Kelley Mak
InvestorPartner at Work-Bench
New York, New York
Writes $250K β $3M checks Β· typically $1.5M
About
GP focused on security and cloud-native infrastructure who also leads corporate engagement with Fortune 1000 technology executives. Previously a security industry analyst at Forrester Research.
Kelley Mak @kelleymak
AWS now only gets airtime it seems during earnings and then everyone goes back to arguing about model labs Meanwhile I spoke with a major Asian bank whose entire AI stack is AWS, down to Kiro for coding https://t.co/Cys26k3fCV
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 2
Kelley Mak @kelleymak
Opus needs to be disciplined. Bad machine! https://t.co/rMq2bnvIbr
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 3
Kelley Mak @kelleymak
Naming fake companies is hard https://t.co/WAjjmBWlRl
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 3
Experience
- Work-BenchGeneral Partnercurrent2024 β present
- Work-BenchPartner2021 β 2024
- Work-BenchPrincipal2018 β 2021
- Work-BenchAssociate2016 β 2018
- ForresterAnalyst2014 β 2016
- ForresterSenior Research Associate2011 β 2014Greater Boston Area
- Boston College - Physics DepartmentUndergraduate Faculty Research Fellow - Physics Department2009 β 2011
Education
- Boston CollegeBS, Physics, Philosophy
Skills & more
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Same school
Also attended Boston College173
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Shared employers
Also worked at Work-Bench12
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Also worked at Forrester18
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Deals Β· 3
DryRun SecurityBoard seat
via Work-Bench Β· filed Feb 2025 Β· $6.2M raise
Batch.sh Inc.Board seat
via Work-Bench Β· filed Jul 2022 Β· $7.2M raise
Valente Sherman, Inc.Board seat
via Work-Bench Β· filed Dec 2021 Β· $11M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Work-Bench
Network3
Investors connected to Kelley in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.