund II, LP
- $60.6MVintage 2017, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lerer Hippeau Ventures Select Fund, LP
- $27.3MVintage 2017, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lerer Hippeau Ventures CS, LLC
- $3.4MVintage 2015, SPV, SEC amount sold
- Lerer Hippeau Ventures TBT, LLC
- Vintage 2015SPV
- Lerer Media Ventures, LP
- $7.4MVintage 2010, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- LERER HIPPEAU VII, LP
- Main fund
- BN CAPITAL FUND I, L.P.
- Main fund
- LERER VENTURES II, LP
- Main fund
- SOFTBANK CAPITAL FUND '14, L.P.
- Main fund
- More funds
- 11 more recorded
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- LERER HIPPEAU VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC
- CRD number
- 162263 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 802-76405
- Registration
- Exempt reporting adviser
- Regulatory AUM
- $1.9Bas of 2026-03-31
- Private funds reported
- 22
- Principal office
- NEW YORK, NY, United States
- SEC CIK
- 1481651, 1644085, 1648043
Locations
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, United States
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