{"id":669047,"date":"2025-05-14T09:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-york-focused-vc-work-bench-has-raised-a-fresh-160m\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T06:16:15","slug":"new-york-focused-vc-work-bench-has-raised-a-fresh-160m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-york-focused-vc-work-bench-has-raised-a-fresh-160m\/","title":{"rendered":"New York-focused VC Work-Bench has raised a fresh $160M"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work-Bench, whose portfolio includes unicorns Spring Health and Socure, just raised a $160 million Fund IV to quadruple down on backing companies in New York City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm announced the raise<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.work-bench.com\/post\/announcing-work-bench-fund-iv-160m-to-back-seed-founders-with-bold-enterprise-visions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> in a blog post <\/a>on Monday, saying the latest fund will support seed-stage founders building enterprise software. Checks will range from $2 million to $4 million, and the team is looking specifically for companies building in AI, cybersecurity, developer tools, and enterprise <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan Lehr, the firm\u2019s co-founder, told TechCrunch that the company hopes to invest in 23-25 companies out of Fund IV. He said that this was the smoothest fundraise yet for his firm, owing to the fact that Work-Bench has stayed \u201cdisciplined\u201d since launching in 2013, \u201cwhich matters more than ever in today\u2019s AI frenzied environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The firm announced the raise in a blog post on Monday, saying the latest fund will support seed-stage founders building enterprise software. 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