As enterprise Seed investors in NYC, we keep a pulse on all of the new founders and startups entering the ecosystem (and track them in our Enterprise Weekly Newsletter).
Work-Bench
Kira is the Head of Platform at Work-Bench. Originally hired as Head of Content, Kira was promoted to Head of Platform in 2022 with an expanded scope of responsibilities across content and community. Prior to that, she led VC accounts out of SparkPR’s NYC office.
This post was originally published on The Data Source on January 18th, 2024, my monthly newsletter covering the top innovation in data infrastructure, engineering and developer-first tooling. Subscribe here!
Priyanka Somrah
We are thrilled to kick off the new year with exciting news! Work-Bench is proud to announce the promotion of Kelley Mak to General Partner, along with Priyanka Somrah and Daniel Chesley to Principal.
Over the past few years, Financial Services Institutions (FSIs) have undergone a significant transformation in compliance and risk management.
Daniel Chesley
Danny is an Investor at Work-Bench where he focuses on AI/ML, developer tools, and enterprise applications. He authors the More Intelligent Newsletter, where he shares the latest thematic research and technology trends he’s digging into.
If there’s one word we’ll hear continue to echo throughout 2024, it's efficiency.
We chatted with Priyanka to get the inside scoop on how she leans into technical deals, her journey to VC (it stretches all the way from Africa!) and what she’s most excited about in her day to day.
While enterprise buyers continue to be under intense scrutiny, early-stage enterprise startups have held a relentless commitment to navigating this demanding landscape.
Jessica Lin
Given “business development” is such a trendy buzzword in the VC industry these days, we wanted to hear how Kelley differentiates and leverages a customer engagement strategy beyond transactional BD for better pre- and post-investment support at Work-Bench.
In this post, GitHub embraces Copilot, a move that acknowledges AI's transformative impact on developer workflows. AWS introduces S3 Express One Zone, targeting startups with promises of reduced latency over costs.
We first met David Politis, Founder and former CEO of BetterCloud, over 10 years ago at our NY Enterprise Meetup. Fast forward and he took the very same stage at our recent meetup to talk through his top, hard-learned lessons.
This post was originally published on The Data Source on November 17th, 2023, my monthly newsletter covering the top innovation in data infrastructure, engineering and developer-first tooling. Subscribe here!
Early career hiring is a pain point that most of us have felt first hand (or will feel) at some point in our lifetime.
While many naysayers will tell you that focusing on weekly goals can bog you down in the weeds and make you lose sight of long-term goals, Ryan quickly learned that “the person who hits the weekly target, hits the quarterly target, and so on.”