Jonathan Lehr

Jonathan Lehr

VC

Co-Founder & General Partner, Work-Bench

NYC enterprise infrastructure and AI seed investor

New York, NY$2M–$4M checks3 notable investments
Pre-SeedSeedSeries A
AIDeveloper ToolsInfrastructureEnterprise SaaSSecurity

Background

Jonathan Lehr is Co-Founder and General Partner of Work-Bench, NYC's seed fund for enterprise software, which he co-founded in 2012 with Jessica Lin. He focuses on AI/ML, dev tools, and cloud-native infrastructure investments. He founded the NY Enterprise Technology Meetup, which has grown to over 10,000 members. Previously he worked at Morgan Stanley's Office of the CIO. He holds a BSE in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Investment Thesis

Mining Fortune 500 CXO pain points to back early-stage enterprise founders solving them, with deep focus on AI/ML infrastructure and developer tooling.

Investment Focus

Stages

Pre-SeedSeedSeries A

Typical check: $2M–$4M

Sectors

AIDeveloper ToolsInfrastructureEnterprise SaaSSecurity

Based in: New York, NY (North America)

Notable Investments

Last updated: Jun 11, 2026