Work-Bench is a New York City-based venture capital firm that exclusively backs seed-stage enterprise software startups. Their strategy involves a thesis-driven approach, leveraging their extensive corporate network to validate Fortune 500 IT pain points and then investing in promising companies that address these challenges, while also actively supporting their portfolio with go-to-market strategies.
Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $23.6M (across 36 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
37
Fund Size
$375M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
37 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FFlock AI | Seed | $6M | Feb 2026 |
 AIR | Seed | $6.1M | Dec 2025 |
 Goodfire | Series C | $50M | Apr 2025 |
 DryRun Security | Seed | $8.7M | Jan 2025 |
 Common Fate | Seed | $3.1M | Dec 2022 |
 Alkymi | Series A | $21M | Oct 2022 |
 Arthur | Series B | $42M | Sep 2022 |
 Pace | Seed | $5M | Aug 2022 |
 Leapfin | Series A | $12M | Jul 2022 |
 CloudQuery | Series A | $15M | Jun 2022 |
 ApertureData | Seed | $3M | Feb 2022 |
 Permiso | Seed | $10M | Jan 2022 |
| CloudQuery | Seed | $3.5M | Nov 2021 |
 Pronto | Seed | $4M | Sep 2021 |
 Spring Health | Series C | $190M | Sep 2021 |
 FireHydrant | Series B | $23M | Aug 2021 |
 Authzed | Seed | $3.9M | Apr 2021 |
 RippleMatch | Series B | $23.5M | Apr 2021 |
 Arthur.ai | Series A | $15M | Dec 2020 |
| Spring Health | Series B | $76M | Nov 2020 |
 Dialpad | Series E | $100M | Oct 2020 |
| FireHydrant | Series A | $8M | May 2020 |
| RippleMatch | Series A | $6M | Sep 2019 |
 Catalyst | Series A | $15M | Jul 2019 |
| FireHydrant | Seed | $1.5M | Apr 2019 |
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Top Co-Investors
Tiger Global Management4 shared
True Ventures4 shared
Andreessen Horowitz3 shared
Index Ventures3 shared
Rethink Impact3 shared
Accel3 shared
Haystack3 shared
Menlo Ventures3 shared
Iconiq Capital2 shared
Amasia2 shared
Section 322 shared
GV (Google Ventures)2 shared
aCrew2 shared
Northzone2 shared
Semper Virens2 shared
Able Partners2 shared
Boldstart Ventures2 shared
Mango Capital2 shared
RRE Ventures2 shared
G20 Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 10 April 2026