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Work-Bench Fund IV

Geography
United States
Stage
Seed
Fund size
$160M
Focus
AI/ML and SaaS
Signals
Published
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N°01 / About

About Work-Bench Fund IV

Work-Bench Fund IV is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus
AI/ML
SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Gritty seed founder building applied AI/infra in NYC

enterprise SaaS
applied AI
infrastructure software
GTM-first
seed-stage

Bullish Signals

Fund 4 actively deploying, pre-seed and seed focuswebsite
Portfolio exits: CockroachLabs $5B, SOCURE $4.5Bexternal
Spring Health unicorn, $3.3B valuationexternal
Goodfire $150M Series B, Courier Health $50Mwebsite
AI portfolio: Flock AI, Built AI, Chamelio, AIRwebsite
GovWell $25M Series A from Insight Partnerswebsite
Petra Labs latest investment, infrastructure focuswebsite
Proven battle-tested GTM playbooks + resourceswebsite
Curated Fortune 500 + founder community accesswebsite
NYC Pre-Seed GTM Summit + AI Snapshot H1 26website
COFOUNDERS.NYC platform for cofounder matchingwebsite
#WOMENTERPRISE + NY Enterprise Tech Meetup activewebsite
20+ GTM strategy episodes: discovery, demos, pricingwebsite
AI content: healthcare, fintech, agents, data centerswebsite
In-trenches support from corporate IT, procurement hellwebsite
GTM is your moat: customer understanding beats productwebsite
Best of NYC Operator Club for AI-native builderswebsite
Future Founder Dinner series for aspiring founderswebsite
Lead pre-seed/seed rounds, write first institutional checkwebsite
Help with procurement, security reviews, SoC 2, POCswebsite
Founded 2013, 11+ years backing enduring software companieswebsite
DialPad Series F backed: Andreessen Horowitz, GV, ICONIQwebsite

Contrarian Signals

NYC + enterprise only — narrow geographic focusexternal
Hands-on, intense operational styleexternal
Community-gated deal flow modelexternal

Founder Do's

Show enterprise GTM traction or clear plan
Be NYC-based or enterprise-market focused
Bring grit + conviction from Day 1
Leverage their Fortune 500 network actively
Tap into COFOUNDERS.NYC, Best of NYC Operator Club

Founder Don'ts

Avoid if no enterprise customer path
Don't expect passive check-writers
Skip if consumer or non-B2B focus

39 signals on Work-Bench Fund IV

22 bullish · 3 contrarian · 5 pitch do's · 3 don'ts · 6 GP profiles, each with its source. From €9/month, cancel anytime.

Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$160M
Saves0
People

Key People

Jonathan Lehr, Jessica Lin, Kelley Mak

Jonathan LehrCo-Founder & General Partner
Jessica LinCo-Founder & General Partner
Kelley MakGeneral Partner
Daniel ChesleyPrincipal
Proby ShandilyaResearcher
Pattie TopeOperations Manager
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