• Co-Founded Work-Bench in 2013 with Jessica Lin
• Previously at Morgan Stanley in the Office of the CIO — partnered with internal technology clients to evaluate and onboard emerging technology startups
• Founded the NY Enterprise Technology Meetup in January 2012 — now 10,000+ members, one of the largest enterprise tech communities in NYC
• Deep understanding of Fortune 500 technology buying patterns from Morgan Stanley experience
• Pioneered a unique enterprise VC model: start with the customer community, identify pain points, then find the best startups solving those problems

• AI/ML for enterprise applications
• Developer tools and infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• Future of work
• Seed-stage enterprise software companies
• Strong preference for companies that can become foundational infrastructure rather than point solutions

Cockroach Labs (distributed SQL database), CoreOS (acquired by Red Hat for $250M), Kensho (acquired by S&P Global for $550M), Socure ($4.5B valuation — identity verification), Spring Health (unicorn — mental health platform), Semmle (acquired by GitHub), Backtrace (acquired by Sauce Labs), x.ai (acquired by Bizzabo), and Authzed (authorization infrastructure).

• Excellent fit for B2B AI infrastructure at seed — his explicit focus areas are AI/ML, DevTools, and Infrastructure
• Work-Bench's enterprise customer community model is uniquely valuable: they can introduce you directly to Fortune 500 technology buyers
• The NY Enterprise Technology Meetup (10K+ members) provides immediate distribution and validation opportunities
• $2M–$4M check size is well-calibrated for seed rounds
• Track record with infrastructure companies (Cockroach Labs, CoreOS, Kensho, Authzed) shows pattern recognition for foundational enterprise infrastructure
• NYC-based — if geographic proximity or NYC enterprise customer access matters, this is a top choice
• Jon's Morgan Stanley background means he deeply understands enterprise procurement and IT decision-making