Mo Shaikh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aptos Labs, the company behind the Aptos Layer 1 proof-of-stake blockchain, a role he has held since co-founding the company in December 2021 alongside former Meta engineer Avery Ching. Aptos raised over $400 million in venture capital from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, and Multicoin Capital. Under his leadership, Aptos forged partnerships with BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Apollo, Google, Microsoft, NBCUniversal, and MoonPay. The network demonstrated the ability to process 2 billion transactions in 24 hours, exceeding the combined capacity of Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Shaikh stepped down as CEO of Aptos Labs in December 2024, retaining a founding shareholder position in the company. In February 2025, he co-founded Maximum Frequency Ventures, a $50 million fund providing financial and operational support for projects in crypto infrastructure, Web3, and AI networks.

Prior to Aptos, Shaikh worked in Strategic Partnerships at Novi, Facebook's digital wallet. Before that, he served as Director of Strategy at ConsenSys, where he founded Meridio in 2017, a blockchain platform for fractional real estate ownership backed by ConsenSys; Meridio was later acquired by ConsenSys. Earlier career roles include consultant at Boston Consulting Group, Real Estate Associate at BlackRock, Senior Analyst at Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, and Senior Associate at KPMG. He has also contributed to projects at the United Nations and U.S. Department of State. Shaikh has served on the Board of Directors at Hunter College since 2021 and as an advisor to Techstars. He has spoken at the World Economic Forum and the Milken Institute Global Conference. He holds a B.S. in Economics, Psychology, and Accounting from Hunter College and an MBA in Organization Strategy and Finance from the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester.

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