# Work-Bench: portfolio, investments and team > Work-Bench is a vc firm based in United States. 27 investments on record, 7 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/work-bench (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Work-Bench Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 27 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $2.6M, Feb 2024 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A Identity Paas Recurring Follow Work-Bench and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fwork-bench) Deploying now **100%** of best year **7** **cheques in 12 months**, 27 on record Since the last cheque **10** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$23M** Rounds led **5 of 27** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 96%** Pitch Work-Bench ## Work-Bench highlights - 01 7 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 64% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $1.5M - 04 2 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Work-Bench is New York’s B2B software seed fund, backing the founders building the next generation of applied AI and infrastructure software. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Identity Paas Recurring - **Based in:** New York, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **27 appearances** - **2026** 7 rounds - **Oct** **[MARC](https://millionrounds.com/company/marc)** Seed · US · Google News search **$5.0M** *Led* - **Sept** **Chamelio** Series A · Bright Pixel **$26M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[Petra Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/petra-labs)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$5.2M** *Led* - **May** **[GovWell](https://millionrounds.com/company/govwell)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$25M** With 5 others - **Apr** **[Courier Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/courier-health)** Series B · US · TechStartups **$50M** With 2 others - **Feb** **[Flock AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/flock-ai)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$6.0M** *Led* - **Feb** **Chamelio** Seed · IL · AlleyWatch **$10M** *Led* - **2025** 1 round - **Apr** **[Goodfire](https://millionrounds.com/company/goodfire)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$50M** With 6 others - **2019** 5 rounds - **Dec** **[Arthur](https://millionrounds.com/company/arthur)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$3.3M** *Led* - **Aug** **[Cockroach Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/cockroach-labs)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$55M** With 7 others - **May** **[Algorithmia](https://millionrounds.com/company/algorithmia)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$25M** With 5 others - **Apr** **[FireHydrant](https://millionrounds.com/company/firehydrant)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$1.5M** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Scytale](https://millionrounds.com/company/scytale)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 4 others - **2018** 1 round - **Jul** **[Dialpad](https://millionrounds.com/company/dialpad)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$50M** With 4 others - **2017** 1 round - **May** **[Merlon Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/merlon-intelligence)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$7.7M** With 5 others - **2016** 2 rounds - **Sept** **[CoreOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/coreos)** **$28M** With 8 others - **Jul** **[X.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/xai)** **$23M** With 9 others - **2015** 3 rounds - **Aug** **[Socure](https://millionrounds.com/company/socure)** Debt · US **$2.5M** With 5 others - **Jun** **[Tamr](https://millionrounds.com/company/tamr)** Series B · US **$25M** With 6 others - **May** **[Switch Communications, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/switch-communications-inc)** Series C · US **$35M** With 5 others - **2014** 6 rounds - **Nov** **[Metric Insights](https://millionrounds.com/company/metric-insights)** Seed · US **$3.8M** With 3 others - **Aug** **[vArmour](https://millionrounds.com/company/varmour)** Series C · US **$21M** With 3 others - **May** **[APX Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/apx-labs)** Series A · US **$16M** With 1 other - **May** **[Context Relevant](https://millionrounds.com/company/context-relevant)** Series B · US **$21M** With 5 others - **Mar** **[Kensho](https://millionrounds.com/company/kensho)** Seed · US **$10M** With 8 others - **Feb** **[Ravel Law](https://millionrounds.com/company/ravel-law)** Series A · US **$8.1M** With 4 others - **2013** 1 round - **Jan** **[True Office](https://millionrounds.com/company/true-office)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$3.0M** With 2 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named** AC **Anthony Cappert** Executive Officer i Filing they signed JL **Jessica Lin** MANAGING PRINCIPAL OF THE GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed JL **Jonathan Lehr** MANAGING PRINCIPAL OF THE GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed We also hold **9** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$565M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Work-bench Management, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 289087 Who backs their funds ## 1 LP on record in Work-Bench's funds - **Funds:** 1 The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: an LP list. - [**Level Ventures** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/level-ventures-2) Fund Vintage Committed work-bench - - ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **24** of 38 we have independently watched raise [AIR Platforms AI-Powered](https://millionrounds.com/company/air-platforms)[Alkymi Data Workflow](https://millionrounds.com/company/alkymi)[Arthur AI Model](https://millionrounds.com/company/arthur)[Authzed Managed Permissions](https://millionrounds.com/company/authzed)[Backtrace Crash Reporting](https://millionrounds.com/company/backtrace)[Built AI Automated](https://millionrounds.com/company/built-ai)[Cockroach Labs Distributed](https://millionrounds.com/company/cockroach-labs)[Courier Health Patient](https://millionrounds.com/company/courier-health)[DRYRUN SECURITY AI-Powered](https://millionrounds.com/company/dryrun)[Dialpad AI-Powered Business](https://millionrounds.com/company/dialpad)[Earthly Engineering Guardrails](https://millionrounds.com/company/earthly)[Firehydrant](https://millionrounds.com/company/firehydrant)[Goodfire AI Interpretability](https://millionrounds.com/company/goodfire)[GovWell Modern Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/govwell)[METRIC INSIGHTS Business](https://millionrounds.com/company/metric-insights)[Petra Enterprise AEO](https://millionrounds.com/company/petra-labs)[Rediem AI-native Loyalty](https://millionrounds.com/company/rediem)[Semmle Code Analysis](https://millionrounds.com/company/semmle)[ShiftRx Pharmacy Staffing](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiftrx)[Socure Digital Identity](https://millionrounds.com/company/socure)[Spring Health Mental](https://millionrounds.com/company/spring-health)[Tamr Data Unification](https://millionrounds.com/company/tamr)[VTS Commercial Real](https://millionrounds.com/company/vts)[Zippedscript](https://millionrounds.com/company/zippedscript) Artian Multi-Agent System Chamelio AI System DevArmor AI-Powered Threat Git AI AI Lumesa AI-Native Content PERMISO Unified Identity Paratus Military Readiness Peerbound AI Customer Redhat SKUSafe AI-native Food Scytale Workload Identity Shipyard Ephemeral Environment Tilt Local Development Varick Agents Enterprise Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all** **[CoreOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/coreos)** Bought by Redhat **$250M** Jan 2018 **[True Office](https://millionrounds.com/company/true-office)** Bought by [IntercontinentalExchange](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intercontinental-exchange) **Undisclosed** Nov 2014 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$2.6M** raised in Feb 2024 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$23M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.5M** Led 5 of 27 rounds **19%** - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 - **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *9* - Series A said *7* - Series B *4* - Series C *3* - Debt *1* - Series D *1* - Pre-seed said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) 5 - [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) 4 - [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) 2 - [Amasia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amasia) 2 - [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 2 - [FirstMark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark) 2 **Pitching Work-Bench?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Work-Bench. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)[**Accel** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[**Amasia** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amasia)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**FirstMark** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstmark)[**Index Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures)[**Madrona Venture Group** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madrona)[**Norwest Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest)[**Promus Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/promus-ventures)[**Xfund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xfund)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) ## Recently backed The latest companies Work-Bench put money into. [**MARC** $5.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/marc)[**Petra Labs** $5.2M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/petra-labs)[**GovWell** $25M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/govwell)[**Courier Health** $50M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/courier-health)[**Goodfire** $50M · Apr 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/goodfire)[**Cockroach Labs** $55M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/cockroach-labs) ## Quick answers about Work-Bench ### What does Work-Bench invest in? Work-Bench invests most often at Seed and Series A (64% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Identity, Paas and Recurring. ### How active is Work-Bench? 27 investments on record, 7 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 5. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Work-Bench invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: MARC (Seed, Oct 2026), Chamelio (Series A, Sept 2026) and Petra Labs (Seed, Jul 2026). ### How big are Work-Bench's cheques? The median round it joins is $23M. ### Does Work-Bench lead rounds? Yes: it led 5 of its 27 investments on record (19%). ### Where does Work-Bench invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (96%). ### Is Work-Bench investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 7 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Work-Bench invest alongside? Most often Google Ventures (5 rounds together), New Enterprise Associates (4 rounds together) and Accel (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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