About Work-Bench
Work-Bench is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Apr 2026, Work-Bench is an active investor, having invested in 56 companies, with 4 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Courier Health Overall, Work-Bench portfolio has seen 5 unicorns and 17 acquisitions including key companies like Spring Health, Dialpad and xAI. A lot of funds co-invest with Work-Bench, with names like Uncorrelated Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Work-Bench has team of 20 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Work-Bench's List of Top Investments
Work-Bench has a portfolio of 56 companies, including 5 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Streamdal and GovWell.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Israel and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Work-Bench:
Tech enabled mental healthcare solutions and health plans for employers. It offers a platform that leverages data to match individuals with care, ranging from digital support to in person therapy. The platform includes personalized care plans, appointment scheduling, and access to on demand wellness exercises. The solution also incorporates an employee assistance program with assessment, personalized recommendations, and access to a diverse network of providers.
Key facts about Spring Health
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $509M
- Employee Count: 3,688 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Generation Investment Management, BoxGroup and 31 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jul 31, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Dialpad
Provider of AI-powered contact center and unified communications platform solutions. The platform offers customer service, outbound sales, and all-in-one communication tools. It provides features such as AI agents, integrations with various applications, and analytics. The platform aims to streamline business communications and improve customer experience.
Key facts about Dialpad
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: San Ramon (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $476M
- Employee Count: 1,457 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Section Partners, TriplePoint Capital and 42 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Dec 22, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Goodfire
Interpretability tooling for generative AI models. The platform leverages mechanistic interpretability techniques to demystify AI systems and provide insights into its inner workings.
Key facts about Goodfire
- Founded Year: 2024
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $209M
- Employee Count: 51 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: DFJ Growth, Menlo Ventures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 17, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. xAI
Platform providing AI-powered assistant for image generation and trend analysis. It is an artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on advancing scientific discovery and fostering a deeper understanding of the universe through its AI model, Grok. Grok is a powerful AI assistant designed to provide truthful, useful, and curious insights by leveraging real-time search, image generation, and trend analysis capabilities. Through its developer API, xAI enables seamless integration of Grok's intelligence into various projects and applications.
Key facts about xAI
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $45B
- Employee Count: 5,135 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Fidelity Investments, BlackRock and 45 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jan 06, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Tamr
Provider of AI-native master data management platform for data unification. The platform offers data mastering, entity resolution, data quality, and data governance. It also provides data enrichment, integration, and connectors. The platform supports customer data, contact data, healthcare data, supplier data, product data, and location data.
Key facts about Tamr
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $69.2M
- Employee Count: 120 as on Feb 28, 2026
- Investors: Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 12, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Work-Bench's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Work-Bench has invested in 56 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 4 investments, while as of Apr 2026, it has made 3 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Flock AI and most recent follow-on round was in Courier Health.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2024 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2022 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2021 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Work-Bench's Investments by Stage
Work-Bench has made 25 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5M, 9 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $10.4M, 5 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $22.3M and 3 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $37M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 25 |
Series A | 9 |
Series B | 5 |
Series C | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Work-Bench's Investments by Sector
Work-Bench has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, FinTech, High Tech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 53 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 53 Tech companies, 51 Software companies and at least 30 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 40 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 22 |
FinTech | 7 |
High Tech | 7 |
Vertical SaaS | 5 |
Others | 15 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Work-Bench's Investments by Geography
Work-Bench has made most investments in United States (36), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 36 |
Canada | 2 |
Israel | 2 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Work-Bench's recent investments
Work-Bench has made 3 investments in 2026 so far. Courier Health and Flock AI are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Work-Bench:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 22, 2026 | United States | Series B | 4615 | [+1] | |
Feb 05, 2026 | United States | Seed | 9560 | [+3] | |
Jan 27, 2026 | United States | Seed | 5851 | ||
Dec 10, 2025 | - | Seed | 9922 | ||
Dec 03, 2025 | United Kingdom | Seed | 9371 |
Unicorns in Work-Bench's Portfolio
Work-Bench has 5 unicorns in its portfolio - Spring Health, Socure, Cockroach Labs and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Spring Health. It became a unicorn in 2021, 2 years after Work-Bench first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Work-Bench's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
81 | Tech enabled mental healthcare solutions and health plans for employers | 2016 | New York City | Series E | ae{kjiw | ||
66 | Provider of AI based platform offering identity verification | 2012 | New York City | Series E | nu{hyjo | ||
65 | Developer of a distributed SQL database designed for mission-critical applications | 2015 | New York City | Series F | qdghlul | ||
80 | Provider of AI-powered contact center and unified communications platform solutions | 2011 | San Ramon | Series F | snnraix | ||
70 | Cloud driven real estate leasing and asset management software | 2011 | New York City | Series E | sqmhycl |
Acquired companies in Work-Bench's Portfolio
17 companies from Work-Bench's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were xAI in Feb 2026 by SpaceX.Here are Work-Bench's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 02, 2026 | - | - | 1896 | |
Dec 15, 2025 | Apr 02, 2019 | Seed | 1210 | |
Jan 31, 2025 | Aug 20, 2014 | Series C | 4391 | |
May 24, 2022 | - | - | 4355 | |
Jul 27, 2021 | Jun 23, 2017 | Series A | 1008 |
Team profile of Work-Bench
Work-Bench has a team of 20 members including 5 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 2 Principals located in United States. Work-Bench's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in Work-Bench:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | New York City | |||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Seattle | - | - | |
Principal | New York City | - | ||
Principal | New York City | - |
Co-investors of Work-Bench
Over the past 13 years, 275 investors have co-invested in Work-Bench's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Work-Bench: Google Ventures, Y Combinator and 64 others have invested in rounds before Work-Bench. There are 4 companies where Google Ventures has invested before Work-Bench and 3 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Work-Bench.
- Top Co-investors of Work-Bench: 118 investors entered a company along with Work-Bench. These include investors like Uncorrelated Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Work-Bench: A total of 91 investors have invested in Work-Bench's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Tiger Global Management (3 companies), Salesforce Ventures (2 companies) and Citi Ventures (2 companies).
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