MFV is built on a simple belief that the hardest part of building in crypto isn’t raising money — it’s execution.
We’re excited to share the launch of Maximum Frequency Ventures (MFV), a $50 million operator-led company-creation engine and venture fund designed to help founders go from idea to scale, not just raise and pray.
Most crypto funds write checks and then wait for a token event. Accelerators push to demo day. Studios stop at prototypes.
MFV does it differently: we invest early, embed with teams, and stay until adoption takes hold.
We know this matters because we’ve lived it. As operators who helped build Aptos from an idea into a top-10 Layer 1 blockchain with a $20 billion valuation and more than 200 projects in its ecosystem, we experienced firsthand what it takes to scale real-world adoption — and what’s often missing from the traditional venture model.
MFV was created to close that gap: pairing capital with deep operational expertise so founders can turn conviction into growth.
Crypto’s foundation is finally in place. Blockchains scale. Stablecoins are moving trillions. Wallets and on-ramps are reliable. Institutions are participating. The next frontier isn’t infrastructure — it's execution. The challenge now is turning conviction into adoption. That requires product discipline, operating muscle, and partners willing to stay in the trenches.
That’s where MFV comes in: we don’t just fund ideas, we help build scale.
Our approach combines capital with operating muscle through three core programs:
- Founder Residency. A program for operators and technologists ready to become founders. Residents validate markets, ship MVPs, recruit core teams, and leave with early believers, plus a first check from us.
- Invest & Embed. We invest early and work side by side with founders through structured sprints, 12-week operating plans, and ongoing working sessions. When a team needs us on the ground, we show up.
- Beyond the Prototype. We stick with teams until adoption shows up. That means supporting product iteration, building teams, shaping token mechanics, and lining up the first customers.
We’re four operators who built and scaled Aptos from inception to one of the leading ecosystems in Web3 — and we’re bringing that same operator-first approach to the next generation of builders. We’ve been where founders are — raising rounds, building teams, launching products, and scaling ecosystems. Now, we’re turning that experience into leverage for others.
- Mo Shaikh – generational operator who builds the systems everyone else ends up using; co-founder of Aptos and architect of its scale.
- Neil Harounian – relentless execution from RBC, White Star Capital, and Aptos.
- Alexandre Tang – clarity and long-game strategy from BCG and Aptos.
- Jerome Ong – institutional roots, startup edge and crypto-native lens from GIC, Cloudkitchens and Aptos.
We know what it takes because we’ve carried the weight ourselves.
Even before this launch, we’ve been quietly putting the model into practice.
For each portfolio company, we’ve gone beyond writing a check — recruiting founding team members, defining product loops, connecting teams with design partners, and helping land early users.
As one founder put it, “Working with MFV is less like having an investor and more like gaining a co-founder. They challenged us to anchor our product in community, sharpen the model behind it. Their mix of Web3 insight and deep content expertise – plus the ability to bridge Asia’s content leadership with global audiences – makes them far more than just capital.”
Our playing field is the whole world: founders, users, and the entire crypto ecosystem. Our edge is Asia.
It’s where we learned what real adoption looks like, building Aptos from scratch and working with exchanges, banks, developers, and communities who made it scale. That experience taught us how to turn early traction into lasting growth.
Now, we’re bridging that same operator-driven approach to help founders find their first believers, grow faster, and expand globally.
Asia leads in open-source crypto development, and everyday crypto applications. Remittances across East Asia and the Pacific exceed $130 billion annually, and markets like Hong Kong are pioneering retail-accessible BTC and ETH ETFs.
Our goal is simple: to prove that operator-led capital outperforms passive capital in crypto. Success will mean founders can point to MFV not just for a check — but for the build, the support, and the scale that followed.
If you’re a founder (or ready to become one), we’d love to hear from you.
Let’s build.
