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Lerer Hippeau Fund IX

United States
Pre Seed
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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.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StagePre Seed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Ecommerce
Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Full-stack egocentric AI founders scaling ops across healthcare + physical work

healthtech
digital health
radiology/imaging
platform plays
value-based care
physical AI
enterprise automation
egocentric AI
warehousing
manufacturing

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
Emerging fund manager scrutiny & transparencybroadsides

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

Founder Don'ts

Avoid point solutions without platform potential
Don't ignore clinical quality metrics
No single-stage journey coverage

Key GPs & Partners

IP
Isabelle Phelps
Partner
healthtech-focusedhands-onportfolio-builder
MR
Maurice Russo
Partner
ex-poker-playerstrategic-thinkereval-focused

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$200M
Saves0
Website
LinkedIn

Key People

Ben Lerer, Eric Hippeau, Graham Brown

Isabelle PhelpsPartner
Maurice RussoPartner

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