Lerer Ventures
Lerer Ventures
Lerer Ventures seek out entrepreneurs with product vision, consumer insight, ...
Investment Fund Manager | United States of America | Income/Productivity Growth
Overview
Lerer Ventures is a New York-based, seed stage venture capital fund run by Ken and Ben Lerer. LV invests in founders in the earliest stages of a startup's life, seeking out those entrepreneurs with product vision, consumer insight, focused execution, and unwavering ambition. Its portfolio includes betaworks, chartbeat, Canvas Networks, Simple (formerly BankSimple), gdgt, GroupMe, Greplin, and Venmo.
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Feb, 2017
Joint $7,5M Seed
Bowery Farming
Growing fresh and pure produce
Bowery is the modern farming company growing the purest produce...
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Agricultural Productivity
Health Improvement
Food Security
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United States of America
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Nov, 2016
Joint $1,8M Seed
Ava
Breaking down communication barriers between the deaf & hearing worlds
We are Ava and we believe total accessibility is possible....
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Community Development
Capacity Building
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Jul 6, 2011
Joint $1,5M Seed
Warby Parker
Vintage-inspired prescription eyeglasses.
Warby Parker is an American brand of prescription eyeglasses and...
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Health Improvement
regions
Global
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Headquarters :
560 Broadway
Suite 308
New York City
New York 10012
United States of America