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Ben Weiss

Aptos cofounder, early employees raise $50 million for crypto fund Maximum Frequency Ventures

(Credit: Courtesy of Maximum Frequency Ventures)

The veteran crypto founder Mo Shaikh isn’t afraid to be brash. When asked why his new venture capital firm was called Maximum Frequency, or MF, Ventures, he said the name was a “nice play on letters.” Which letters? The same ones for “motherf–ker,” he implied, laughing.

“It kind of takes that level of grind and focus to really be a founder,” he told Fortune. In other words, to be a great founder requires “f–k you” energy.

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