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| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Founder(s) | Kenneth Lerer |
| Key people | Kenneth Lerer, Managing Partner Ben Lerer, Managing Partner Eric Hippeau, Managing Partner |
| Industry | Venture Capital, startups |
| URL | "http://lererhippeau.com/" |
Lerer Hippeau Ventures (LHV) is a leading early-stage technology venture capital firm based in New York City. Ken Lerer, Ben Lerer and Eric Hippeau run the angel fund specializing in financing technology startups. LHV invests in entrepreneurs who are seeking to transform large markets. Its portfolio includes peers Food52, Bloglovin', NowThis, Sunrise, Giphy, VHX and many others.[1][2]
Firm
[edit]LHV is a seed stage venture capital fund, founded in January 2010 by Kenneth Lerer.[citation needed] Eric Hippeau is a managing partner. Along with Ben Lerer the ~$7 million fund's key people were described as super angels.[3]
Bruce Wilpon, son of Fred Wilpon[4] is community manager & limited partner at LHV.[5]
Other firms with which LHV co-invests include Spark (as Lerer Ventures)[6] Union Square Ventures and Betaworks.
Portfolio
[edit]Amanda Hesser, co-founder and CEO of Food52, raised an investment from LHV to create a buzzing place for cookbooks, taking on food projects, helping others with real-time food Q&A and supporting local food producers.[7] It won the James Beard Award for Publication of the Year (2012).[8]
Bloglovin' helps people discover and follow their favorite blogs. The site was founded in Sweden and has over 2 million members, 70% of them who follow fashion blogs & over 90% who are female. Shortly after it took $1 million of investment from Betaworks and LHV in 2012, traffic spiked following Google's announcement to discontinue Google Reader.[9]
NowThis is a LHV startup and portfolio company. It emerged in 2012 as a post-TV, post-newspaper and post-website newsgathering operation based in NYC. The company makes short form videos for social outlets like Kik.[10]
In June 2013, Sunrise raised $2.2 million in venture funding from Resolute.vc[11], NextView Ventures, LHV, SV Angel, and other angel investment firms like Loïc Le Meur, Dave Morin, Fabrice Grinda.[12]
Canvas Networks, a website centered on sharing and remixing media, particularly images, was backed by LHV. It closed in 2014.[13]
In May 2014, Giphy raised $2.4 million in a Series A funding round from investors, including Quire, CAA Ventures, RRE Ventures, and LHV.[14]
In 2015 VHX raised $5 million in an investment round led by Comcast Ventures. Investors who had previously put $3 million into the company, including Union Square Ventures, LHV and Reddit Chairman Alexis Ohanian, also invested.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lerer Hippeau Ventures | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- ^ "Lerer Hippeau Ventures | NYC Based Seed Stage VC Fund". Lerer Hippeau Ventures | New York City Seed Stage Venture Capital Fund. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- ^ "Who Are The Super Angels? A Comprehensive Guide". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- ^ "Jeff Wilpon won't rest until Amazin' mission is complete". recordonline.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- ^ "Team | Lerer Hippeau". Lerer Hippeau Ventures | New York City Seed Stage Venture Capital Fund. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- ^ "Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures – So Happy Together". CB Insights - Blog. 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ "About Food52". Food52. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ "Awards Search | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ "Bloglovin passes 2M members and buckles down for life beyond Google Reader". Pando. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ "NowThis News: Not Your Father's CNN or Mother's Huffington Post". brandchannel:. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Backing Sunrise". Resolute Ventures. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ Dillet, Romain. "Sunrise Raises $2.2 Million Because "It Is The Only Calendar App With A Design-Oriented Approach"". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ "A Classy Way To Admit Your Startup Is Dead". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ Crook, Jordan. "Giphy, The Betaworks-Backed Gif Search Engine, Is Raising $2.5 Million In Series A". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ^ "VHX Raises $5 Million to Help Movie Makers Sell Their Stuff Online". Re/code. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
External links
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Category:Private equity firms of the United States Category:Venture capital firms Category:Companies based in New York City Category:Companies established in 2010 Category:American venture capital firms