Ben Lerer
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@LererHippeau; I love the Mets
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Joined July 2009
I’m incredibly excited and proud to share that we’ve closed our latest seed fund, LH Fund IX. It’s a big moment for us, marking 15 years of @LererHippeau. Back when we were getting started, the New York tech ecosystem was completely unrecognizable compared to today. We’ve learned
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Working on this with a small group of design partners
Sam Altman says Slack has many positives, but it creates endless fake work We need an AI-native productivity suite to replace docs, slides, email, and Slack Not add-on features, but trusted agents that handle work and only escalate when needed This finally feels within reach
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Please welcome Forum AI, our latest announced investment. @TheForumAI is building a platform that brings human judgement to artificial intelligence. https://t.co/N6XsdYtG43
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We are pleased to welcome Ron Zori to the LH team as Venture Partner. He joins as we start to deploy LH Fund IX, a $200M fund focused exclusively on early stage investments. Ron joins us after a decade of operating and investing in tech companies across New York, Israel, and
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Please welcome TeamOhana, our latest investment. @Teamohanahq is an AI-powered platform purpose-built to unify finance, HR, and talent functions in order to streamline headcount planning and compensation management. https://t.co/YriwGTbSZf
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Meet TeamOhana, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.
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Please welcome P-1 AI, our latest investment. P-1 AI is building an AI architecture that can generalize and scale to an engineering superintelligence for physical system design. https://t.co/ES3F2tZkGl
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Meet P-1 AI, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.
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The past 15 years at Lerer Hippeau have been incredible. I couldn’t be prouder of what we’ve accomplished. Eric, Graham, and I recently took the time to reflect on our journey and what’s ahead for LH Fund IX and beyond. https://t.co/PW3tIIIVKi
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By Ben Lerer, Eric Hippeau, and Graham Brown, Managing Partners
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https://t.co/Ryj96vE941 has closed a $5 Million Series A to Scale On-Chain Compliance ⛓️ The round was led by @WhiteStarCap with support from @LererHippeau, @Arrington_Cap, Sonic Boom Ventures, and more. 🔗 https://t.co/EGyINHRh4p
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Congratulations to LH portfolio company @augurysys on raising an additional $75M in funding
We’re excited to announce that we have raised $75 million with a round led by Lightrock with participation from several of our existing investors: @insightpartners, @EclipseVentures, @QumraCapital, as well as SE Ventures, @QualcommVenture and La Maison Partners. This new round
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Please welcome @ScaledCognition, our latest announced investment. Scaled Cognition is developing a new generation of rational, controllable AI models that can be deployed as domain experts for grounded, real-world applications. https://t.co/lrzbjQXIaj
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Meet Scaled Cognition, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.
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Today @urbanskyimaging announced a milestone $30M Series B. LH Partner @AndreaHippeau got a chance to talk with CEO @andrew_antonio about the raise, the state of the company, and what’s in store. https://t.co/ZlKkjEiW6y
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We first invested in Urban Sky in late summer 2023, when co-founders Andrew Antonio and Jared Leidich came to us with a really compelling…
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Please welcome MOTORMIA, our latest investment. MOTORMIA is an aftermarket platform for automotive enthusiasts, at the core of which is Mia, an AI-powered virtual modding assistant, pocket mechanic, build researcher, and performance analyst. https://t.co/hw0jdTnewK
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Meet MOTORMIA, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.
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Please welcome Valdera, which we first backed in 2021 and which recently announced their $15M Series A. Valdera is a sourcing platform leveraging AI to help businesses navigate the fragmented and arcane world of chemicals and raw materials. https://t.co/kSO16vktlA
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Meet Valdera, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.
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Congratulations to LH portfolio company @TollbitOfficial on raising their $24M Series A. https://t.co/f4PhJTYpBv
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The marketplace is designed to ease friction between AI firms and the media industry.
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Please welcome Augmodo, our latest investment. Augmodo is ushering spatial computing into the world of retail, equipping associates with wearable devices and giving retailers and brands a spatial analytics platform to optimize their time and inventory. https://t.co/X4cqExCDk2
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Meet Augmodo, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.
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Please welcome @MotherGamesgg, our latest investment. MOTHER creates transformative experiences through play. The art and entertainment company constitutes a new frontier for the industry, with its delivery approach and focus on added value for players. https://t.co/F7oDpmz9hw
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Meet MOTHER, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.
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Please welcome @TrestleOfficial, our latest investment. Trestle is the construction industry’s most advanced vendor management platform, bringing the disjointed construction contracting and procurement processes under a single roof. https://t.co/5CnNyAs6aM
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Meet Trestle, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.
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Please welcome @AerfloCo, our latest investment. Aerflo transforms still water into sparkling using a carbonation system powered by a breakthrough circular, on-demand CO2 refill capsule that is better for both people and the planet, producing zero waste. https://t.co/XetmLwdMsB
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Meet Aerflo, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio.
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Congratulations to LH portfolio company @daylightenergy_ on raising an additional $9M in funding
1/ For a future of energy abundance, decentralizing the power grid is critical. To that end, we are thrilled to launch Daylight Testnet with $9 million in fresh funding from @a16zcrypto, @hiFramework, @LererHippeau, @EV3ventures, and @lattice_fund.
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