Single Family OfficePuts its own capital into companiesActive · deal in last 18 monthsLAST VERIFIED Oct 2026 · 5 SOURCES

Lauder Partners

Also known as Lauder Partners, LLC

Silicon Valley venture vehicle of Gary Lauder, investing his and family members' capital directly in technology companies (initial cheques $500K–$5M) and in venture and other funds.

USEFUL FOR Fund managers raising capital · Co-investors

Silicon Valley investment vehicle of Gary Lauder, son of Leonard A. Lauder. Not The Estée Lauder Companies, and not other Lauder family vehicles.

Family & background

FAMILY: Lauder (Gary Lauder)
WEALTH ORIGIN: Cosmetics (The Estée Lauder Companies; Gary Lauder is the son of Chairman Emeritus Leonard A. Lauder)
HEADQUARTERS: United States

Investment approach

SECTORS: Artificial Intelligence Biotech & Life Sciences Climate & Energy Consumer & E-commerce Deep Tech
GEOGRAPHY: United StatesCanada
ROUTES: Companies (own capital) · Funds (as LP)
STRATEGIES: Direct investmentsVenture capitalFunds (as LP)
TICKET: $500K–$5M
LATEST DEAL: Anysphere (Cursor) · Nov 2025
INBOUND: Accepts submissions

Overview

Lauder Partners, LLC describes itself as an entity investing in various realms of the technology field, both directly in companies and in venture and other funds, and says it primarily invests the capital of Gary Lauder and family members. Direct investments are considered only in the US and Canada, with initial investment sizes typically ranging from $500K to $5M, and the firm says its sole interest is investing in companies, not buying them. Gary Lauder, its Managing Director, has been a venture capitalist since 1985 and has invested in over 170 private companies. Its investments page, last updated in June 2026, lists RapidSOS and Anysphere (both November 2025) as the most recent investments and SpaceX, Palantir, Uber and Beyond Meat among past investments that went public.

Investment thesis

Backs companies making radical rather than incremental innovations across the technology field, excluding content and programming (movies, TV, games); direct investments only in the US and Canada, the closer to Silicon Valley the better.

Holdings & investments (111)

Anysphere (Cursor)NOTABLE
Artificial Intelligence · since 2025
GroqNOTABLE
Artificial Intelligence · since 2023 · Exited 2026 (after NVIDIA licensing deal in 2025)
SpaceXNOTABLE
Space · since 2020 · IPO (6/2026)
MarqetaNOTABLE
Fintech · since 2018 · IPO (6/2021)
Beyond MeatNOTABLE
Food & Agriculture · since 2017 · IPO (5/2019)
UberNOTABLE
Mobility & Logistics · since 2015 · IPO (5/2019)
PalantirNOTABLE
since 2010 · IPO (9/2020)
Zip2NOTABLE
since 1997 · Acquired by Compaq
RapidSOS
since 2025
Swaza
since 2025
Stardust
Climate & Energy · since 2025
Hedley Studios
since 2025
GoaTherapeutics
since 2024
Modelcode.ai
Artificial Intelligence · since 2024
USREM
Real Estate & PropTech · since 2024
Tevard Biosciences
Biotech & Life Sciences · since 2023
Radia
since 2023
Lykos Therapeutics (formerly MAPS PBC)
Biotech & Life Sciences · since 2023
PregnanTech
HealthTech · since 2023
Everix
since 2023
Mobius Scientific
Biotech & Life Sciences · since 2023
Celmatix
since 2023
KA Imaging
HealthTech · since 2022
Balloon
since 2022
AngelList
since 2022
Glowforge
since 2022
Chemify
since 2022
Arcadia Power
Climate & Energy · since 2022
Liquid Death
since 2021
People Data Labs
since 2021
Memo
since 2021
Sceye
since 2021
OccamzRazor
Artificial Intelligence · since 2021
Mitrix Bio
Biotech & Life Sciences · since 2021
MycoMedica Life Sciences
since 2021
M-Kopa
Fintech · since 2021
Happiest Baby
since 2021
Simba Chain
Crypto & Web3 · since 2021
Oura
since 2021
Audigent
since 2021 · Acquired by Experian (12/2024)
Rezolve
since 2021 · Listed (NASDAQ: RZLV)
NVision
since 2020
Lassen Peak
since 2020
Orca Security
since 2020
Othram
since 2020
Proteus Motion
since 2020
Revelen.ai (formerly iBallistix)
since 2020
Curative / Snap Genomics
since 2020
Georgiamune
Biotech & Life Sciences · since 2019
Solius Labs
since 2019
AirVine Scientific
since 2019
HyperloopTT
Mobility & Logistics · since 2019
Hidden Level
since 2019
Raftr
since 2019
Hippo Insurance
Fintech · since 2019 · Listed (NYSE: HIPO)
Nature's Fynd (formerly Sustainable Bioproducts)
Food & Agriculture · since 2018
WaterGuru
since 2018
NaNotics
Biotech & Life Sciences · since 2018
UniKey Technologies
since 2018
xCures
since 2018
Trilogy Education Services
Education · since 2018 · Acquired by 2U (2019)
Twistlock
since 2018 · Acquired by Palo Alto Networks (7/2019)
OpenGov
Software & SaaS · since 2018 · Acquired by Cox Enterprises (2/2024)
Happy Health (formerly Gideon Health & LVL Technologies)
since 2017
SpinLaunch
Space · since 2017
Openwater
HealthTech · since 2017
Cortene
Biotech & Life Sciences · since 2017
JubileeTV (formerly Caavo)
since 2017
Polystream
since 2017 · Acquired by Mythical Games (1/2022)
Via Transportation
Mobility & Logistics · since 2017 · IPO (9/2025)
Didi Chuxing
Mobility & Logistics · since 2017 · IPO
Stella
since 2016 · Acquired by Ingenovis
Cocoterra Company
since 2016
PillPack
since 2016 · Acquired by Amazon (2018)
WaveShift / SightGlass Vision
HealthTech · since 2016 · Acquired by CooperCompanies (1/2021)
Crunchsters
Food & Agriculture · since 2016 · Acquired by VG Growth Partners (12/2019)
Thrive Bioscience
Biotech & Life Sciences · since 2015
23andMe
since 2015 · SPAC listing (6/2021)
Starry
since 2014 · SPAC listing (3/2022)
Anyroad
Software & SaaS · since 2013
Magnolia Medical Technologies
HealthTech · since 2012
Samba TV (formerly Flingo / Free Stream Media)
Software & SaaS · since 2012
Transpose Platform (formerly Trusted Insight)
Fintech · since 2010
M:Metrics
since 2008 · Acquired by comScore (5/2008)
Mi5 Networks
since 2007 · Acquired by Symantec (4/2009)
HeyWire
since 2004 · Acquired by Salesforce (8/2016)
ShotSpotter (now SoundThinking)
since 2004 · IPO (6/2017)
Aurora Networks
since 2002 · Acquired by Pace (11/2013)
BigBand Networks
since 2002 · IPO (3/2007)
Everstream
Software & SaaS · since 2002 · Acquired by Concurrent (8/2005)
Stargus
Software & SaaS · since 2001 · Acquired by C-COR (8/2004)
Capture (formerly YesVideo)
since 2000
Theravance (formerly Advanced Medicine)
Biotech & Life Sciences · since 2000 · IPO (10/2004)
Peribit
since 2000 · Acquired by Juniper (7/2005)
Navic Systems
since 2000 · Acquired by Microsoft (6/2008)
Equator
since 2000 · Acquired by Pixelworks (6/2005)
V-bits
since 1999 · Acquired by Cisco
Compatible Systems
since 1998 · Acquired by Cisco
Vivid Technology
since 1998 · Merged with Concurrent (11/1999)
Overture Services (formerly GoTo.com)
since 1998 · IPO; later acquired by Yahoo (2003)
CatchTV
since 1998 · Acquired by ACTV (10/1999)
About.com (formerly The Mining Company)
since 1998 · IPO; later acquired by Primedia (2000)
CitySearch / Ticketmaster Online
since 1997 · IPO
Terayon
since 1996 · IPO
WebTV
since 1996 · Acquired by Microsoft (1997)
Imedia
since 1996 · Acquired by Terayon
Hybrid Networks
since 1994 · IPO
ActiveVideo Networks (formerly ICTV)
Software & SaaS · since 1990 · Sold to an Arris / Charter Communications joint venture (4/2015)
Educational Systems Corp.
Education · since 1988 · Acquired by Jostens
HNC Software
Artificial Intelligence · since 1988 · IPO (1995); acquired by Fair Isaac (2002)
Telebase / N2K
since 1987 · IPO (as N2K)

People

Gary Lauder
Managing Director · source

Frequently asked questions

Lauder Partners is a single family office based in the United States.

Lauder Partners invests on behalf of the Lauder (Gary Lauder) family (Cosmetics (The Estée Lauder Companies; Gary Lauder is the son of Chairman Emeritus Leonard A. Lauder)).

Lauder Partners invests its own capital into companies and in third-party funds as an LP. Its stated asset mix includes direct investments, venture capital and funds (as lp).

Lauder Partners invests in Artificial Intelligence, Biotech & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy, Consumer & E-commerce and Deep Tech.

Lauder Partners's stated ticket size is $500K–$5M.

Key people at Lauder Partners include Gary Lauder (Managing Director).

Lauder Partners's holdings and investments include Anysphere (Cursor), Groq, SpaceX, Marqeta, Beyond Meat, Uber, Palantir and Zip2, among others.

The most recent publicly reported investment by Lauder Partners is Anysphere (Cursor), announced in Nov 2025.

Lauder Partners states that it accepts submissions through its official contact page.