Benchstrength is a venture capital firm founded by two former General Catalyst investors that took over two years to close its first fund, and it builds out its team and community programming, like co-hosting Tech Breakfast Club in NYC, to explicitly focus on expanding access and networks in the venture industry. The firm leads seed-stage deals across a broad range of industries including enterprise, consumer, fintech, healthcare, AI/ML, climate, and future of work, often backing founders working on trust, compliance, or infrastructure challenges, while emphasizing high-integrity relationships as part of its approach to picking who it works with.