General Info
Benjamin Lerer is the Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau, a venture capital firm in New York City founded in 2010. Lerer Hippeau specializes in early-stage investments in leading enterprise and consumer businesses, such as Guideline, MIRROR, Blockdaemon, K Health, Allbirds, ZenBusiness, and Thrive. The firm focuses on good people with great ideas and operates in a talent-driven style. Benjamin Lerer’s partnership and collaboration style values integrity, hard work, and long-term relationships with transparent and passionate founders. His investment approach emphasizes the people involved, the market, category, and progress to date, aiming for iconic companies.
Location: New York, NY
Country: United States of America
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Investment Regions: EU, NA
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: Search results show Lerer Hippeau (managed by Benjamin Lerer) made investments in October 2025 (e.g., Magic on Oct 20, 2025 and Forum AI on Oct 28, 2025). Those dates are less than 6 months before the reference date, indicating recent activity. One of the startups invested is Magic.
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