meet the team
we're a small nyc team of enterprise tech nerds working alongside you to build a repeatable sales process from 1 to 10 to 100 enterprise customers.
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jonathan lehr | co-founder & general partner
invests in ai/ml, dev tools, and infrastructure. founded the ny enterprise technology meetup (10,000+ members). previously morgan stanley, office of the cio.
jonathan's fun facts
Favorite food: A pint of cookie dough ice cream (in one sitting)
Fun fact: I’ve seen Regina Spektor and Death Cab for Cutie in concert 20+ times
Favorite NYC activity: Pickup Basketball
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jessica lin | co-founder & general partner
leads investments in horizontal and vertical saas. founder of the #womenterprise community. previously cisco, on agile transformation and culture.
JESSICA's fun facts
Favorite birthday lunch: Taco Bell
Best talent: The incredible ability to fall asleep easily on planes
Bucket list: Hug a panda
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daniel chesley | principal
sources and evaluates investments across ml/ai, dev tools, and saas. runs cofounders.nyc and writes the more intelligent newsletter. previously pm at hyperscience.
daniel's fun facts
Bucket list: Scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef
Favorite book: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
Fun fact: Never had a sip of coffee
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proby shandilya | associate
digs into agentic systems, dev tools, security, and enterprise apps. writes at the latticework on mental models and software history.
PROBY's fun facts
Favorite book: When Breath Becomes Air
Favorite food: Pad See Ew
Dream job if you weren’t in VC: GM of an NBA Team
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linda zhou | chief of staff
all things work-bench ecosystem, community, and content. previously managing partner at dorm room fund.
linda's fun facts
Favorite movie: How to Train Your Dragon
Fun fact: named in the credits of a few short films on Netflix and Disney+
Favorite NYC activity: trying new restaurants
