Mechanism Capital
VC Fund
Singapore, Singapore
Mechanism Capital is an investment firm that invests in the cryptocurrency industry with a focus on decentralized finance or DeFi.
- Total investments:
- 154
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 23%
Last updated:
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Industries Mechanism Capital invests in
Stages Mechanism Capital invests in
Countries Mechanism Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.9M–$9M
- Series A
- $3M–$22M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 58 (38%)
- Cryptocurrency 26 (17%)
- Gaming 24 (16%)
- Software 20 (13%)
- Financial Services 18 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 84 (55%)
- Series A 14 (9%)
- Funding Round 14 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 10 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 10 (6%)
Country
- United States 40 (26%)
- Singapore 10 (6%)
- Canada 6 (4%)
- Philippines 5 (3%)
- Australia 4 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Fakhoury
Junior Partner
|
Junior Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Steve Cho
Partner - Head of Mech Play
|
Partner - Head of Mech Play | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Andrew Kang
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 16 | Find email | |
Marc Weinstein
Head of Portfolio Development
|
Head of Portfolio Development | Total investments: 34 | Find email | |
|
Marc Weinstein
Head of Portfolio Development
|
Head of Portfolio Development | Total investments: 15 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming. | $10M / Seed / Oct 30, 2025 | ||
| SuperIntent is a cryptocurrency AI app that streamlines on-chain earning tactics. Developed on a multi-agent framework with abundant yield sources. | Seed / Sep 09, 2025 | ||
| Inference Labs is advancing the use of zero-knowledge cryptography to guarantee the computational integrity of off-chain AI models. This approach enables AI operators to safeguard and conceal the Intellectual Property inherent in their Neural Networks, without disclosing the confidential weights and biases of their proprietary models. InferenceLabs is creating a network that aggregates verified intelligence (zk-VIN), offering a suite of tools for owners, users, and operators to efficiently integrate their artificial intelligence using zero-knowledge cryptography. | $5.3M / Seed / Jun 26, 2025 | ||
| MagicBlock Labs is a gaming and technology firm that creates infrastructure for fully on-chain games. | $7.5M / Seed / Apr 24, 2025 | ||
| DeFi.app helps to make DeFi trading easier while keeping full ownership of crypto assets. It also helps to manage CEFI and DEFI more effectively. | $4M / Seed / Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Mirai Labs is a game development company that offers web3, mobile apps, and blockchain services. | $4M / Seed / Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Canopy is a DeFi platform built on Movement that leverages a dynamically balanced dual-token ecosystem of $LEAF and $OAK, as well as the ability for users to offer liquidity with single asset deposits. | $1.2M / Seed / Jan 29, 2025 | ||
| DeFi.app helps to make DeFi trading easier while keeping full ownership of crypto assets. It also helps to manage CEFI and DEFI more effectively. | $2M / Seed / Dec 04, 2024 | ||
| Exponent Finance is a Solana Network DeFi fixed price market that creates time-locked tokens that can generate set returns or be traded for yield. | $2.1M / Seed / Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Nectar AI is a virtual AI companion platform that offers users the ability to create and interact with the digital customized personalities and companions. | $3.9M / Seed / Aug 26, 2024 | ||
| See all 154 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Mechanism Capital invest in?
Mechanism Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 154 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Mechanism Capital's check size?
Mechanism Capital typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$9M at Seed and $3M–$22M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mechanism Capital participates in.
How do I contact Mechanism Capital?
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Who are the partners at Mechanism Capital?
The team at Mechanism Capital includes Brian Fakhoury (Junior Partner), Steve Cho (Partner - Head of Mech Play) and Andrew Kang (Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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