Team | Work-Bench
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.
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
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.
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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
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
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
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
Pattie Tope | Operations Manager
Runs day-to-day operations and event logistics for the firm and the broader Work-Bench community.
Pattie's Fun Facts
Favorite food: Ice cream and Korean Fried Chicken
Bucket list: Take a road trip across all 50 U.S. states
Biggest fear: Rubber Toy Snakes