Jonathan Lehr
General Partner at Work
Jonathan Lehr
General Partner at Work
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder / General Partner
2013 - Current
Work-Bench is an enterprise focused VC fund based in NYC. We lead Seed rounds in enterprise software startups throughout the country, and are laser focused on supporting early-stage startups on all things go-to-market. We've built a dynamic enterprise tech community in NYC and beyond. Our focus areas for investment include AI / Machine Learning, Dev Tools / Cloud Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Application Layer Software.
Founder
2012
The NY Enterprise Tech Meetup is the only in-person forum in NYC exclusively dedicated to enterprise software technology. Over a decade old, with 10,000+ members and 100+ past events, the meetup brings together attendees across NYC's “suits and hoodies” community of startup founders and operators, Fortune 500 executives, VCs and more. Check out past events and join the group at https://www.work-bench.com/new-york-enterprise-tech-meetup
Kauffman Fellow, Class 19
2014 - 2016
Since 1995, Kauffman Fellows has accelerated the development and success of venture capital investors around the world, supporting Fellows to navigate every aspect of innovation investing, from deal flow to public markets. With 800+ Fellows across 65 countries, Kauffman Fellows is the largest network of VCs and innovation leaders in the world. In the 27 years since inception, Kauffman Fellows have started hundreds of funds, raised and deployed hundreds of billions of dollars in capital, and helped pave the way for some of the world’s most groundbreaking companies. As a network, Kauffman Fellows represent over $290 billion in assets under management, have collectively raised over $790 billion dollars in capital, and have been responsible for over $8.5 trillion in exits to LPs.
Associate
2010 - 2013
At Morgan Stanley I worked in the Office of the CIO in IT where I partnered with internal executives to facilitate the selection and on-boarding of emerging technology startups in order to deliver innovative solutions to the Firm’s technology problems. This was accomplished through maintaining an open dialogue with internal groups to continually understand their changing technology needs, as well as staying on top of key enterprise startups in the market and bringing them in to the right stakeholders when appropriate. We also performed financial due diligence of the Firm’s private and public technology vendors as part of the FFIEC regulated Supplier Risk Management Program, and evaluated factors including company stage, cash and sources of cash, market positioning, and management team strength.
Senior Analyst
2007 - 2010
Senior Analyst evaluating investments for a family office.
Education
BSE
2003 - 2007