Meet Haven Energy, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio. HQ: Remote Founders: Vinnie Campo, Jeff Chapin, and Philip Krim The problem: Extreme weather is wreaking havoc. In the past two years alone, Southern California has experienced more than 24,000 power outages, thanks in large part to an aging energy…

Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital fund based in New York. Our portfolio contains more than 400 leading consumer and enterprise companies, including Guideline, MIRROR, Blockdaemon, K Health, Allbirds, ZenBusiness, and Zipline, among others. We’re experienced operators who invest early and stay in our founders’ corners forever. Reporting to…

Meet trackd, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio. HQ: Reston, VA Founder: Mike Starr The problem: Right now, vulnerability remediation teams are flying blind. They want to prevent hackers from compromising their systems, but are forced to “patch” — add code to existing software to strengthen functionality or mitigate…

Meet Goldenset Collective, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio. HQ: Remote Founders: Darren Lachtman and Nick Millman The problem: The creator economy and digital trends are shifting rapidly, and strategists, advertisers, and experts are not keeping up. If the 2000s were about creators building audiences to sell impressions to…

Meet Recast, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio. HQ: New York Founders: Michael Kaminsky and Tom Vladeck The problem: Every year, billions of dollars are wasted on marketing spend that is either misguided or ineffective. These dollars flow from innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs and wind up in the coffers…

Takeaways from our 2022 Lerer Hippeau Summit We discussed topics around people and culture extensively at our 2022 Lerer Hippeau Summit, and for good reason: the pandemic transformed irrevocably the way we work and interact as colleagues. Now, after more than two years of disruption, companies are no longer simply…

Meet Anode Labs’ React Network, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio. HQ: Austin, TX Founders: Jason Badeaux, Dallas Griffin, Evan Caron The problem: Though billions of dollars are being invested in renewable energy including solar, wind, and nuclear, these sources are relatively unreliable at present because they don’t generate…

Meet Sequencing, the latest addition to Lerer Hippeau’s portfolio. HQ: Los Angeles, CA Founders: Dr. Brandon Colby The problem: Consumers increasingly want to bring healthcare into their own hands, but until now, a major piece of the puzzle has been missing. Without full insight into their DNA, consumers are using…

Takeaways from our conversation with Gary at the 2022 Lerer Hippeau Summit At our 2022 Lerer Hippeau Summit, we had the chance to talk with Gary Vaynerchuk, founder of VeeFriends, an NFT project designed around meaningful intellectual property and a one-of-a-kind community. Gary is a true serial entrepreneur, and…