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Lerer Hippeau Fund IX

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $200M
Focus: AI/ML, E-Commerce and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Lerer Hippeau Fund IX

Lerer Hippeau Fund IX is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, E-Commerce, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

E-Commerce

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Full-stack AI founders solving ops across healthcare + fintech + physical work

healthtech

digital health

radiology/imaging

platform plays

value-based care

physical AI

enterprise automation

egocentric AI

warehousing

manufacturing

AI agents

multiplayer workspaces

financial crime

compliance automation

Bullish Signals

Portfolio merger: Medmo + Covera Healthexternal

Co-invests with Insight Partnersexternal

Full radiology journey platform livelinkedin

Clients include major payors + VBC orgslinkedin

AI-powered results review in portfoliolinkedin

Augmodo $350M valuation, $21M follow-onlinkedin

Portfolio exits/scales into manufacturing, warehousinglinkedin

TQ Ventures double-down signals convictionlinkedin

Augmodo expanding warehousing, auditing, maintenancelinkedin

Physical worker egocentric intelligence thesis provenlinkedin

Type.com: multiplayer AI agent workspacelinkedin

Type enables knowledge sharing across teamslinkedin

Type integrates cross-model LLM providerslinkedin

Footprint $25M Series B, $45M totallinkedin

QED Investors doubled down post-Series Alinkedin

Footprint AI solves financial crime compliancelinkedin

Percy automates compliance 10x fasterlinkedin

Trust Fabric removes grey area in fraudlinkedin

Footprint expanding into fintech + bankinglinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Co-investors may crowd LH ownershiplinkedin

Early success creates access bias in assessmentbroadsides

Founder Do's

Build full-stack solutions

Show real-world proven impact

Target large healthcare inefficiencies

Partner with value-based care orgs

Layer AI onto orchestration infrastructure

Scale across multiple verticals post-PMF

Demonstrate egocentric/embodied AI advantage

Capture real-time 3D spatial understanding

Engage with strategic LP network

Enable human oversight in AI workflows

Solve for time + memory in ops

Build AI-native defense systems

Founder Don'ts

Avoid point solutions without platform potential

Don't ignore clinical quality metrics

No single-stage journey coverage

Don't silo knowledge across teams

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$200M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Ben Lerer, Eric Hippeau, Graham Brown

Isabelle PhelpsPartner

Maurice RussoPartner

Backers

Known LPs

Cendana CapitalFund-of-Funds

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