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Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Work-Bench Management, LLC
Work-Bench Management, LLC
Work-Bench is New York’s B2B software seed fund, backing the founders building the next generation of applied AI and infrastructure software.
name or self-description says seed
Importance
36
elevated
Active deployment
44
elevated
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
81
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
14
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- New York, NYadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 915 BROADWAY, SUITE 1200, New York, NY, 10010adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- (732) 807-5083adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTPS://WWW.WORK-BENCH.COM
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 11 (11 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $565Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- business email
- hello@work-bench.comwork-bench.compublished by the subject
- business phone
- (732) 807-5083adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
5 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, enterprise software, devtools, b2b
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, series a, series b
- Geography
- new york
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- seed
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
series b 100%
Stage at first entry
series b 100%
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate 67%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 5
Funds and vehicles
10 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work-Bench Ventures Select Fund, LP | Growth fund | 2023 adv first reported | Active deployment | $25.1M Mar 26, 2024 | 28 | $0 of $30.0M | Apr 22, 2022 |
| Work-Bench Ventures Iii-A, LP | Feeder or parallel | 2022 adv first reported | Active deployment | $2.6M Mar 26, 2024 | 24 | $0 of $100M | Jun 10, 2021 |
| Work-Bench Ventures III, LP | Fund | 2021 adv first reported | Mature | $105M Mar 26, 2024 | 785 | $0 of $100M | Nov 20, 2020 |
| Work-Bench Quellious, LLC | Fund | 2020 adv first reported | Mature | $9.1M Mar 26, 2024 | 3 | unknown | unknown |
| Work-Bench Kelethin, LLC | Fund | 2019 form d first sale | Mature | $11.3M Mar 26, 2024 | 4 | $79,000 of $79,000 | Nov 13, 2019 |
| Work-Bench Felwithe, LLC | Fund | 2018 adv first reported | Harvest | $8.7M Mar 26, 2024 | 10 | unknown | unknown |
| Work-Bench Ventures II, LP | Fund | 2017 form d first sale | Harvest | $164M Mar 26, 2024 | 413 | $46.2M of $46.2M | Oct 26, 2018 |
| Work-Bench Ventures I, LLC | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $27.1M Mar 26, 2024 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
| Work-Bench Ventures Ii-A, LP | Feeder or parallel | unknown | Unknown | $12.5M Mar 26, 2024 | 30 | unknown | unknown |
| Work-Bench Ivy Holdings, LLC | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $5.7M Mar 26, 2024 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
3 current, 0 departed
Jonathan Lehr
General partnerCo-Founder and General Partner
Jessica Lin
PartnerManager · since May 1, 2017
Jonathan Lehr
PartnerManager · since May 1, 2017
Investments on record
5 edges, 5 companies, 1 partner-attributed
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authzed | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| PERMISO | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Venture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages) |
| Courier Health | Series B · Series B | participant | unknown | $50.0M | unknown | Apr 22, 2026 | Fact Press release wires (Business Wire, PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire public RSS) |
| Flock AI | Funding round | lead | unknown | $6.0M | unknown | Feb 5, 2026 | Fact Press release wires (Business Wire, PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire public RSS) |
| Air | Funding round | lead | Jonathan Lehr (confirmed) | $6.1M | unknown | Dec 11, 2025 | Fact Press release wires (Business Wire, PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire public RSS) |
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
3 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
12 dated events
- Sep 15, 2026Work-Bench Management, LLC: MULTI_STAGE_VC -> SEED_FUND_MANAGER (name or self-description says seed)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Apr 5, 2023Work-Bench Ventures Select Fund, LP first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $25,425,170Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Ventures Select Fund, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 24, 2022Work-Bench Ventures Iii-A, LP first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,033,340Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Ventures Iii-A, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2021Work-Bench Ventures III, LP first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $55,739,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Ventures III, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 27, 2020Work-Bench Kelethin, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $83,083Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Kelethin, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 27, 2020Work-Bench Quellious, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $288,750Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Quellious, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 30, 2018Work-Bench Felwithe, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $645,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Felwithe, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 30, 2017Work-Bench Management, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 30, 2017Work-Bench Ventures Ii-A, LP first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $498,540Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Ventures Ii-A, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 30, 2017Work-Bench Ventures I, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $10,385,721Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Ventures I, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 30, 2017Work-Bench Ivy Holdings, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $110,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Ivy Holdings, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jun 30, 2017Work-Bench Ventures II, LP first reported on Form ADV by Work-Bench Management, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $4,544,901Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactWork-Bench Ventures II, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 15, 2026Seed fund manager (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)name or self-description says seed
- Sep 12, 2026Multi-stage venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)both early and growth/opportunity families, reported GAV $372M
Evidence
53 observations from 3 sources