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Lerer Hippeau

Venture Capital · Founded 2010 · New York City, United States

#63 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 0.5% of investors worldwide

Seed and early-stage venture capital fund

370 Portfolio companies+22% in 5 years
14 Unicorns
1 Decacorns
598 Investments
Jul 2026 Last investment
02 · Biggest holdings

Lerer Hippeau’s biggest current holdings.

Lerer Hippeau is a named shareholder in 4 companies. Dealroom estimates those stakes are worth about $280M in total — the disclosed percentage × each company’s latest valuation. The 4 biggest are below, each sized by that estimate.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 BlockdaemonEnterprise Software · Unicorn 4% $3.3B $130M
  2. 2 ZenBusinessMarketing · Unicorn 5.5% $1.7B $94M
  3. 3 K HealthEnterprise Software · Unicorn 4% $900M $36M
  4. 4 AuguryEngineering And Manufacturing Equipment · Unicorn 2% $1.0B $20M

Estimated value = Lerer Hippeau’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Lerer Hippeau also appears inside investor groups in Bowery Farming, ClassDojo, Glossier, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Exits

Lerer Hippeau’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Lerer Hippeau’s transaction record.

$13B IPO · 2020
Entered SeedNow $1.5BHealth
$6.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $3.2BWellness Beauty
$4.9B acquisition · 2023
Entered SeedGaming
Smartbird | formerly Allbirds
$4.1B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $41MHosting
$1.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $130MMedia
$1.1B IPO · 2026
Entered SeedNow $1.1BFintech
04 · Portfolio analysis

Where Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 370 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA363
  2. Canada8
  3. UK4
  4. Germany2
  5. China1
  6. Denmark1
  7. France1
  8. Ireland1
  9. Mexico1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software67
  2. Media53
  3. Marketing45
  4. Fintech40
  5. Food27
  6. Health24
  7. Wellness Beauty19
  8. Fashion18
  9. Home Living15
  10. Real Estate15
  11. Telecom14
  12. Gaming13
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed240
  2. Series A101
  3. Series B+24
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth186
  2. Breakout Stage138
  3. Late Growth58
  4. Mature1
05 · Portfolio market map

Inside Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 370 tracked.

Napster | Infinite Reality
Gaming · Decacorn
$12B
Scopely
Gaming · Unicorn
$4.9B
Warby Parker
Wellness Beauty · Unicorn
$3.2B
Palmetto
Real Estate · Unicorn
$1.0B
BuzzFeed
Media
$130M
Bowery Farming
Food
$944M
Blockdaemon
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.3B
SeatGeek
Media · Unicorn
$1.0B
K Health
Health
$900M
Augury
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment · Unicorn
$1.0B
ClassDojo
Telecom · Unicorn
$1.3B
Casper
Home Living
$286M
Guideline
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
ZenBusiness
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.7B
LE TOTE
Fashion
$140M
Genies
Media · Unicorn
$1.0B
Transfix
Transportation
$250M
Doctor on Demand
Health
$300M
OpenTrons
Health · Unicorn
$1.8B
LeafLink
Marketing
$400M
Namely
Enterprise Software
$240M
BLADE
Travel
$512M
Smartbird | formerly Allbirds
Hosting
$41M
Foxtrot
Food
$400M
Thrive Global
Health
$320M
WorkJam
Enterprise Software
$200M
Splice
Music
$500M
Giphy
Telecom
$528M
OrderGroove
Fintech
$12M
Medium
Media
$200M
Loop Returns
Marketing
$325M
Refinery29
Media
$400M
Block renovation
Home Living
$200M
Lola
Health
$96M
Plated
Food
$200M
AutoFi
Fintech
$700M
Bench Accounting
Fintech
$240M
JOOR
Fashion
$230M
Welcome Software
USA
Birchbox
Wellness Beauty
$60M
Percolate
Marketing
$128M
Abra
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Everytable
Food
$275M
Small Door
Health
$140M
Medly Pharmacy
Health
$400M
Science Exchange
Health
$80M
Plus One Robotics
Robotics
$200M
Everlane
Fashion
$100M
Havenly
Home Living
$112M
Ollie
Food
$85M
Delphia
Fintech
$240M
Tulip Retail
Enterprise Software
$200M
INTURN
Enterprise Software
$90M
Hungryroot
Food
$750M
Drone Racing League
Sports
$250M
Raydiant
Marketing
$150M
Prose
Wellness Beauty
$72M
Mirror
Wellness Beauty
$500M
Code Climate
Enterprise Software
$200M
Grovo
Education
$45M
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio founders come from.

166 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States136
  2. Israel5
  3. Canada4
  4. France3
  5. Peru2
  6. United Kingdom2
  7. Austria1
  8. India1
UniversityCount
  1. Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania12
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology8
  3. Stanford University7
  4. University of Texas at Austin6
  5. Columbia Business School5
  6. Dartmouth College5
  7. Columbia University4
  8. University of California, Berkeley4
  9. University of Cambridge4
  10. Brown University3
Previous companyCount
  1. Bain & Company4
  2. Gilt Groupe4
  3. McKinsey & Company4
  4. Alphabet | Google3
  5. AOL UK3
  6. HuffPost3
  7. Microsoft3
  8. Rent the Runway3
  9. Shopify3
  10. Alarm.com2