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Team · 3 people
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What they invest in
from 30 of 39 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×24Fintech ×11Gaming ×9AI & Machine Learning ×8Data & Infrastructure ×5Creator Economy ×3Developer Tools ×2E-commerce ×2
HQs:United States×6Australia×1Türkiye×1
Investments · 39 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 52023 · 32022 · 112021 · 112020 · 132 dated
Highstreet is a game studio building a big-budget VR MMORPG that combines virtual reality gameplay with crypto-enabled digital and phygital goods purchasable with its HIGH token.
Crypto & Web3E-commerceGaming
Travis(CEO)
Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsBinance LabsHTCJump CapitalPalm Drive CapitalDraper Dragon+3 more
Hologram provides creative tools that enable anyone to produce and distribute short-form video content, removing barriers related to appearance, equipment, or budget.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3GamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsSteel PerlotFoothill VenturesInflection.xyzNascentVery Serious Ventures
Allora is a decentralized network for machine learning model development and inference, where developers deploy ML workers and models to topics that collectively generate predictions.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Nick Emmons(Founder)in
Co-investorsArchetypeCoinFundOlive Tree CapitalWavemaker PartnersBlockchain CapitalDelphi Ventures+3 more
Anboto is a cryptocurrency trading platform that provides institutional-grade algorithmic execution, smart order routing across exchanges, and portfolio management tools for traders managing positions across centralized and decentralized finance venues.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Guillaume Forcade(Founder)in
Co-investorsRyze LabsCherry VenturesXBTO
Ancient8 is a gaming-focused Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed for Web3 gaming, hosting fully on-chain games, games on X and Telegram, IP-infused games, and AI-powered games.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Howard Xu(Founder)Trung Nguyen(Founder & CEO)Thuat Nguyen(Founder)William Phan(Founder)
Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsCoinbase VenturesDragonflyExtra WattsImpossible FinanceIOSG Ventures+25 more
Ardana is a decentralized finance (DeFi) project on the Cardana blockchain offering a US Dollar-pegged, collateral-backed stablecoin and related primitives such as borrowing against locked collateral and stablecoin swaps.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Ryan Matovu(Founder)in
Co-investorsTenzor CapitalAscensive AssetscFundFMFWKronos ResearchMorningstar Ventures+2 more
Atomic Form develops NFT provenance software and previously created gallery-quality hardware displays for digital art.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
Rick Manelius(CEO)in
Co-investorsRyze LabsSamsung NextAnimoca BrandsSino Global Capital
Aurigami is a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol where users deposit crypto assets such as USDC, USDT, ETH, WNEAR, WBTC, and STNEAR to earn yield and access liquidity.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Lucas Huang(Founder)
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesImpossible FinanceAlameda ResearchAlex ShevchenkoAlex SvanevikAmber Group+13 more
Avalon is a multiplayer game and creation platform where players build their own worlds using natural-language tools and carry a persistent character across a shared universe.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingOrlando, US
Sean Pinnock(Founder)in
Co-investors6th Man VenturesAndromeda CapitalBixin CapitalBixin VenturesBlack DragonCastrum Capital+14 more
BENQI is a decentralized finance protocol on the Avalanche blockchain offering liquid staking of AVAX (via sAVAX), lending and borrowing of crypto assets, and tools for bootstrapping validators.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
JD Gagnon(Founder)
Co-investorsArrington CapitalAscensive AssetsBorderless VentureDragonflyGenblock CapitalKane & Rao Group+6 more
Biconomy provides developer tools and APIs that handle transaction infrastructure for blockchain applications.
Aniket Jindal(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitDAOBorderless VentureCoinbase VenturesCoinFundCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)D11-Labs+29 more
Bio Protocol is a decentralized science (DeSci) platform where people can fund, develop and govern tokenized early-stage scientific research from universities, companies and researchers.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCrypto & Web3
Co-investorsBinance LabsPfizer VenturesBig Brain HoldingsPolymorphic CapitalSerafundSignature Ventures+3 more
Burnt builds AI agents for food distribution and supply chain operations, automating manual workflows and inventory management tasks that have historically relied on legacy tools and spreadsheets.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US
Joseph Jacob(CEO)inRhea Karimpanal(Founder)inChandru Shanumugasundaram(CTO)inJJ(Co-Founder & CEO)Rhea Karimpanal(CPO)in
Co-investorsPenny Jar Capital VentureScribble VenturesY CombinatorAlameda ResearchAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Animoca Brands+7 more
Free-to-play top-down tactical arcade shooter on MultiversX featuring single-player and online multiplayer battles with NFTs.
Co-investorsEGLD GGRhinevall CapitalAnimoca BrandsElrondGBV Capital
Ember Sword is a social sandbox open-world MMORPG set in the fictional world of Thanabus, featuring class-based PvP/PvE combat and player-owned land and digital assets.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkMoon HoldingsMoonfire VenturesTaisu VenturesAnimoca Brands+4 more
Cross-platform gaming discovery platform offering game guides, reviews, news, deals and player rewards through one unified profile.
Mostafa Salem(Founder)in
Co-investorsHyperithmTaisu VenturesWWVenturesArkStream CapitalCompute VenturesDouble Peak Group+7 more
Genopets is a mobile game that incentivizes physical activity and real-world movement by connecting players' daily steps to gameplay progression and rewards.
ConsumerGamingWellness & Fitness
Albert Chen(Founder)Benjamin Tse(Founder)Jay Chang(Founder)
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Impossible FinanceKonvoy VenturesNext VenturesPantera CapitalSamsung Next+4 more
A commerce company that sells and expands consumer products across Amazon, direct-to-consumer channels, and retail stores, managing customer touchpoints and international expansion.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceRetail TechWhite Bear Lake, US
Riccardo Bruni(Founder)inAlessio Bruni(Founder)in
Co-investorsalphabet angelsD4 VenturesDIP CapitalFeld VenturesFuel VenturesPerivoli Innovations+11 more
Digital asset composability protocol for minting multichain fungible and non-fungible tokens.
Co-investorsArca FundsBitDAOMantle NetworkBlocktower CapitalCourtside VenturesHartmann Capital+2 more
Inference Labs develops cryptographic verification systems for autonomous AI agents, robots, and other autonomous systems, enabling auditable and trustworthy decision-making through zero-knowledge proofs and verifiable computing.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
Colin Gagich(Founder)inRon Chan(Founder)in
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsEdessa CapitalLvna CapitalArche Capital VentureDigital Asset Capital
Itheum is building trust layers and trust frameworks positioned as public-good infrastructure, aimed at making the definition of what and who can be trusted auditable and community-governed.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsEGLD GGWoodstock FundZBS CAPITALAscensive AssetsMHC Digital FinanceMorningstar Ventures+1 more
Mavia is a Web3 mobile strategy game where players build and defend a base, train infantry, vehicle and air units, and battle rival players to loot resources.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsBitkraft Esports VenturesExto PartnersGenblock CapitalMagnus CapitalSublime VenturesTriblock+9 more
C168 (C168.COM) is an online gambling platform offering live casino, fish shooting games, slots, cockfighting, sports betting, and lottery to bettors, primarily in the Vietnamese and broader Asian market.
Gaming
Co-investorsCrit VenturesEmooteAkatsukiAscensive AssetsBitscale CapitalBreederDAO+5 more
Morpho is a decentralized lending protocol that provides enterprise-grade infrastructure for launching lending products.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Paul Frambot(Founder)inJulien Thomas(Founder)Mathis Gontier Delaunay(Founder)Merlin Egalite(Founder)Merline Egalite(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzCathay InnovationEntropy Industrial CapitalFaculty GroupFlowdesk+34 more
Nansen is a trading platform that combines onchain intelligence and AI to help investors discover trading opportunities, execute trades, and monitor portfolios across multiple blockchain networks and protocols.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Alex Svanevik(Founder)inEvgeny Medvedev(Founder)inLars Bakke Krogvig(Founder)Lars Krogvig(Founder)
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAccelAndreessen HorowitzBlockchain CoinvestorsBR CapitalCoinbase Ventures+15 more
NAOS Finance is a blockchain lending protocol connecting DeFi lenders with SME borrowers using tokenized real-world assets.
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesSora VenturesYoubi CapitalAU21 CapitalCollider VenturesCrypto com Capital+11 more
Param (TURK Elektronik Para A.Ş.) is a Turkish electronic money and payment services provider operating within a larger group ecosystem.
Fintech
Emin Can YILMAZinEmin Can Yilmaz(Founder)
Co-investorsRevo CapitalAnimoca Brands
Pendle is a crypto yield trading platform that lets users trade yield — including off-chain rates — with leverage, earn fixed yield, or take long positions on yield.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
TN Lee(Founder)
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)Andromeda CapitalBitDAOBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCVP NoLimit+14 more
PixelVerse is a social gaming platform built on Web3, offering a connected ecosystem of skill-based games where popular memecoin characters (such as Pudgy, Toshi, Brett, and MEW) are playable.
Crypto & Web3GamingSocial
Co-investorsCrit VenturesOIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group)Galaxy InteractiveMerit Circle
Pontem is a product development studio building blockchain products using the Move language on Aptos and other Layer 1 networks.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Alejo Pinto(Founder)inArman Manukyanin
Co-investorsAlphaLab CapitalAlumni VenturesCaladanPantera CapitalVentureSouqWintermute+3 more
Puffer Finance is an Ethereum-native liquid restaking protocol where users stake ETH to receive pufETH and earn staking plus EigenLayer restaking rewards.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Jason Vranek(Founder)inAmir Forouzani(Founder)in
Co-investorsElectric CapitalBinance LabsBreedCoinbase VenturesF-Prime CapitalFaction+20 more
Gaming studio building a AAA first-person extraction shooter
Mark Long(Founder)inKen Rosman(CEO)inKenneth RosmaninAaron Nonis(Founder)Colin Foran(Founder)Don Norbury(Founder)
Co-investorsBixin CapitalBixin VenturesCVP NoLimitDragonflyMetastableNo Limit Holdings (NLH)+15 more
Omni-chain solution for DEXes with flexible trading capabilities.
Co-investorsBlockchain CoinvestorsGenblock CapitalAlameda ResearchAU21 CapitalBitscale CapitalNGC Ventures
Smart Token Labs builds infrastructure for tokenization, including TokenScript (a smart token interface standard for composable tokens), AlphaWallet (an open-source EVM mobile wallet), and Smart Layer (a blockchain-based service network that executes token logic and integrates web services with token functionality).
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSydney, AU
Weiwu Zhang(Founder)in
Co-investorsBODLPuzzle VenturesFenbushi CapitalFramework VenturesMH VenturesSignum Capital
Suilend is a decentralized finance (DeFi) suite built on the Sui blockchain, offering lending, token swaps, yield strategies, and bridging.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsFigmentAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)KaratageRobot Ventures
Allora Labs builds decentralized AI infrastructure that gives developers access to a self-improving collective intelligence network.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureBoston, US
Nicholas Emmons(Executive Officer, Director)Corbin Pon(Director)
BoardMichael Anderson(Director)
Co-investorsBlockchain CapitalCoinFundBlockchain CoinvestorsCollab+CurrencyFramework Venture PartnersFramework Ventures+5 more
XDEFI, rebranding to Ctrl, offers a self-custody crypto wallet available as a Chrome extension and iOS/Android apps.
Crypto & Web3
Emile Dubié(Founder)in
Co-investorsCircle VenturesExtra WattsGenblock CapitalJustin “3LAU” BlauPlay VenturesRyze Labs+6 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMorpho · finsmes.com · Jun 9, 2026
Heroes · trysignalbase.com · May 12, 2026
burnt · techcrunch.com · Sep 25, 2025
Bio Protocol · prnewswire.com · Sep 17, 2025
Shrapnel · gamesbeat.com · Aug 13, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Mechanism Capital made?
- Mechanism Capital has 39 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Mechanism Capital invest at?
- Mechanism Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Mechanism Capital focus on?
- Mechanism Capital focuses on Crypto & Web3, SaaS.
- Where is Mechanism Capital located?
- Mechanism Capital is headquartered in Liberty Hill, US.
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Delphi Digital · Andrew Kang
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Delphi Digital · Andrew Kang
Into the Metaverse with Marc Weinstein (Mechanism Capital)
The Tie · Marc Weinstein
Co-investors · 29
Blockchain Capital is a venture firm that has partnered with crypto builders since 2013, investing across the blockchain and digital asset ecosystem.
Robot Ventures is a $75M early-stage crypto fund founded and led by Robert Leshner (Compound) and Tarun Chitra (Gauntlet), who actively run major DeFi companies while managing the fund, giving founders direct access to operators at the center of on-chain markets. The fund specializes in backing highly technical crypto primitives at the pre-seed stage before they become marquee names, leveraging deep quant research expertise to evaluate complex DeFi mechanisms that many generalist VCs struggle to understand.
Hack VC is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage crypto, blockchain infrastructure, decentralized finance, and AI companies.
Polygon is a blockchain platform positioned as infrastructure for global payments and money movement, enabling assets to move onchain at scale. It offers an open stack for accessing the onchain economy and is powered by its native token $POL.
Archetype is an early-stage venture fund backing crypto founders building new markets and protocols.
Volt Capital is a crypto-native venture fund that originated from the Token Daily community platform and maintains a separate validator arm to deeply understand blockchain networks they don't even invest in. The firm focuses on early-stage companies that use crypto rails but have familiar Web2-style business models, deliberately targeting overlooked areas from previous cycles while other VCs chase newer narratives.
Bankless Ventures is a venture firm backing founders building in the Web3 and crypto ecosystem.
Techstars is a global startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds and mentors ambitious founders, providing $220K in capital, a three-month program, and access to a worldwide network of mentors, investors, and corporate partners.
Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that writes pre-seed checks and is backed by a community of founder and operator LPs.
Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in the technology sector.
Not Boring Capital operates as a "solo GP + media flywheel" fund where Packy McCormick runs a one-person VC fund tightly coupled to his Not Boring newsletter, using writing to source deals, win allocation, and amplify portfolio companies through content creation rather than traditional multi-partner firm structures. The fund's strategy combines extreme breadth with minimal ownership—deploying across 79 companies in 19 verticals without board seats or lead positions—while offering founders a unique value proposition through Sponsored Deep Dives that serve as both revenue generation and in-depth company analysis that helps founders tell their stories to customers, hires, and future investors.
Tuesday Capital (formerly CrunchFund) is an early-stage venture firm founded in 2011 that backs founders building technology companies, providing hands-on support beyond capital.
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7percent VenturesVine VenturesIVCSeed Club VenturesHummingbird VenturesLCXNorthpond VenturesParaFi CapitalQuantstampNIVInfinite CapitalNext Frontier Capitalgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)New Form CapitalTrammell Venture Partners (TVP)Cross Culture VenturesGreenfield
Firms observed investing alongside Mechanism Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Mechanism Capital's recorded portfolio.
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