How did your paths cross initially—and what made you realize you’d be strong cofounders?
We both started our consulting career in BCG’s Middle East office, but our paths actually never crossed while we were there. What ultimately brought us together was our shared interest in digital assets. We finally met in Seoul at a major blockchain conference—Mo had just spun out of Meta to cofound Aptos Labs, and Alex was still at BCG.
We clicked immediately. Same love for hip-hop, basketball, crypto, and solving hard strategic problems. That connection eventually led Alex to join Aptos to lead institutional efforts across APAC and the Middle East.
We spent the next year working side by side, including driving a strategic partnership between Aptos and BCG and launching Aptos Ascend, our asset-management and tokenized-funds initiative. That work is still alive today through HKMA’s e-HKD+ pilot.
Winning together in a tough environment made a few things obvious:
- We think similarly at the strategic level.
- We both operate with intensity when it’s time to execute.
- Our cultural and geographic coverage is naturally complementary.
Mo brings the US, South Asia, and the GCC. Alex brings Greater China and France. Together, we cover the global corridors where crypto actually moves. Becoming cofounders felt like the natural next step.
The next wave of adoption will be won by teams who can execute, and that’s the gap we’re solving.”
What inspired the business you’re building now, and how would you describe the space you’re operating in?
We built MFV because crypto doesn’t need more capital—it needs operators. The next wave of adoption will be won by teams who can execute, and that’s the gap we’re solving.
After building Aptos from an idea into a top-10 blockchain, we saw firsthand what it takes to scale real usage—and what the traditional venture model consistently fails to provide.
As operators who helped take Aptos from zero to a $20 billion Layer 1 with more than 200 ecosystem projects, we learned that the hardest part isn’t raising money or launching infrastructure. It’s driving real-world adoption. And despite raising nearly half a billion dollars, not a single investor on our cap table had true operating experience—nobody who had built, scaled, or run a product ecosystem. That gap became impossible to ignore.
Maximum Frequency Ventures is our answer: an operator-led Web3 company-creation platform and venture fund. We invest early, embed with teams, and stay in the room until adoption shows up.
About Our Space:
The industry’s foundation is finally in place. Blockchains scale. Stablecoins move trillions. Wallets and on-ramps work. Institutions are participating. The next frontier isn’t infrastructure—it’s execution. The challenge now is turning conviction into adoption, which requires product discipline, operating muscle, and partners who stay in the trenches. That is exactly where MFV plays: we don’t just fund ideas, we help build scale.
The next frontier isn’t infrastructure—it’s execution. The challenge now is turning conviction into adoption, which requires product discipline, operating muscle, and partners who stay in the trenches.”
Each of you comes from a consulting background. How did your time at BCG shape how you think, collaborate, and lead today?
BCG shaped how we think, how we work together, and how we lead. It gave us the muscle to make fast strategic decisions, manage complex stakeholders, and always put people first—all of which translates directly into how we operate MFV.
Both of us grew up professionally inside BCG’s culture, and a lot of the way we run MFV today comes directly from that foundation.
BCG’s biggest strength is bringing similarly driven people together and developing them in an intense, high-growth environment. That shared experience builds character and a level of trust you rarely find elsewhere. It’s why working with BCG alumni is so natural for us—the business ethics are strong, the bar is high, and collaboration is easy. Some of our closest partners today are BCG alumni who became entrepreneurs across Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, the Middle East, Singapore, and beyond.
BCG also teaches you how to move with speed and clarity: make quick strategic pivots, don’t overengineer, use the 80-20 rule, and always know what each stakeholder actually cares about so you can keep momentum. In a global industry like crypto, that skillset transfers almost perfectly.
And finally, the people-first mentality is deeply embedded in how we lead. We use our own version of BCG’s mutual development agreements with our team and our portfolio founders. We give each other structured, honest feedback, and we’re open about what we want to improve. That’s core BCG DNA—and it’s core to how we operate MFV.
BCG shaped how we think, how we work together, and how we lead. It gave us the muscle to make fast strategic decisions, manage complex stakeholders, and always put people first—all of which translates directly into how we operate MFV.”
Cofounding a business comes with plenty of ambiguity. How do you navigate decision-making as a team, especially when you don’t immediately agree?
We navigate decisions by communicating openly, leaning on trust, and using the diversity across our founding team to find balanced solutions quickly.
Cofounding comes with ambiguity, but it’s rarely a source of friction for us.
We’re fortunate to have four cofounders with very different cultural and professional backgrounds. That diversity gives us natural balance and a wide set of instincts, which makes it easier to pressure-test ideas and get to better answers. And because all of us have strong individual relationships, nothing gets personal—everything stays on the table.
Between the two of us specifically, communication has never been an issue. We debate, we push each other, and even when we don’t agree at first, we always get to common ground through direct conversation. The trust is real, and that makes decision-making fast and clean.
What advice would you give to BCG alumni or consultants considering a move into entrepreneurship, particularly with a co-founder?
If you’re leaving BCG to start something, don’t do it alone. Find a cofounder you trust and have already seen under pressure.
Entrepreneurship is rewarding, but the reality is that being a solo founder is extremely lonely. From our experience investing in and working with startups, the teams that survive the hard parts are almost always the ones with a strong cofounder dynamic.
The biggest mistake people make is treating cofounding like assembling an all-star roster on paper—pairing a BCG consultant with a Big Tech engineer and assuming it will work. Cofounding is not a marriage of convenience. It’s a long-term commitment that requires sacrifice, patience, and real personal alignment.
The better approach is simple: choose someone you’ve already seen in action. Someone you’ve traveled with, problem-solved with, and genuinely get along with on a personal level. Skills matter, but temperament matters more.
Quick story: In April 2024, we were trying to get to Riyadh for a sovereign fund meeting. Dubai flights were cancelled, half the city was flooded, and what should have been a short hop turned into a 20-hour chain of delays, detours, and a long car ride across borders. We spent more uninterrupted time together that day than either of us had with our significant others, and neither of us lost our cool.
That’s the kind of person you want as a co-founder—someone who stays steady in a crisis and doesn’t drive you crazy when everything goes sideways.
Outside of the business, what do you each do to stay grounded or recharged when the pace gets intense?
We have a shared love for basketball and hip hop (and now Peloton). Activities and events around these two passions are a great way to recharge together. Outside of that, Mo just needs a ball and a hoop, a notepad, a pen, some poetry inspiration, and a dose of chai and samosa to fuel the soul and stomach, while for Alex, a big runner and hiker, nothing beats an outdoor excursion to keep the mind healthy.
LHS: Mo, Christopher Bridges (“Ludacris”) and Brad Terrence Jordan (“Scarface”); RHS: MFV team with Chris Tucker
