Work-Bench is a New York City-based enterprise venture capital firm that leads Seed rounds in enterprise software, SaaS, and infrastructure startups. The firm provides founders with go-to-market support, corporate engagement, and community to help scale enterprise deals.
Their most common stage is seed (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $19.2M (across 64 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
43
Fund Size
$160M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
JL
Jessica Lin
Co-founder and General Partner
JL
Jonathan Lehr
Co-Founder/General Partner
KM
Kelley Mak
General Partner
DC
Daniel Chesley
Principal
PS
Priyanka Somrah
Principal
PS
Proby Shandilya
Investor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
65 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FFlock AI | Seed | $6M | Feb 2026 |
 Petra Labs | Seed | $5.2M | Jan 2026 |
 Air EV | Seed | $6.1M | Dec 2025 |
 AIR Platforms | Seed | $6.1M | Dec 2025 |
 Goodfire | Series C | $50M | Apr 2025 |
 Dryrun Security | Seed | $8.7M | Jan 2025 |
 VISO Trust | Unknown | $7M | Nov 2024 |
| AAira Technology | Series B | $14.5M | Nov 2024 |
 Courier Health | Series A | $16.5M | Jul 2024 |
 authzed | Series A | $12M | Jun 2024 |
 Prequel | Seed | $5.2M | Jan 2024 |
| VISO Trust | Unknown | $7M | Jan 2024 |
| ZZippedScript | Seed | $2.4M | Jan 2023 |
 Common Fate | Seed | $3.1M | Dec 2022 |
 Alkymi | Series A | $21M | Oct 2022 |
 Arthur | Series B | $42M | Sep 2022 |
 Leapfin | Series A | $12M | Jul 2022 |
 CloudQuery | Series A | $15M | Jun 2022 |
 Aperture Data | 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 |
 Firehydrant | Series B | $23M | Aug 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Menlo Ventures9 shared
South Park Commons5 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners5 shared
GV4 shared
Acrew Capital4 shared
Index Ventures4 shared
Homebrew4 shared
GG14 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC4 shared
Norwest Venture Partners4 shared
Accel3 shared
True Ventures3 shared
Rethink Impact3 shared
Haystack3 shared
B Capital3 shared
Wing Venture Capital3 shared
Anthropic3 shared
Intel Capital3 shared
Lerer Hippeau3 shared
Amplify Partners3 shared
Last updated: 27 September 2026