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.

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

kelley mak | general partner

invests in security and cloud-native infrastructure. leads corporate engagement with fortune 1000 cisos and cios. previously security analyst at forrester.

kelley's fun facts

Favorite movie genre: Romantic comedies

Biggest fear: Mustard

Favorite food: Chicken parm (sub or over pasta)

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

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