About
Co-founder and Managing Partner running Maelstrom's deal team across venture, liquid, private equity, and public market strategies. He previously led M&A at BitMEX and executed LBOs at Granite Creek Capital Partners.
Akshat_Maelstrom @akshat_hk
Example: one of our (and crypto VC’s) best performing portcos @ether_fi, a leading on-chain neobank with unprecedented real-world traction and cash flows, started off in the depths of the last bear market as a pureplay staking/“restaking” business (that used NFTs as a customer https://t.co/4kTmYqksdF
Jul 31, 2026 · ♥ 18 · ⇄ 1
Akshat_Maelstrom @akshat_hk
In ‘22/‘23 crypto looked bleak. FTX had just blown up, Bitcoin “died” for the umpteenth time, and marquee funds had blown up. All we had to look forward to was ETH staking / “restaking” 😂 - which, in hindsight, acted capital accumulation catalyst that eventually led to the
Jul 31, 2026 · ♥ 5
Akshat_Maelstrom @akshat_hk
I was this close to buying into a feeder fund into this. Then I remembered..every hype cycle in human history and pulled out https://t.co/jMIBKyfC8j
Jul 30, 2026 · ♥ 9
Experience
- MaelstromManaging Partner / Co-Foundercurrent2022 — presentBritish Virgin Islands
- BitMEXVice President of Corporate Development & Strategic Finance2019 — 2022Hong Kong SAR
- Granite Creek Capital PartnersPrivate Equity Associate2016 — 2019Chicago
- Galt & CompanyManagement Consultant2014 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
- Penn MasalaMusic Director2009 — 2013Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Education
- The Wharton SchoolBachelor of Science in Economics2009 — 2013
Skills & more
Languages English · Hindi · Mandarin Chinese
- Columbia Summer in Beijing: Chinese Language — Columbia University
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