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Lerer Hippeau

Venture capital firm · Founded 2010 · Active in 2026

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22 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #63 · Global · 22 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 31% 5y
17
Decacorns ↓ 100% 5y
0
Thoroughbreds ↑ 129% 5y
16

Lerer Hippeau is a venture capital firm based in New York, USA, founded in 2010. The page below shows 22 Power Law outcomes from Lerer Hippeau's portfolio — 17 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 3 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Fintech · Other; top portfolio geographies are USA. Lerer Hippeau ranks #63 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 22 Lerer Hippeau Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA22
By sectorCount
  1. eCommerce & Marketplaces6
  2. Fintech3
  3. Other3
  4. Biotech & Life Sciences2
  5. AI2
  6. Marketing2
  7. Edtech1
  8. Health Tech & Medtech1
  9. Energy1
  10. Transportation1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+3
  2. Series A4
  3. Seed14
01 · Portfolio market map

Lerer Hippeau's 22 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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22 of 22 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Lerer Hippeau's founders come from — and where they study.

52 founders across the 22 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of Texas at Austin and Shopify are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States20
Israel6
United Kingdom3
Sweden3
Iran2
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UniversityCount
University of Texas at Austin9
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania6
Brown University5
Stanford University3
Tel Aviv University2
Warren Alpert Medical School2
Princeton University2
Tufts University2
Columbia Business School2
IDF1
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Origin companyCount
Shopify3
Meta3
Hybris2
Alphabet | Google2
X.2
Yahoo!2
Lifesum2
Apptronik1
Vrbo1
Eseye1
+12 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Lerer Hippeau.

Sources: Dealroom desktop research, official firm profiles and public investor lists.
04 · Compare with peers

How does Lerer Hippeau stack up?

Lerer Hippeau in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Lerer Hippeau

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Lerer Hippeau on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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Latest news about Lerer Hippeau

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