This post was originally published on The Data Source, my monthly newsletter covering the top innovation in data infrastructure, engineering and developer-first tooling.
Priyanka Somrah
We’re thrilled to announce that Work-Bench has led ZippedScript’s $2.6M Seed round with participation from existing investor NewStack Ventures to further their mission of transforming education verifications for global candidates!
Jessica Lin
In this interview series, we dive into how enterprise software companies approach Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployments.
At Work-Bench, we are laser focused on investing in the top enterprise software startups at the earliest stage and working with them to grow into the category defining companies of tomorrow.
Daniel Chesley
We're excited to announce that we led DryRun Security's $8.7M seed round, alongside LiveOak Ventures and Cannage Capital. DryRun Security helps application security teams cut through thousands of code changes to find critical vulnerabilities by combining contextual analysis with natural language security policies.
Kelley Mak
The city’s become the second-largest tech hub in the US thanks to IPOs from companies like Datadog, MongoDB, AppNexus, Braze, and more while a number of Unicorn startups and tech-enabled Fortune 500s call NYC home.
When we first met Lyndon Brown and Tony Meehan, the co-founders of Prequel, we knew their passion for solving real-world problems in software reliability was palpable, and their deep expertise was one of a kind.
As we step into 2025, one of the most critical aspects of annual planning for enterprise software startups is mapping out a successful events strategy. With the rapid evolution of marketing trends and tools, what does a high-impact event look like in the year ahead?
Work-Bench
We are searching for an endlessly curious mind who lives and breathes enterprise technology. Someone who looks at a new developer tool and immediately wants to understand how it fits into the broader ecosystem.
At Work-Bench, we think about the idea of “sourcing” differently than other funds. Our DNA is very much in community - and we believe and have seen firsthand that if we grow and support NYC enterprise ecosystem, then great things will happen.
In our final #Womenterpise event of the year, we brought together sales leaders from the fastest-growing AI companies in NYC to share their top tactics on the front lines of selling cutting-edge AI products.
Our November NY Enterprise Tech Meetup (#NYETM) took a behind-the-scenes, real talk look at how Ramp and Figma have become such product powerhouse, generational companies.
We recently hosted a talk by a VP of Client Solutions from one of our portfolio companies, highlighting the importance of Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and best practices for leveraging them to strengthen long-term customer relationships.
As Seed-stage enterprise software investors, we’ve seen time and time again early-stage teams focus all of their time and energy on moving prospects down the funnel that, when they finally come up for air, they find their top-of-funnel pipeline has dried up.
Recently, Zac and I have been exploring areas where venture scale opportunities could emerge in next-gen networking and infrastructure. So, we brought together a group of founders, data center developers, energy brokers, server providers, and Fortune 500 customers to discuss ideas and trends shaping the industry.
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