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Work-Bench

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

New York · Seed · 8 people tracked

Also known as WORK-BENCH MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Investment thesis

Work-Bench is an NYC seed fund focused on founders with enterprise ambitions. It backs early, conviction-driven founders building the next generation of enterprise, SaaS, and infrastructure software across AI/ML, cybersecurity, dev tools, and enterprise applications. The firm emphasizes that go-to-market is a startup's moat, providing 0-to-1 GTM support, battle-tested playbooks, an enterprise community, and access to strategic enterprise customers. Rooted in NYC, Work-Bench leverages its network of fast-growth companies and Fortune 500 buyers to help founders from day one.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Seed
Check
$1M – $3M
HQ
New York, New York, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2013
Last 12 months
11 investments
AUM
$535M
VC funds
11
Tracked investments
87
Unicorns
7
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
12

Team · 8 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Vipin Chamakkala· Principal

Founder mafia

5 people who came through Work-Bench went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 66 of 87 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×44Enterprise Software ×32SaaS ×29Developer Tools ×26Cybersecurity ×15Cloud Computing ×11Data & Infrastructure ×11Marketing Tech ×6

HQs:United States×48Switzerland×1Ireland×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 36 portfolio companies
31%
solo founders
11 of 36 mapped founding teams
39%
repeat founders
of 44 founders with career history
~2 yrs
old at investment
median across 19 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×112 founders×133 founders×64+ founders×6

Where their founders studiedfrom 40 founders with education data

Yale University ×4University of California, Berkeley ×3Cornell ×2Imperial College London ×2New York University ×2Oregon State University ×2Stanford University ×2University of Notre Dame ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 41 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×20Business & Management ×8Engineering ×5Finance & Accounting ×4Humanities ×4Economics ×2Law ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 44 founders with career history

Google ×9Microsoft ×4CoreOS ×3IBM ×3RippleMatch ×3CoinList ×2Endgame ×2FireEye ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×2

4 founders hold a PhD · 4 hold an MBA (of 43 with degree data)

Investments · 87 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 92025 · 52024 · 82023 · 22022 · 72021 · 102020 · 12019 · 22018 · 12017 · 22016 · 12014 · 250 dated

Artianartian.aiin𝕏Seed · Apr 2025 · $6M✓ verified

Artian builds an agentic AI platform that turns complex enterprise workflows into autonomous operations with human oversight, integrating into existing platforms, controls, and legacy systems.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US

Keith Andrew(Executive Officer, Director)inPrashant Reddy(Executive Officer, Director)inHyman Gillman(Director)

Board seatJonathan Lehr· per SEC Form D

Alkymialkymi.ioin𝕏Seed · Oct 2022 · $21M✓ verified

Alkymi provides an AI-powered platform that extracts and automates data from unstructured documents, turning it into workflow-ready data via APIs.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York City, US

Harald Collet(Founder)inAdam Kleczewski(Founder)

Co-investorsIntel CapitalCanaan PartnersEssence Venture Capital

Bitbisonbitbison.ioinApr 2026✓ verified

Bitbison builds a system of record that captures a complete, causal history of activity across systems — from developer workstation through build to production — to enable runtime security detection, policy enforcement and audit.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Samy Al Bahra(Co-founder)Gabriel Parmer(Co-founder)

BoardSunil Dhaliwal(Director)in

Co-investorsAmplify Partners

Courier Healthcourierhealth.cominSeed · Jul 2021 · $4M✓ verified

Courier Health provides a software platform for biopharma companies to manage and optimize patient engagement and support throughout the treatment journey.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSNew York City, US

Danny Sigurdson(Founder)inJames W. Pomponio(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsOak HC/FTNorwest Venture Partners

Govwellgovwell.comMay 2026✓ verified

GovWell provides configurable permitting and licensing software for local government, covering building permit intake, AI-assisted plan review, fee collection, and mobile field inspections in one platform.

AI & Machine LearningGovTechPropTechSaaS

Ben Cohen(Co-founder (leads Product, Engineering, Data and Design))inTroy LeCaire(Co-founder (leads Sales, Business Development, and Deployment))inTroy LeCaire Ben Cohen(Founder)

Co-investorsInsight PartnersBienville Capital

Mixpeekmixpeek.comin𝕏✓ verified

Mixpeek provides a multimodal AI data platform for advertising technology companies to analyze images, videos, audio, and text content for contextual targeting, creative performance attribution, brand safety, and audience insights.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsESSENCE VCHumans Of The InternetEssence Venture Capital

Pacepaceapp.comin𝕏Seed · Aug 2022 · $5M✓ verified

Pace enables B2B software companies to combine product-led growth with enterprise sales by making real-time customer usage data accessible and actionable for revenue teams.

Marketing TechSaaSSales TechNew York City, US

Justin Dignelli(Founder and CEO)in

Co-investorsAlleyCorpSequoia CapitalAlley Robotics VenturesThrive CapitalZenda

ArthurAIarthur.aiin𝕏Sep 2022

Arthur provides AI performance monitoring, optimization, explainability, and bias mitigation solutions for enterprise customers deploying artificial intelligence.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US

Adam Wenchel(Founder)inJohn Dickerson(Founder)Liz O'Sullivan(Founder)Priscilla Alexander(Founder)

BoardMike Volpi(Director)inTheresia Gouw(Director)in

Board seatJonathan Lehr· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalGreycroftHomebrewIndex VenturesBAM ElevatePlexo Capital

Batchbatch.shJun 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

Chattanooga, US

Daniel Selans(Executive Officer, Director)Ustin Zarubin(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatKelley Mak· per SEC Form D · $7.2M raise · filed Jul 2022

Co-investorsCrosscut Ventures

DryRun Securitydryrun.securityin𝕏Seed · Sep 2024 · $8.7M

DryRun Security offers an AI-native code security platform that builds a contextual model of a codebase to detect exploitable vulnerabilities, guide remediation, and enforce security policies across human- and AI-generated code.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsAustin, US

Ken Johnson(Founder)inJames Wickett(Founder)inKenny Johnson(Director)

BoardCreighton Hicks(Director)in

Board seatKelley Mak· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCannage CapitalLiveOak Ventures

GovWell TechnologiesinMay 2026

GovWell builds an AI-based operating system for local government permitting, licensing, planning and code enforcement.

New York, US

Troy LeCaire(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ben Cohen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

Board seatJessica Lin· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBienville CapitalInsight Partners

RippleMatchripplematch.comSeries A · Apr 2021 · $6M

RippleMatch is a job-matching platform that connects students and early-career candidates with roles suited to their skills, background, and goals, replacing mass applications with recruiter matches.

Future of WorkHR TechMarketplacesNew York, US

Andrew Myers(Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Secretary)inEric Ho(President and Chief Technology Officer)in

BoardMichael Troiano(Director)inKevin Ryan(Director)in

Board seatJessica Lin· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlleyCorpAlumni VenturesBullpen CapitalG20 VenturesRenegade PartnersAccomplice+3 more

Unframefirehydrant.comin𝕏Jun 2021

FireHydrant provides an incident management and reliability platform for enterprises to manage software incidents through collaboration, automation, and transparency.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Daniel Condomitti(Founder)inRobert Ross(Founder)inDylan Nielsen(Founder)

BoardMatthew Murphy(Director)inMark Lotke(Director)in

Board seatJonathan Lehr· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsHarmony PartnersMenlo VenturesThird Point VenturesCerca PartnersHighland EuropeJ12 Ventures+3 more

Accentureaccenture.comin𝕏

Accenture is a global professional services company providing consulting, technology, and outsourcing services, including AI adoption, cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation for enterprises across industries.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareDublin, IE

Julie Sweet(Chair & CEO)in

Co-investorsAngels4WomeninfoShareRLJTeamworthy VenturesLerer Hippeau

AIR Platformsairplatforms.comSeed · Dec 2025 · $6M

AIR Platforms builds an AI-native credit intelligence platform that continuously re-rates public and private corporate issuers.

New York City, US

Arbi A(Founder)Joseph B(Founder)

Co-investorsgumi IncLerer Hippeau

Algorithmiaalgorithmia.cominApr 2019 · $25MAcquired

Algorithmia offers an enterprise AI platform for developing, deploying, and governing machine learning models and AI applications, with tooling tailored to roles across data science, engineering, DevOps, and IT teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US

Kenneth F. Daniel(Executive Officer, Director)Diego M. Oppenheimer(Executive Officer, Director)inDiego Oppenheimer(Founder)Kenny Daniel(Founder)

BoardTimothy Porter(Director)inAnna Patterson(Director)in

Co-investorsGradient VenturesIn-Q-TelMadrona Venture GroupOUP (Osage University Partners)Deep Fork CapitalNorwest Venture Partners

Appmapappmap.io𝕏Seed · Mar 2021

AppMap records runtime traces—function calls, SQL queries, HTTP traffic, exceptions, and code paths—from tests and running applications in development and CI, then exposes them to coding agents over MCP and to developers as visual maps.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Elizabeth Lawler(Co-founder)inKevin Gilpin(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArgon VenturesDell Technologies CapitalForgePoint CapitalSecure OctaneUncorrelated Ventures+1 more

Arthurarthur.digitalin𝕏Sep 2022 · $42M

Arthur develops an AI-powered platform that enables organizations to build and deploy immersive workflows and experiences combining synchronous and asynchronous collaboration.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSan Mateo, US

Christoph Fleischmann(Founder)in

Co-investorsDraper AssociatesPlexo CapitalAcrew CapitalBAM ElevateGreycroftHomebrew+1 more

Arubaarubanetworks.comacquired by Hewlett-Packard · Mar 2015 · $3B

Enterprise networking (Wi-Fi, switches, SD-WAN) with cloud-managed security for campuses & branches

Keerti Melkote(Founder)Pankaj Manglik(Founder)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersArtis VenturesAsset Management CompanyCervinGolub GrowthICCP Venture Partners+12 more

authzedauthzed.comin𝕏Seed · Apr 2021 · $4M

AuthZed provides authorization infrastructure that automatically evaluates access permissions based on team and organizational hierarchies, eliminating the need for manual permission syncing and background jobs.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Jake Moshenko(Founder)inJimmy Zelinskie(Founder)inJoseph Schorr(Founder)inJacob Moshenko(Founder)Joseph S(Founder)Joey Schorr(Founder)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersGeneral CatalystHumans Of The InternetY CombinatorFirebolt Ventures Management Company, Llc

Backtrace I/Obacktrace.ioinAug 2014Acquired

Backtrace provides error management and crash reporting software for development, support, and QA teams.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsGamingNew York, US

Abel Punnittethu Mathew(Executive Officer, Director)Samy Al Bahra(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardCharles Beeler(Director)Sunil Dhaliwal(Director)

Co-investorsRally Ventures Management, LlcAmplify PartnersTribeca Venture Partners

Built AIbuiltai.coSeed · Dec 2025 · $6M

Built AI provides an AI-native operating system for institutional real estate that consolidates deal, property management, and financial data into a unified knowledge graph.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTech

Firoz Noordeen(Founder)in

Co-investorsGlobivestGreat Stuff VenturesLerer HippeauMMC Ventures

Catalystcatalyst.ioacquired by Totango

Catalyst was a customer growth solutions platform for CS and sales teams that merged with Totango to develop enhanced customer success and sales enablement tools.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsCaesar VenturesCompoundOperator StackAMD VenturesDatabricks VenturesGeneral Catalyst+4 more

Chameliochamelio.aiinSeed · Jan 2026 · $10M

Chamelio is an AI-powered platform for in-house legal teams to manage legal playbooks, workflows, and knowledge independently, enabling rapid deployment of contract lifecycle management capabilities without requiring IT involvement.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS

Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalEmerge Venturesfresh.fund

Cloudquerycloudquery.ioin𝕏Seed · Nov 2021 · $4M

CloudQuery provides cloud governance teams with unified visibility and management across multiple cloud providers and accounts.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Yevgeny Pats(Founder)

Co-investorsboldstart venturesPartech VenturesSierra VenturesMango CapitalTiger Global Management

Cockroach Labscockroachlabs.comin𝕏

CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database designed for enterprise applications that require high availability and global scalability.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US

Spencer Kimball(Founder)inPeter Mattis(Founder)inBen Darnell(Founder)

Co-investorsBond Capital ManagementCoatue ManagementFirstMark CapitalG SquaredGV (Google Ventures)In-Q-Tel+13 more

Cofounderscofounders.nyc

cofounders.nyc is a curated New York City platform and in-person community for finding cofounders and early team members.

CoreOScoreos.comin𝕏Series B · Apr 2016acquired by Red Hat · Jan 2018

CoreOS developed container-focused infrastructure software, including the lightweight Container Linux operating system, the etcd distributed key-value store, and the Tectonic Kubernetes platform.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Alex Polvi(CEO)inBrandon Philips(CTO)inGeoff Greer(Senior Software Engineer)inJoseph Schorr(Software Engineer)inMackenzie Burnett(Product Manager)inDerek Chiang(Independent Contractor)in

Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Intel CapitalKleiner PerkinsY CombinatorAccelAndreessen Horowitz+5 more

Couriercourier.comin𝕏Apr 2026 · $50M

Courier provides a notification platform that delivers messages to Slack and Teams with customizable routing, authentication, and multi-channel capabilities.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Troy Goode(Founder)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersGV (Google Ventures)MatrixY CombinatorForum VenturesLachy Groom+5 more

detect.sh,detect.sh

Detect publishes a newsletter focused on software problem detection, covering topics such as production incidents, root cause analysis, memory profiling, and Kafka monitoring for software engineers.

CybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsM13York IE

Devarmordevarmor.comin𝕏

DevArmor provides real-time application security feedback inside developer tools, catching design flaws and reviewing code changes against a team's architecture and security requirements before issues reach production.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US

Julian Mehnle(Founder)inAmir Kavousian(Founder)in

Co-investorsAviso VenturesSeven Hill Ventures

Dialpaddialpad.comin𝕏Dec 2021

Dialpad provides a platform that transforms customer conversations into actionable intelligence for businesses.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Ramon, US

Craig Walker(Founder)inJohn Rector(Founder)inBrian Peterson(Founder)inLily Toy(Executive Officer)inDan O'Connell(Founder)inVincent Paquet(Founder)

Co-investors1435 Capital3Spoke CapitalAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzAtomicCerity Partners Ventures+19 more

Discovery Fundumd.edu𝕏

The University of Maryland is a public land-grant research institution that provides teaching, research, and service to advance knowledge in areas of importance to the state, nation, and world.

EdTechCollege Park, US

Co-investorsUniversity System of Maryland Momentum Fund

Earthlyearthly.dev𝕏

Earthly develops Lunar, a platform that converts postmortem findings, engineering standards, and compliance docs into automated guardrails enforced on every pull request across an organization's repositories.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Vlad A. Ionescu(Founder)in

Co-investorsSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Uncorrelated Ventures468 CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersInnovation Endeavors

evasiontowardsdatascience.comin𝕏

Towards Data Science is a publication and community platform founded in 2016 that hosts articles, newsletters, and content focused on data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence for practitioners and learners.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsCreandumIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)PortfoLion Capital Partners

Flockflockshop.aiinFeb 2026

Flockshop provides AI-generated product imagery that lets online shoppers visualize items on themselves or on matching models while keeping a brand's styling and aesthetic consistent.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceRetail TechSaaS

Manvitha Mallela(Founder)in

Co-investorsDorm RoomRed Swan VenturesThe MBA FundAndreessen HorowitzBedrock CapitalF4 Fund+11 more

Git AIusegitai.com

Git AI provides analytics and observability for AI-generated code throughout the software development lifecycle, tracking what code is committed, passes review, and remains in production.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Aidan CunniffeinSasha Varlamovin

Goodfiregoodfire.comin𝕏Seed · Aug 2024 · $7M

Goodfire is an AI interpretability research lab that develops methods to reverse-engineer, debug, and control neural networks' internal representations.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Tom McGrath(Founder)inEric Ho(Founder)inDaniel Balsam(Founder)inArcha JaininDaniel Kang(Director)Dan Balsam(Founder)

Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCompoundJuniper Ventures Management, LlcLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Ventures+8 more

GovWellgovwelltech.comMay 2026 · $25M

GovWell builds software that helps local governments modernize their permitting, planning, and service delivery processes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSNew York, US

Ben(Co-Founder)Troy(Co-Founder)

Co-investorsInsight PartnersFractal SoftwareBienville Capital

John Dickersonjpdickerson.com

Personal website of John P.

AI & Machine Learning

Leapfinleapfin.comin𝕏Jul 2022

Leapfin provides AI-powered infrastructure for revenue accounting and financial reporting, automating the reconciliation between billing systems and accounting to handle complex subscription and usage-based billing models.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Ray Lau(CEO)inErik Yao(Founder)inRaymond Lau(Founder)

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Array Ventures Management LlcBowery CapitalCounterpart VenturesCrosslink CapitalFunction Ventures+6 more

Makarain𝕏acquired by Red Hat · Oct 2018 · $34B

Red Hat develops open source hybrid cloud software solutions including Linux, AI platforms, virtualization, and automation tools for enterprise organizations.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareRaleigh, US

Bob Young(Co-Founder, President, Chairman & CEO (1993-1999))Marc Ewing(Co-Founder, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer)James M. (Jim) Whitehurst(President and Chief Executive Officer)Paul J. Cormier(Executive Vice President and President, Products and Technologies (2019); later CEO (2020-2022) and Chairman)Eric R. Shander(Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer)DeLisa K. Alexander(Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer)

Co-investorsBallistic VenturesGreylock PartnersLobby CapitalMenlo VenturesToba Capital

Metric Insightsmetricinsights.comin𝕏

Metric Insights, founded in 2012, provides a business intelligence portal that centralizes analytics assets into a curated, searchable catalog with governance and persona-based customization.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Marius Moscovici(Executive Officer, Director)inStephen Mock(Executive Officer)

BoardJosh Kopelman(Director)Jonathan Temple(Director)

Co-investorsLerer HippeauMindset VentureNovel Capital

Moritzplassnigmoritzplassnig.com𝕏

Angel investor who invests in data, developer tools, and security companies at seed and Series A stages, as well as in micro funds.

Media & Entertainment

Nimble Storagehpe.comAcquired

HPE subsidiary building all-flash and hybrid flash storage arrays with InfoSight predictive analytics for data centers.

Spring, US

Suresh Vasudevan(Founder)Suresh Vasudevan (CEO)(Founder)Umesh Maheshwari(Founder)Varun Mehta(Founder)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersArtis VenturesAsset Management CompanyiGlobe PartnersKleiner PerkinsMenlo Ventures+7 more

Paratusgetparatus.com

Paratus builds AI software that automates administrative and busywork tasks for U.S. military operational teams.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechGovTech

Co-investorsBling CapitalTeamworthy Ventures

Peerbound Marketing New Yorkpeerbound.comin

Peerbound is an AI platform that finds customer proof across call recordings, reviews, and other customer voice channels, then generates customer stories and slides and delivers relevant proof points to sales reps via Slack and email.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSales Tech

Co-investorsBling CapitalExpansion Venture Capitalm]x[v Capital

Permisopermiso.ioin𝕏Jan 2024Acquired

Permiso offers an identity security posture management platform that inventories human and non-human identities across cloud environments (identity providers, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) and assesses their exposure to compromise.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMclean, US

Paul Nguyen(Founder)inJason Martin(Founder)inSanjeev Williams(SVP of Product Management)inJared Elder(VP of Marketing)inTin Huu Nguyen(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Erik Kriessmann(Director)in

Co-investors11.2 CapitalaVentureFoundation CapitalPoint72 VenturesVertex VenturesAltimeter Capital+2 more

Petra Labspetralabs.cominSeed · Jul 2026 · $5M

Petra Labs offers a platform and managed service that tracks a brand's visibility, ranking, sentiment, and citations across AI search engines, then executes content, media, and attribution work to grow AI-referred traffic and revenue.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Sami Akkawi(Founder)in

Co-investorsValor Equity PartnersAfore CapitalPathlight Ventures

Preciouspreciousapp.com

Precious is a photo editing and curation app for parents that automatically enhances iPhone photos of babies and children with frames, stickers, and creative artwork, and generates time-lapse videos to capture growth milestones.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomySocialSan Francisco, US

Chris Lau(CEO)inDaniel Lau(CTO)in

Co-investorsFundersClubY CombinatorCollaborative FundFrialeLocus Ventures

Prequelprequel.com

Heavy Lifting LLC is a private investment company that acquires, develops, and holds digital assets such as premium domain registrations and intellectual property.

Crypto & Web3Media & Entertainment

Co-investorsRuntime VenturesScript CapitalOperator Partners

Prequelprequel.devin𝕏Dec 2024 · $3.3M

Prequel provides distributed detection software for finding and fixing reliability and security risks across application stacks.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York City, US

Tony Meehan(Co-Founder & CTO)inConor McCarter(Founder)inTimur Khabirov(Founder)in

Co-investorsNextView VenturesOperator PartnersRuntime VenturesScript CapitalStage 2 CapitalY Combinator

Prontogopronto.io

Indian instant home-services platform connecting households with trained, verified professionals for cleaning, laundry and chores.

Co-investorsTau VenturesBain CapitalBain Capital VenturesGeneral CatalystGlade Brook Capital PartnersLachy Groom

Ravelravelfuture.comin

Ravel converts textile waste into purified recycled material feedstocks through a proprietary closed-loop process that maintains fiber integrity without energy-intensive depolymerization or downcycling.

Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials

Zahlen Titcomb(CEO)inJohn Goods(CTO)inKristen Albrecht(COO)in

Co-investorsAt One VenturesCollaborative FundCollateral GoodNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Betterway VenturesClimate Capital

Rediemrediem.co

Rediem provides a loyalty and engagement platform that lets brands turn sustainability and impact actions into customer rewards, letting shoppers track eco-metrics, take sustainable actions, and redeem rewards for local nonprofits.

Impact & Social GoodMarketing TechSaaS

Regan Jayne(Founder)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)

Runrun.house

Runhouse builds Kubetorch, a Pythonic serverless interface for running, building, and deploying machine learning workloads on Kubernetes directly from Python.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsHetz VenturesBlackstoneCoatue ManagementMGX

Scytalescytale.aiin𝕏Mar 2019 · $5M

Scytale is an AI-powered GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) platform that automates compliance operations, monitors controls 24/7, and covers 80+ regulatory frameworks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Meiran Galis(CEO & Founder)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersBain CapitalTechOperators Venture Capital

Semmlesemmle.com𝕏Aug 2014acquired by GitHub

Semmle built a semantic code analysis engine that lets developers and security researchers write declarative queries to find vulnerabilities and code patterns across large codebases.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsOxford

Oegerikus de Moor(Executive Officer, Director)Oege de Moor(Founder)in

BoardJoseph C. M. Hall(Director)

Co-investorsAccel

ShiftRxshiftrx.ioin

ShiftRx is a staffing platform that connects pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with per diem shifts and full-time roles, while helping pharmacies and staffing agencies fill open shifts and manage provider placements.

HealthtechHR TechMarketplaces

Autumn-Kyoko Cushman(Cofounder)inLeann Haddad(Cofounder)in

Co-investorsInflect HealthTau Ventures

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Leap TechnologiesPetricorp, Inc.SKUSolverValente Sherman, Inc.email wastelandMedialakeOpenOpsPatientRunhouseSeeMetricsTopogy

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 13

1 IPOs · 12 acquisitions · showing 5

Arubaacq. by Hewlett-PackardCatalystacq. by TotangoCoreOSacq. by Red HatMakaraacq. by Red HatSemmleacq. by GitHub

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Work-Bench made?
Work-Bench has 87 tracked investments, 13 of which have exited, including 19 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Work-Bench invest at?
Work-Bench invests at the Seed stage.
What is Work-Bench's typical check size?
Work-Bench typically writes checks of $1M – $3M.
What sectors does Work-Bench focus on?
Work-Bench focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
Where is Work-Bench located?
Work-Bench is headquartered in New York, US.
Does Work-Bench lead rounds?
Yes, Work-Bench leads investment rounds.
Who does Work-Bench co-invest with?
Work-Bench most often shares deals with Menlo Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), Amplify Partners, among 169 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

The Rise of Work-Bench: Inside the $375M Enterprise Fund w/ Jonathan Lehr

The Rise w/ Alex Klein · Jonathan Lehr

Bloomberg Cornell Tech Series: Jessica Lin, General Partner & co-founder, Work-Bench

Inside Bloomberg · Jessica Lin

Work-Bench Ventures - Kelley Mak - ESW #216

Security Weekly - A CRA Resource · Kelley Mak

How I Raised My First Dollar with Jonathan Lehr | Work-Bench

BAM · Jonathan Lehr

Jan 2019 NYETM - Fireside chat w/ David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz) & Jonathan Lehr (Work-Bench)

Work-Bench · Jonathan Lehr

Jonathan Lehr, Work-Bench | Inforum 2016

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Co-investors · 86

Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

$500K – $100M
Bain Capital Ventures

BCV Labs is the platform and hands-on support arm of Bain Capital Ventures, providing portfolio founders with go-to-market strategy, brand development, hiring assistance, and customer introductions.

$1M – $100M
Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.

$1M – $100M
Amplify Partners

Amplify Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technical founders building companies across developer tools, machine learning/AI, data infrastructure, digital biology, cybersecurity, and related deep technology areas.

$500K – $5M
GV (Google Ventures)

GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in AI and machine learning since its early days, backing more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.

$250K – $50M
Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing transformative technology companies, with a strong current emphasis on artificial intelligence across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets.

$1M – $20M
Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

$500K – $50M
Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.

$50K – $100M
Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across industries and geographies, emphasizing the people behind ideas as much as the businesses themselves.

$540K – $10.8M
Sierra Ventures

Sierra Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage SaaS and technology startups, focusing on B2B cloud software delivered via subscription models.

$500K – $10M
Lerer Hippeau

Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs founders across sectors, emphasizing investing in companies before they gain wider recognition.

$500K – $2M
General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.

$30M
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Norwest Venture PartnersOak HC/FTAcrew CapitalCisco InvestmentsContour Venture PartnersLytical VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersNotable CapitalRRE VenturesGreycroftMadrona Venture GroupTrinity VenturesIntel CapitalWingHomebrewAltimeter CapitalKinnevikRedpoint VenturesBenchmarkCanaan PartnersFirstMark CapitalPartech VenturesAfore CapitalBond Capital ManagementBullpen CapitalTwo Sigma VenturesAltaIR CapitalHustle Fundboldstart venturesRenegade PartnersTribeca Venture PartnersMouro CapitalSummit PartnersCommerce VenturesAmasiaG20 VenturesCerity Partners VenturesFlint CapitalLiveOak VenturesNew Stack VenturesMendoza VenturesUberSpark CapitalHCVCAME Cloud VenturesPioneerStellar CapitalResolute VenturesF-Prime CapitalTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundIA VenturesDCM VenturesHanabi CapitalBanana CapitalOperator CollectiveZetta Venture PartnersDnx VenturesHighland Capital PartnersAnthemis VentureWalden InternationalBlue Owl CapitalConstruct CapitalXfundTrust FundBlu Venture InvestorsBuilders VCDVCSprout Social, Inc.Coughdrop CapitalFoundersVinyl CapitalInformation Venture PartnersCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)AlphaPrime Ventures

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