Lerer Hippeau Ventures

Lerer Hippeau
Type of business Private
Type of site
 Venture Capital, startups
Founded 2010
Headquarters New York City, New York, United States
Founder(s) Kenneth Lerer
Key people Kenneth Lerer, Managing Partner
Ben Lerer, Managing Partner
Eric Hippeau, Managing Partner
Website lererhippeau.com

Lerer Hippeau (LH) is a seed stage venture capital fund based in New York City. The firm invests heavily in early-stage companies and has historically focused largely on startups in the New York metro region. In 2014, 70% of the HPL portfolio was New York based companies.[1]

The Firm

In 2010, father and son entrepreurs Ken (co-founder of the Huffington Post) and Ben Lerer (Founder of Thrillist) began a VC firm Lerer Ventures.[2] Eric Hippeau joined the firm in 2011 and became a new partner, upon which time the fund name changed to Lerer Hippeau Ventures.

In 2010, 4Chan founder, Christopher Poole, a.k.a. Moot, became an advisor to Lerer Ventures .[3]

Portfolio

Among LH’s notable early-stage investments are:

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In 2016 in collaboration with NBC/Comcast, LVH led a first funding round for a still-unnamed new venture by the co-founder of Politico Jim VandeHei. Mike Allen "will join the company after his run at Politico ends following November’s" Federal and other elections and the new publication is planned for launch in 2017.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Lerer Hippeau Ventures Raises $62M For Its Fourth Fund". www.techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  2. ↑ "Lerer Hippeau Ventures: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  3. ↑ "4Chan Founder Christopher "Moot" Poole Joins Lerer Ventures". www.sfgate.com. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  4. ↑ "Lerer Hippeau Ventures | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  5. ↑ "Lerer Hippeau Ventures | NYC Based Seed Stage VC Fund". Lerer Hippeau Ventures | New York City Seed Stage Venture Capital Fund. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  6. ↑ Alpert, Lukas I., "Politico Co-Founder Jim VandeHei to Launch News Venture for Professionals", Wall Street Journal, September 6, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
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