# Mechanism Ventures

> Mechanism Ventures is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Bitcoin. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mechanism-ventures/
- Website: https://mechanism.com

Mechanism Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Bitcoin. Mechanism is an early-stage venture firm that partners with and funds extraordinary talent to cofound and scale $1B+ companies. Our core hypothesis is that world-class talent who have the right guidance and support can become startup CEOs, achieve early profitability, and, through aggressive reinvestment, can scale $1B+ companies with minimal risk.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 40% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 20% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 20% |
| Venture Capital | 1 | 20% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Breanden Beneschott | Cofounder and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breanden-beneschott |
| Denis Grosz | Cofounder | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denis-grosz |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Build on Bitcoin | Build on Bitcoin is a hybrid Layer-2 network Bitcoin blockchain | $10M | Seed | Mar 27, 2024 | https://www.gobob.xyz |
| AlchemyNFT | AlchemyNFT is a non-fungible token (NFT) service. | $6M | Initial Coin Offering | Jul 29, 2021 | https://alchemynft.org/ |
| PureStake | PureStake provides infrastructure as a service, API as a service, and validator services for proof of stake networks. We believe in the power of blockchain technology to radically change and disrupt the traditional status quo in finance by allowing open protocols to govern the movement of value. We also believe in next-gen networks employing proofof stake-based consensus mechanisms as the path forward to solve existing blockchain scalability challenges. | $6M | Series A | Mar 30, 2021 | https://www.purestake.com |

3 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Hashkey Exchange](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [D1 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d1-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Mechanism Ventures invest in?

Mechanism Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Mechanism Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Mechanism Ventures?

The team at Mechanism Ventures includes Breanden Beneschott (Cofounder and CEO) and Denis Grosz (Cofounder). 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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