Daniel Chesley
InvestorPrincipal at Work-Bench
New York, New York
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Principal sourcing and evaluating investments across ML/AI, developer tools, and enterprise SaaS. Runs cofounders.nyc and writes the More Intelligent Newsletter; previously a Product Manager at Hyperscience.
Daniel Chesley @danielchesley
Words that I'm convinced only exist in tech/VC - operator - tractable - canonical - orthogonal - implementation - forward-deployed What am I missing?
Jul 7, 2026 · ♥ 6
Daniel Chesley @danielchesley
Being the first believer is more important than anything else in VC Proof = Anthropic + @yasminrazavi of Spark Capital Anthropic, the most important company in the world, has raised $130B(!), has 7 board members, and only one active VC on the board Yasmin led Anthropic’s https://t.co/PRO7LfoQCt
Jun 23, 2026 · ♥ 35 · ⇄ 1
Daniel Chesley @danielchesley
At this point, whoever first said “...and we’re just getting started 🚀” deserves royalties
Jun 8, 2026 · ♥ 3
Experience
- Work-BenchPrincipalcurrent2024 — present
- Work-BenchAssociate2022 — 2024New York, United States
- HyperscienceProduct Manager - Machine Learning2020 — 2022New York, United States
- HyperscienceRevOps, GTM Strategy2020 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- LinkedInGrowth / Bizops2019 — 2020New York, New York, United States
- IBMSenior Strategy Consultant2017 — 2019Greater New York City Area
Education
- Penn State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Finance
- DIS - Study AbroadGlaciology
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