Lerer Hippeau

Venture Capital

NY Consumer & Media Hub

New York, United States · 282+ investments · 385 portfolio companies

Pre-Seed
Seed
Media
Headquarters
New York, United States
Founded
2010
AUM
$1.5B
Portfolio Companies
385
Total Investments
282
Last Investment
Jan 2026
Geographic Focus
United States

Investment Thesis

Generalist early-stage fund specializing in zero-to-one company building at pre-seed and seed. Backs founder-operators with conviction to build transformative consumer and enterprise companies.

Lerer Hippeau is a Venture Capital firm based in New York, United States. It has made 282 investments in Media, including Workjam, Cord Project and PRIMA.

Portfolio385

Workjam
CP
Cord Project
PRIMA
WU
Way Up
Glossier
M
Market
Talkray (TiKL)
Wagon
Hello Cake
Even Financial
Symbiotic Security
Oscar Health
Refinery 29
Prose
The Inside
Fatherly
VHX
SM
Spoon Media
Adaptly
RebelMou
Conflixis
W
WeatherPromi
Grovo
Stiller's Soda
HuffPost (Acquired)
BARK
Recyclops
T
Trackd
MyCarrier
S
Somite
D
Dragon
Ordway Labs
Shake Shack
Crexi
Axial
Namely
Joor
Cue
TapAd
Group Nine Media
U
Upperca
Fundera
Lover
Veritonic
Transfix
Spontaneously
Splash Inc.
Caladan

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