Work-Bench
VC Fund
New York, United States
Work-Bench is an enterprise venture capital firm based in NYC. We lead Seed rounds in enterprise software startups throughout the country. We are laser focused on supporting early-stage startups on all things go-to-market and have built a dynamic enterprise tech community in NYC and beyond.
- Total investments:
- 102
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
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Industries Work-Bench invests in
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Countries Work-Bench invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 36 (35%)
- Machine Learning 12 (12%)
- Information Technology 12 (12%)
- SaaS 11 (11%)
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 35 (34%)
- Series A 17 (17%)
- Series B 14 (14%)
- Funding Round 9 (9%)
- Series C 4 (4%)
Country
- United States 50 (49%)
- Canada 1 (1%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- Australia 1 (1%)
- United Kingdom 1 (1%)
Team
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Jessica Lin
Co-Founder & General Partner
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Co-Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 23 | Find email | |
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Jonathan Lehr
Co-Founder & General Partner
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Co-Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 42 | Find email | |
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Kelley Mak
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 13 | Find email | |
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Priyanka Somrah
Priyanka
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Priyanka | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Rani Kubersky
MBA Intern
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MBA Intern | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Investments
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Petra Labs is the platform enterprises rely on to manage and improve how they show up in AI-powered search, combining technology with hands-on execution. The platform monitors brand visibility across generative engines, analyzes where and how companies are cited, and identifies high-value prompts to track at scale. Petra Labs delivers customizedattribution models tailored to enterprise needs, connecting AI search presence to pipeline, traffic, and revenue signals. In addition to software, Petra Labs provides hands-on services to action insights, implement optimizations, and continuously improve AI search performance. | $5.2M / Seed / Jul 22, 2026 | |
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We the people (and the taxpayers) deserve effective government. But the software powering government services is 20 years behind the private sector. GovWell’s mission is to build modern software products to help government serve communities better. | $25M / Series A / May 14, 2026 | |
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Courier Health is a software company that develops a patient relationship management platform designed for the life sciences and biopharma sector. Its platform enables companies to manage the patient journey from diagnosis through treatment initiation and ongoing therapy adherence by integrating data, workflows, and communication tools into asingle system. The software provides real-time visibility, automation, and coordination capabilities that help organizations support patients with complex or chronic conditions more effectively. It is used by biopharma companies to organize patient services operations, connect fragmented data sources, and improve decision-making across commercial teams. In addition to its technology, the company offers implementation support and resources to help clients manage and optimize patient engagement processes. | $50M / Series B / Apr 22, 2026 | |
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Flock AI provides an AI platform for brands to create custom, on-model images and visuals for beauty and apparel businesses. | $6M / Seed / Feb 05, 2026 | |
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Chamelio builds intelligent technology for in-house legal teams. We understand that every in-house legal team operates uniquely - shaped by their industry context, company culture, and strategic priorities. Our platform adapts to these distinct characteristics, delivering hyper-personalized workflows that evolve with your team's specificneeds.Founded by former in-house counsel, technology innovators, and data science experts, we've created what modern legal departments truly need: an intelligent platform that learns your playbook and masters the nuanced balance between protecting company interests and accelerating business growth.Our adaptive system doesn't just automate - it personalizes. By understanding your team's unique decision patterns, preferred workflows, and strategic priorities, Chamelio transforms complex legal operations into streamlined, contextual processes that reflect your team's expertise.Backed by premier venture capital funds, we're enabling in-house legal teams to shift from cost centers to value creators, delivering high-impact outcomes across the organization. | $10M / Seed / Jan 27, 2026 | |
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LooopTrace is an AI-powered waste intelligence platform built to give organizations full visibility and control over their waste, recycling, and sustainability performance. By combining smart bin sensors, contamination-detection AI, and an ESG-ready analytics dashboard, LooopTrace provides real-time data on fill levels, contamination, pickups,routes, and diversion metrics—turning every waste stream into measurable, accountable, and optimizable operations. From multi-site enterprises to municipalities, businesses use LooopTrace to reduce costs, improve compliance, eliminate guesswork, and accelerate their journey toward circular, zero-waste systems. | $2.3M / Seed / Dec 28, 2025 | |
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AIR Platforms (AIR) is an AI-powered credit ratings technology firm revolutionizing credit. AIR can rate any entity or security across private and public credit, delivering unprecedented cost effective, real-time intelligence. | $6.1M / Seed / Dec 10, 2025 | |
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Built AI helps real estate professionals analyze commercial property opportunities faster and better. | $6M / Seed / Dec 02, 2025 | |
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Runhouse is an ML platform that demolishes research, production, and infra silos for ML Engineers, Researchers, and Data Scientists. Runhouse OSS is a unified interface into compute and data infra which is unopinionated, ergonomic, and powerful enough for fast experimentation, full-scale deployment, and everything in between. | $5M / Seed / Oct 09, 2025 | |
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Verdico AI is a next-generation contract management platform that uses AI-powered analysis, automated risk assessment, and intelligent document generation to streamline legal disclosure and CLM workflows. Features include AI contract drafting, risk detection, workflow automation for approvals/renewals, and compliance monitoring withtemplate/clause updates. Claimed benefits include faster reviews, reduced legal costs, and improved compliance for enterprise teams. | $4.8M / Seed / Aug 02, 2025 | |
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FAQ
What does Work-Bench invest in?
Work-Bench invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 102 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Work-Bench?
The team at Work-Bench includes Jessica Lin (Co-Founder & General Partner), Jonathan Lehr (Co-Founder & General Partner) and Kelley Mak (Partner), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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