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Omar Shakeeb is CEO and Co-Founder of SecondLane, a Web3 private markets fintech company focused on digital asset private markets. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in April 2025, having previously served as Chief Business Development Officer, where he led client base expansion, institutional relationship development, and commercial strategy. His appointment was described by SecondLane as reflecting the company's emphasis on client-facing leadership and the operational scale required to support continued growth.
SecondLane operates in OTC and secondary markets for digital assets, offering services including capital raising, asset management, and advisory. The company's portfolio includes positions in Anthropic, OpenAI, Fireblocks, SpaceX, Kalshi, and LayerZero, among others. Active in digital assets since 2016, Shakeeb operates at the intersection of institutional adoption, capital formation, and regulatory matters in private markets. He is a limited partner in venture funds including ParaFi, Alliance DAO, and Topology Ventures, and has backed companies including Figure AI and Apptronik. Alongside his role at SecondLane, he served until recently as a Partner at Henckel & Zahir Architects in the Netherlands, where he spent over a decade leading capital-intensive projects in regulated planning environments.
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