Lerer Hippeau

Lerer Hippeau is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in New York City, established in 2010. The firm focuses on investing in entrepreneurs with innovative ideas and a strong work ethic, supporting them as they develop their businesses. Lerer Hippeau has built a diverse portfolio of over 400 companies across various sectors, including notable names such as Guideline, MIRROR, Blockdaemon, K Health, Allbirds, ZenBusiness, and Thrive. The firm is recognized for its active engagement in the early stages of startups, providing not only capital but also expertise and guidance to help founders navigate the challenges of building successful enterprises.

Stephanie Manning Cohen

Operating Partner

Sharlene Guiriba

Associate

Andrea Hippeau

Partner

Joe Medved

Partner, LH Strategy

Isabelle Phelps

Partner

Daniel Rochkind

CFO

Caitlin Strandberg

Partner

Mendy Yang

Associate

Past deals in Home Decor

Kaiyo

Series B in 2022
Kaiyo is an online marketplace focused on pre-owned furniture, aiming to make stylish and sustainable home furnishings accessible to all. The company specializes in curating high-quality, branded furniture from local sellers, ensuring each piece is inspected, cleaned, and ready for delivery. By offering a range of filtering options such as price, condition, dimensions, and brand, Kaiyo allows buyers to find furniture that meets their specific needs at discounted prices. Through its services, the company promotes sustainability while providing a practical solution for furnishing homes.

Block Renovation

Series C in 2021
Block Renovation is a renovation platform that combines architect-grade design, construction labor, and materials into a streamlined renovation experience. Block’s mission is to give homeowners a better way to improve the spaces they live in, and to give contractors a better way to work. Founded by Koda Wang and Luke Sherwin, Block simplifies a complex and convoluted process and delivers an intuitive experience for completing a beautiful home renovation.

Block Renovation

Series B in 2021
Block Renovation is a renovation platform that combines architect-grade design, construction labor, and materials into a streamlined renovation experience. Block’s mission is to give homeowners a better way to improve the spaces they live in, and to give contractors a better way to work. Founded by Koda Wang and Luke Sherwin, Block simplifies a complex and convoluted process and delivers an intuitive experience for completing a beautiful home renovation.

Kaiyo

Series A in 2021
Kaiyo is an online marketplace focused on pre-owned furniture, aiming to make stylish and sustainable home furnishings accessible to all. The company specializes in curating high-quality, branded furniture from local sellers, ensuring each piece is inspected, cleaned, and ready for delivery. By offering a range of filtering options such as price, condition, dimensions, and brand, Kaiyo allows buyers to find furniture that meets their specific needs at discounted prices. Through its services, the company promotes sustainability while providing a practical solution for furnishing homes.

Otherland

Seed Round in 2019
Otherland is a Brooklyn-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in manufacturing scented candles. The brand focuses on creating toxin-free environments by ensuring that its hand-poured candles contain no parabens, sulfates, or phthalates, and are cruelty-free. Otherland offers a range of custom-made candles that feature artistic designs, poetry, and cultural elements, all delivered in recyclable packaging. The company retails its products directly through its website, aiming to provide customers with aesthetically pleasing and affordable options to enhance their home environments.

Havenly

Series C in 2019
Havenly, Inc. is an online interior design service founded in 2013 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with a physical location in Boston, Massachusetts. The company provides users with professional interior designer consultations through online style surveys and photo uploads. Clients can partner with designers to create personalized spaces that reflect their unique styles and budgets. The platform facilitates collaboration on design ideas and enables users to visualize their rooms. Once the design is finalized, clients can purchase furniture and decorative items directly through Havenly, with access to a wide range of retailers at competitive prices. This service offers a cost-effective solution for individuals looking to enhance their home environments.

Casper

Series C in 2017
Casper is a sleep startup that launches a comfortable mattress sold directly to consumers, eliminating commission ­driven, inflated prices. Casper's mattresses are developed in-house by a team of product engineers with experience from IDEO. The company developed a line of core sleep products, including the Casper pillow, sheets, foundation, bed frame, duvet, and a dog mattress. The startup was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States.

Twist Home

Venture Round in 2016
Twist Home is a consumer electronics company focused on enhancing smart home experiences through user-friendly, plug-and-play devices. The company aims to simplify the installation process by creating products that do not require additional infrastructure or new wireless networks. Twist Home's innovative approach involves designing smart home devices that fit the form factor of a lightbulb, allowing for easy installation akin to changing a lightbulb. Their flagship product, the Twist Speaker, integrates LED lighting, adaptive lighting technology, and wireless audio into a single unit, thereby offering a multifunctional solution that improves quality of life in residential environments.

Casper

Series B in 2015
Casper is a sleep startup that launches a comfortable mattress sold directly to consumers, eliminating commission ­driven, inflated prices. Casper's mattresses are developed in-house by a team of product engineers with experience from IDEO. The company developed a line of core sleep products, including the Casper pillow, sheets, foundation, bed frame, duvet, and a dog mattress. The startup was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States.

Dering Hall

Series A in 2015
Dering Hall is an online marketplace that connects interior designers, architects, artisans, and design galleries with consumers in the United States seeking high-end home furnishings and accessories. Founded in 2011 and based in New York City, the platform allows these creators to showcase their work and sell a curated selection of products, including furniture, lighting, accessories, rugs, and textiles. Dering Hall features a variety of styles and interior settings, supporting a diverse range of design aesthetics. The marketplace not only provides a space for top talent to present their offerings but also enables customers to access unique pieces previously available only to select clients. Users can browse through storefronts, search product listings, and stay updated on their favorite designers. Dering Hall aims to enhance the shopping experience for discerning consumers while fostering a community of leading design professionals.

Casper

Series A in 2014
Casper is a sleep startup that launches a comfortable mattress sold directly to consumers, eliminating commission ­driven, inflated prices. Casper's mattresses are developed in-house by a team of product engineers with experience from IDEO. The company developed a line of core sleep products, including the Casper pillow, sheets, foundation, bed frame, duvet, and a dog mattress. The startup was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States.

Scoutmob

Series B in 2014
Scoutmob is an Atlanta-based curated ecommerce site of more than 1,000 independent US makers and their 10,000+ products. Our primary channels of business are our own site, our wholesale program, and our retail partnerships, which include Target, Amazon, and URBN. Over the last four years, we’ve developed a proprietary marketing and distribution platform which allows us to promote our products across a wide array of partners, capitalizing on the ever-increasing appetite for authentic, distinctive, handcrafted goods that purveys the current retail landscape. In the process, we’ve refined the noise and clutter of large open marketplaces (e.g., Etsy) by creating a lifestyle-branded retail concept (think West Elm, Anthropologie) that’s composed entirely of goods produced by America’s independent makers. Our most popular categories include home décor, small-batch edibles, art, apparel, jewelry, and accessories.

Casper

Seed Round in 2014
Casper is a sleep startup that launches a comfortable mattress sold directly to consumers, eliminating commission ­driven, inflated prices. Casper's mattresses are developed in-house by a team of product engineers with experience from IDEO. The company developed a line of core sleep products, including the Casper pillow, sheets, foundation, bed frame, duvet, and a dog mattress. The startup was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States.

Casper

Seed Round in 2014
Casper is a sleep startup that launches a comfortable mattress sold directly to consumers, eliminating commission ­driven, inflated prices. Casper's mattresses are developed in-house by a team of product engineers with experience from IDEO. The company developed a line of core sleep products, including the Casper pillow, sheets, foundation, bed frame, duvet, and a dog mattress. The startup was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States.

CasaHop

Seed Round in 2012
CasaHop helps you find home exchanges. They use your social networks to help you find the perfect home exchanges, with people you can trust. You stay in their homes, they stay in yours. CasaHop can be used for vacations and weekend getaways.
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