Graham Brown

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Graham Brown is a Partner at Lerer Hippeau, one of the most active seed stage investor in New York with 400+ investments. The firm’s investments include some of the city’s most prized startups including BuzzFeed, Casper, Glossier, Joor, Oscar, Refinery29, SeatGeek, Warby Parker, and Fundera. With 80+ exits under its belt in companies like Sailthru, Venmo, Grovo, Moat and Tapad, Lerer Hippeau has been a guiding force and catalyst for the emergence of New York Tech.

Graham leads the firm’s main fund ($122M) as well as its Select Fund ($60M), both of which closed last year. He was previously a Senior Associate at SoftBank Capital. And before that, he worked as an associate at Polaris Partners and helped lead digital strategy at preventive health company Life Line Screening.