Announcing Work-Bench Fund IV: $160M to Back Seed Founders with Enterprise Ambitions

We’re proud to announce Work-Bench Fund IV, a $160M fund dedicated to supporting Seed-stage founders building the next generation of enterprise software.

While round names and investment amounts may have shifted, our dedication to supporting founders in their earliest days hasn’t. With Fund IV we will continue leading Seed rounds with checks ranging from $2M - 4M.

Twelve years ago, we set out to build the early-stage enterprise VC firm we wished existed in New York City - one that works side-by-side with founders from day one. With Fund IV, we’re quadrupling down on that mission and excited for even more.

🚀 From Day One to Category Defining

At Work-Bench, we’ve always believed that backing visionary enterprise founders early - really early - requires deep conviction in both the people and the problem they’re tackling.

• That’s why, when Socure imagined a future where identity verification could be instant, secure, and powered by machine learning, we backed their bold vision to eliminate identity fraud - before they had a single enterprise customer.

• When Spring Health set out to redefine mental health care in the workplace, adoption for enterprise mental health solutions was still nascent. However, we saw the power and potential for a personalized, data-driven approach to well-being.

• And when Cockroach Labs introduced an ambitious new take on the relational database - cloud-native, globally scalable, and resilient by design - we recognized the tectonic shift they were driving in infrastructure and supported them at the very start of their journey.

We’re proud to have invested with conviction in these companies’ earliest days. These weren’t just investments - they were relationships built on shared ambition, mutual trust, and a belief in changing the enterprise landscape from the ground up.

Across our portfolio, you’ll find stories like these - gritty, early, and full of conviction.

🎯 What We Invest In

Despite a decade of market shifts and evolving buyer behavior, our thesis has remained steadfast. We’re not generalists. We’re proud enterprise nerds who go deep where others stay broad.

We focus exclusively on leading Seed rounds in enterprise software startups with checks between $2M - 4M. We look for exceptional founders and companies solving real, painful problems in:

• AI and Machine Learning

• Cybersecurity

• Infrastructure and Developer Tools

• Vertical and Horizontal Enterprise Applications

We take a concentrated approach to portfolio construction. Every investment reflects deep conviction, and we work closely with each company after we invest.

⚡ What Sets Us Apart

We’re GTM Seed Specialists

Go-to-market is everything at the Seed stage. Whether it’s leveling up your discovery and demo calls, guiding your first QBR, or navigating your initial SLAs - we’re there with you. But our support doesn’t stop at GTM - we’re helping you close candidates for those first critical hires, connecting you with founders and operators for relevant tactics, and when the time is right, we’re guiding you step by step on your Series A raise.

We Form Our Own Opinions

We don’t chase hype cycles or FOMO rounds. Our investments are grounded in thematic theses shaped by deep research and hundreds of conversations with enterprise buyers. We invest where we have conviction, not where the crowd is headed.

We Back Founders With a Unique POV

The best founders don’t chase trends - they see the world differently and build where others won’t. Your deep domain expertise and firsthand experience with the pain points you’re solving is what gives us the conviction to invest.

We Believe Community Is a Force Multiplier

Enterprise software isn’t built in a vacuum. That’s why we’ve built the center for gravity for NYC’s enterprise ecosystem: bringing together founders (your peers), operators (your future hires), and corporate executives (your future customers) under one roof. Rising tides lift all boats, and our community is designed to help you scale faster.

We’re Patient and Aligned with Founders

The journey from Seed to IPO is never linear. We’re not optimizing for quick markups - we’re optimizing for lasting impact.

🌟 Let’s Build the Future of Enterprise Software Together

With Fund IV, we’re more energized than ever to support founders with bold ideas and deep conviction. If you’re building something ambitious in enterprise software - we want to hear from you.

We’re hungrier than ever to help you make a lasting impact.

Thank you to our founders, our LPs, and all of our friends in the broader NYC enterprise tech ecosystem for all of the support.

LFG 🚀