About
A bit about me.
I grew up in Brooklyn, the son of immigrants — my dad drove a taxi, my mom kept our home. That start is still the reason I care about building a more open, more inclusive financial system.
I've spent my career between two worlds that don't always talk to each other: institutional finance and crypto. The work I'm proudest of has been finding ways to connect them.
Mo Shaikh is a technology entrepreneur, blockchain innovator and fintech executive, recognized for bridging the worlds of blockchain, institutional finance and policy. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Aptos Labs, a blockchain platform valued at $20 billion during his tenure, and founder of Meridio, one of the first platforms to tokenize real-estate assets using blockchain technology. Today he is the founder of Maximum Frequency Ventures.
At Aptos, Shaikh raised nearly $500 million from leading investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Multicoin Capital, Haun Ventures, Apollo Global Management, Jump Crypto and Franklin Templeton. Under his leadership, Aptos became globally recognized as a robust blockchain infrastructure provider, forging strategic partnerships with industry giants such as BlackRock, Google Cloud, Microsoft, NBCUniversal and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He also led the company's expansion into Japan through the acquisition of HashPalette — one of the largest cross-border mergers and acquisitions in blockchain.
Shaikh's blockchain journey began at ConsenSys. He later founded Meridio, whose first deal — a Brooklyn property at 304 Troutman Street — was featured in The New York Times and The Real Deal as a breakthrough in tokenized real assets. Earlier in his career, he built expertise in traditional finance at RBC Capital Markets and BlackRock, and advised global institutions as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group.
Beyond entrepreneurship, Shaikh plays an active role in governance and policy. He joined the board of BankProv (NASDAQ: PVBC) in 2022, was appointed to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Digital Assets Subcommittee in 2024, and became a Strategic Advisor to Klickl in 2025 to advance Web3 payments. He speaks regularly at global forums including the World Economic Forum, the Milken Institute and the Point Zero Forum on open financial systems and digital-asset regulation.
Shaikh earned his MBA from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester, where he was a Hult Prize regional finalist for a blockchain solution (NIA Nest) to reduce food waste in Pakistan, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Psychology and Accounting from Hunter College, City University of New York. Born and raised in Brooklyn to immigrant parents, his upbringing continues to shape his drive to build more inclusive financial systems.
The path
From Brooklyn to the frontier of finance.
Brooklyn & the classroom
A BA in Economics, Psychology and Accounting at Hunter College, then an MBA at the University of Rochester's Simon Business School — and a Hult Prize regional finalist for NIA Nest.
RBC, BlackRock & BCG
Built expertise across capital markets and asset management, and advised global institutions as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group.
ConsenSys & Meridio
Began his blockchain journey at ConsenSys, then founded Meridio — tokenizing real estate and closing the first fractional property deals in Brooklyn, featured in The New York Times.
Co-founder & CEO
Grew Aptos from an idea to a top-ten Layer 1 valued at $20 billion, raising nearly $500M and expanding into Japan through the HashPalette acquisition.
Governance & policy
Joined the BankProv board (2022), the CFTC's Digital Assets Subcommittee (2024), and became a Strategic Advisor to Klickl (2025).
Maximum Frequency Ventures
Investing in and advising founders building crypto and AI into products people use — from pre-seed through Series A, across AI and crypto-native apps and infrastructure.