Lerer Hippeau

Lerer Hippeau is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in New York City, established in 2010. The firm focuses on investing in entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and a strong work ethic, supporting them as they develop their businesses. Lerer Hippeau has built a diverse portfolio of over 400 companies across various sectors, including notable names such as Guideline, MIRROR, Blockdaemon, K Health, Allbirds, ZenBusiness, and Thrive. The firm is recognized for its active engagement in the early stages of startups, providing not only capital but also expertise and guidance to help founders navigate the challenges of building successful enterprises.

Daniel Applewhite

Summer Associate

Cohen, Stephanie Manning

Operating Partner

Sharlene Guiriba

Associate

Andrea Hippeau

Partner

Ben Lerer

Managing Partner

Medved, Joe

Partner, LH Strategy

Phelps, Isabelle

Partner

Rochkind CPA, Daniel

CFO

Caitlin Strandberg

Partner

Mendy Yang

Associate

Past deals in Coworking

Air

Series B in 2022
Air is the Creative Operations System for marketing and creative teams. Find, organize, share, and collaborate on your images and videos. It's a visual workspace where your images and videos can be easily stored, shared, managed, and finalized. Say goodbye to legacy tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, and traditional DAMs. Air’s intuitive UI is purpose-built for visual assets. Find files faster with visual search and AI autotagging. Share files securely. Fast-track projects and feedback. Customize workflows. Your team can save countless hours managing digital assets with Air.

Spatial

Series B in 2021
Spatial is a gaming platform where millions of creators build and share fun and inspiring experiences that bring people together across web, mobile, and VR. Our goal is to change the way we share fun experiences, tell stories, and make friends. Today, videos are the most common way to talk and share things online, but often people end up just watching and not interacting. We want the internet to be a more playful and social place. This change is already happening in the world of gaming. We want to accelerate this by making it easier for everyone to create, share, and play fun games with their friends. Just like YouTube did for videos. To turn this vision into reality, we are currently focused on the following three pillars: - Creator Toolkit: a dynamic extension of Unity, the most widely adopted game engine globally. We provide you with easy tools and useful templates so you can focus on what matters most - creating fun games that bring people together. - Virtual Economy (beta): enabling the sale of digital items, avatar enhancements, and power-ups. We’re proud to provide a creator-friendly revenue share that outperforms our competitors, putting more money in your pocket. - Multi-Platform: the only platform where your games are published across web, mobile, and VR, ensuring you reach every player on every device.

Parsec

Series B in 2020
Parsec empowers people to connect to their work, games, and friends from anywhere, on any device. Parsec for Teams lets artists, animators, developers, and designers across the creative industries use their powerful PCs and VMs from anywhere, across any device. Our silky smooth, 60FPS+, 4K interactive remote access tools are used by leaders in games, animation, film, broadcast, architecture, and more. Millions of people use Parsec to access their games on the go. Share a link and you’re playing with friends and family.

Air

Series A in 2020
Air is the Creative Operations System for marketing and creative teams. Find, organize, share, and collaborate on your images and videos. It's a visual workspace where your images and videos can be easily stored, shared, managed, and finalized. Say goodbye to legacy tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, and traditional DAMs. Air’s intuitive UI is purpose-built for visual assets. Find files faster with visual search and AI autotagging. Share files securely. Fast-track projects and feedback. Customize workflows. Your team can save countless hours managing digital assets with Air.

Undock

Seed Round in 2020
Undock, Inc. is a technology company that develops a cloud-based platform designed to streamline the scheduling, coordination, and hosting of meetings. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Undock employs an advanced AI model that effectively identifies the optimal meeting times for participants by analyzing their availability, preferences, and behaviors. The platform offers a centralized location for collaborative agendas and notes, which can be integrated with various video conferencing tools, enhancing the overall meeting experience for teams and organizations.

ROOM

Series A in 2020
ROOM is a startup that specializes in reshaping the modern workspace. It designs a modern workplace system through flexible alternatives that make more room for people at work and also build prefabricated, self-assembled, sound-proofed, ventilated, and powered booths. It enables users to make extra room in the budget without compromising quality and provides employees with a place to take a video call or get some uninterrupted time to focus on work. The company was co-founded by Morten Meisner-Jensen and Brian Chen in 2018.

Parsec

Series A in 2020
Parsec empowers people to connect to their work, games, and friends from anywhere, on any device. Parsec for Teams lets artists, animators, developers, and designers across the creative industries use their powerful PCs and VMs from anywhere, across any device. Our silky smooth, 60FPS+, 4K interactive remote access tools are used by leaders in games, animation, film, broadcast, architecture, and more. Millions of people use Parsec to access their games on the go. Share a link and you’re playing with friends and family.

WorkJam

Series C in 2020
WorkJam is an employee engagement suite that unleashes the potential of enterprise workforces through agile scheduling, transformative communication, experiential learning, and tailored recognition, empowering shift-based, hourly, and non-desk workers. It manages and optimizes the entire employee-employer relationship life cycle with dynamic mobile communication and workforce management to drive operational efficiency and productivity. It also enables employers to improve labor cost management and sales through better communication with their workforce, enhanced employee self-service, and a better customer experience through a more motivated and engaged staff. WorkJam was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

WorkRails

Seed Round in 2020
WorkRails Services CPQ helps companies build professional services quotes quickly and easily. WorkRails is ideal for teams who sell complex services but struggle with accuracy and timeliness. WorkRails services CPQ platform standardizes how services are sold, allowing for repeatability, scale and revenue acceleration. WorkRails breaks down the silos between Sales, Professional Services, and their Clients, connect to other systems of record, eliminate double entry and errors , and makes selling easy.

Spatial

Series A in 2020
Spatial is a gaming platform where millions of creators build and share fun and inspiring experiences that bring people together across web, mobile, and VR. Our goal is to change the way we share fun experiences, tell stories, and make friends. Today, videos are the most common way to talk and share things online, but often people end up just watching and not interacting. We want the internet to be a more playful and social place. This change is already happening in the world of gaming. We want to accelerate this by making it easier for everyone to create, share, and play fun games with their friends. Just like YouTube did for videos. To turn this vision into reality, we are currently focused on the following three pillars: - Creator Toolkit: a dynamic extension of Unity, the most widely adopted game engine globally. We provide you with easy tools and useful templates so you can focus on what matters most - creating fun games that bring people together. - Virtual Economy (beta): enabling the sale of digital items, avatar enhancements, and power-ups. We’re proud to provide a creator-friendly revenue share that outperforms our competitors, putting more money in your pocket. - Multi-Platform: the only platform where your games are published across web, mobile, and VR, ensuring you reach every player on every device.

Shortcut

Series B in 2020
Shortcut, formerly known as Clubhouse Software, Inc., is a project management platform designed to enhance collaboration among software development teams. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, Shortcut offers tools that help engineers plan, build, and deploy software products efficiently. The platform provides features such as task management, progress tracking, and workspace organization, allowing teams to coordinate effectively and maintain visibility across multiple projects. Additionally, Shortcut includes a knowledge base tool that facilitates documentation and collaboration among team members. By balancing simplicity and structure, Shortcut aims to create a user-friendly environment that enables software teams to focus on delivering quality products while minimizing stress.

Air

Seed Round in 2019
Air is the Creative Operations System for marketing and creative teams. Find, organize, share, and collaborate on your images and videos. It's a visual workspace where your images and videos can be easily stored, shared, managed, and finalized. Say goodbye to legacy tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, and traditional DAMs. Air’s intuitive UI is purpose-built for visual assets. Find files faster with visual search and AI autotagging. Share files securely. Fast-track projects and feedback. Customize workflows. Your team can save countless hours managing digital assets with Air.

Splice

Series C in 2019
Splice helps music creators bring their ideas to life. Through a vast, industry-leading catalog of high-quality licensed samples, paired with powerful AI, the platform accelerates deep sound discovery and inspiration. Committed every day to empowering music creators everywhere, Splice also provides affordable access to plugins and DAWs through a rent-to-own gear marketplace. The New York based startup (Co-founded by Steve Martocci and Matt Aimonetti) closed a Series D round in November 2020 and is led by CEO Kakul Srivastava.

Spatial

Seed Round in 2018
Spatial is a gaming platform where millions of creators build and share fun and inspiring experiences that bring people together across web, mobile, and VR. Our goal is to change the way we share fun experiences, tell stories, and make friends. Today, videos are the most common way to talk and share things online, but often people end up just watching and not interacting. We want the internet to be a more playful and social place. This change is already happening in the world of gaming. We want to accelerate this by making it easier for everyone to create, share, and play fun games with their friends. Just like YouTube did for videos. To turn this vision into reality, we are currently focused on the following three pillars: - Creator Toolkit: a dynamic extension of Unity, the most widely adopted game engine globally. We provide you with easy tools and useful templates so you can focus on what matters most - creating fun games that bring people together. - Virtual Economy (beta): enabling the sale of digital items, avatar enhancements, and power-ups. We’re proud to provide a creator-friendly revenue share that outperforms our competitors, putting more money in your pocket. - Multi-Platform: the only platform where your games are published across web, mobile, and VR, ensuring you reach every player on every device.

Wonderschool

Series A in 2018
Wonderschool, founded in 2016 in California by a team of educators and technologists, provides a platform that enables individuals to launch infant and toddler programs and preschools from their homes. The company supports experienced educators and childcare providers in establishing their own childcare facilities, regardless of their living arrangements, whether in apartments, condos, or houses. Wonderschool offers comprehensive assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing, and various operational needs. Its software platform allows educators to manage their students, parents, and programs seamlessly from a single dashboard. Additionally, Wonderschool features a marketplace where parents can search for programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments. Committed to enhancing access to quality early education, Wonderschool recognizes the importance of early childhood development in cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills.

Spacious

Series A in 2018
Spacious transforms available urban space into a network of shared drop-in workspaces. Members have access to every location, high-speed wifi, complimentary coffee, all the outlets they need to stay productive, and space to host guests and small meetings.

CultureIQ

Venture Round in 2018
CultureIQ provides culture management software and services to help organizations measure, understand, and strengthen their company culture. CultureIQ was developed with the goal of giving every employee a voice and providing organizations the tools to listen. With customizable surveys, actionable insights, reporting tools, and data-driven solutions, the company enables companies to actively manage their culture to drive employee engagement and success.

WorkRails

Convertible Note in 2017
WorkRails Services CPQ helps companies build professional services quotes quickly and easily. WorkRails is ideal for teams who sell complex services but struggle with accuracy and timeliness. WorkRails services CPQ platform standardizes how services are sold, allowing for repeatability, scale and revenue acceleration. WorkRails breaks down the silos between Sales, Professional Services, and their Clients, connect to other systems of record, eliminate double entry and errors , and makes selling easy.

Shortcut

Series A in 2017
Shortcut, formerly known as Clubhouse Software, Inc., is a project management platform designed to enhance collaboration among software development teams. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, Shortcut offers tools that help engineers plan, build, and deploy software products efficiently. The platform provides features such as task management, progress tracking, and workspace organization, allowing teams to coordinate effectively and maintain visibility across multiple projects. Additionally, Shortcut includes a knowledge base tool that facilitates documentation and collaboration among team members. By balancing simplicity and structure, Shortcut aims to create a user-friendly environment that enables software teams to focus on delivering quality products while minimizing stress.

Wonderschool

Seed Round in 2017
Wonderschool, founded in 2016 in California by a team of educators and technologists, provides a platform that enables individuals to launch infant and toddler programs and preschools from their homes. The company supports experienced educators and childcare providers in establishing their own childcare facilities, regardless of their living arrangements, whether in apartments, condos, or houses. Wonderschool offers comprehensive assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing, and various operational needs. Its software platform allows educators to manage their students, parents, and programs seamlessly from a single dashboard. Additionally, Wonderschool features a marketplace where parents can search for programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments. Committed to enhancing access to quality early education, Wonderschool recognizes the importance of early childhood development in cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills.

WayUp

Series B in 2017
WayUp connects students with jobs during and after college -- from summer internships to part-time gigs to full-time jobs after graduation. Businesses post a job to a targeted audience of students at any US college, and students can browse through jobs and apply for free. It was created in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

WorkJam

Venture Round in 2017
WorkJam is an employee engagement suite that unleashes the potential of enterprise workforces through agile scheduling, transformative communication, experiential learning, and tailored recognition, empowering shift-based, hourly, and non-desk workers. It manages and optimizes the entire employee-employer relationship life cycle with dynamic mobile communication and workforce management to drive operational efficiency and productivity. It also enables employers to improve labor cost management and sales through better communication with their workforce, enhanced employee self-service, and a better customer experience through a more motivated and engaged staff. WorkJam was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

Parsec

Seed Round in 2017
Parsec empowers people to connect to their work, games, and friends from anywhere, on any device. Parsec for Teams lets artists, animators, developers, and designers across the creative industries use their powerful PCs and VMs from anywhere, across any device. Our silky smooth, 60FPS+, 4K interactive remote access tools are used by leaders in games, animation, film, broadcast, architecture, and more. Millions of people use Parsec to access their games on the go. Share a link and you’re playing with friends and family.

WorkRails

Seed Round in 2016
WorkRails Services CPQ helps companies build professional services quotes quickly and easily. WorkRails is ideal for teams who sell complex services but struggle with accuracy and timeliness. WorkRails services CPQ platform standardizes how services are sold, allowing for repeatability, scale and revenue acceleration. WorkRails breaks down the silos between Sales, Professional Services, and their Clients, connect to other systems of record, eliminate double entry and errors , and makes selling easy.

Shortcut

Seed Round in 2016
Shortcut, formerly known as Clubhouse Software, Inc., is a project management platform designed to enhance collaboration among software development teams. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, Shortcut offers tools that help engineers plan, build, and deploy software products efficiently. The platform provides features such as task management, progress tracking, and workspace organization, allowing teams to coordinate effectively and maintain visibility across multiple projects. Additionally, Shortcut includes a knowledge base tool that facilitates documentation and collaboration among team members. By balancing simplicity and structure, Shortcut aims to create a user-friendly environment that enables software teams to focus on delivering quality products while minimizing stress.

Spacious

Seed Round in 2016
Spacious transforms available urban space into a network of shared drop-in workspaces. Members have access to every location, high-speed wifi, complimentary coffee, all the outlets they need to stay productive, and space to host guests and small meetings.

CultureIQ

Seed Round in 2015
CultureIQ provides culture management software and services to help organizations measure, understand, and strengthen their company culture. CultureIQ was developed with the goal of giving every employee a voice and providing organizations the tools to listen. With customizable surveys, actionable insights, reporting tools, and data-driven solutions, the company enables companies to actively manage their culture to drive employee engagement and success.

WayUp

Series A in 2015
WayUp connects students with jobs during and after college -- from summer internships to part-time gigs to full-time jobs after graduation. Businesses post a job to a targeted audience of students at any US college, and students can browse through jobs and apply for free. It was created in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Un1verse

Seed Round in 2014
Un1verse (Future Lab Inc)

WayUp

Seed Round in 2014
WayUp connects students with jobs during and after college -- from summer internships to part-time gigs to full-time jobs after graduation. Businesses post a job to a targeted audience of students at any US college, and students can browse through jobs and apply for free. It was created in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Badge

Seed Round in 2014
Mobile Contacts and Communication for Growing Companies

Betaworks

Series C in 2013
Betaworks is a New York-based startup studio and venture capital firm founded in 2008. It focuses on building and investing in early-stage technology companies, primarily in sectors such as B2B, B2C, SaaS, gaming, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. The firm operates as a tightly linked network encompassing ideas, people, capital, and products, aiming to foster innovation and create a more connected world. Betaworks typically makes seed-stage investments ranging from $150,000 to $200,000, often collaborating with other investors in syndicates. The firm is known for its hands-on approach, working closely with startups that align with its vision, and has been involved with notable companies like Giphy and Instapaper. Betaworks also provides thematic investment and mentorship programs to support entrepreneurs in developing their business ideas.

Splice

Seed Round in 2013
Splice helps music creators bring their ideas to life. Through a vast, industry-leading catalog of high-quality licensed samples, paired with powerful AI, the platform accelerates deep sound discovery and inspiration. Committed every day to empowering music creators everywhere, Splice also provides affordable access to plugins and DAWs through a rent-to-own gear marketplace. The New York based startup (Co-founded by Steve Martocci and Matt Aimonetti) closed a Series D round in November 2020 and is led by CEO Kakul Srivastava.

CasaHop

Seed Round in 2012
CasaHop helps you find home exchanges. They use your social networks to help you find the perfect home exchanges, with people you can trust. You stay in their homes, they stay in yours. CasaHop can be used for vacations and weekend getaways.

Neighborland

Seed Round in 2012
Neighborland operates as a public engagement platform designed for government agencies, developers, and civic organizations. Its software is a solution designed for planners to collaborate with their stakeholders in an accessible, participatory, and equitable way. Over 3 million people have participated in Neighborland, and its partners’ projects have yielded over $3 billion in social and economic impact.

Roomorama

Seed Round in 2012
Roomorama, LLC is a New York-based company founded in 2009 that specializes in developing an online marketplace for short-term vacation rentals. It connects travelers with hosts, allowing entrepreneurs, homeowners, and property managers to list and rent their properties. The platform focuses on professionally-managed, instantly bookable accommodations that cater to the needs of travelers seeking the comforts of home without the high costs associated with hotels. Roomorama provides a tailored solution for partners, including online travel agencies and vacation rental services, granting access to a vast network of verified properties that allow for instant booking and confirmation. Additionally, the platform features user profiles, a reputation system for ratings, and a blog that shares local real estate and living news, fostering a community among its users.

Editorially

Series A in 2012
Editorially, Inc. is a collaborative writing and editing platform founded in 2012 and based in Brooklyn, New York. The company specializes in developing user-friendly web-based applications that enhance the writing process from initial inspiration to publication. By offering a suite of collaboration tools, Editorially aims to support writers and editors through every stage of content creation. The team comprises professionals with backgrounds in writing, editing, publishing, design, and engineering, fostering a culture that values practical solutions and interdisciplinary roles. Editorially emphasizes clear communication and autonomy within its small team, believing that effective writing and software development share fundamental principles.

Spontaneously

Seed Round in 2011
Spontaneously is a new way to make plans with friends. Whether you have free time to fill or plans to share, our service helps you see your favorite people more often.

Betaworks

Series B in 2010
Betaworks is a New York-based startup studio and venture capital firm founded in 2008. It focuses on building and investing in early-stage technology companies, primarily in sectors such as B2B, B2C, SaaS, gaming, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. The firm operates as a tightly linked network encompassing ideas, people, capital, and products, aiming to foster innovation and create a more connected world. Betaworks typically makes seed-stage investments ranging from $150,000 to $200,000, often collaborating with other investors in syndicates. The firm is known for its hands-on approach, working closely with startups that align with its vision, and has been involved with notable companies like Giphy and Instapaper. Betaworks also provides thematic investment and mentorship programs to support entrepreneurs in developing their business ideas.
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