# Aaron Yaffa

> Aaron Yaffa is a private equity investor at DRW backing Energy and Power Grid. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [DRW](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drw-trading-group)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayaffa/

Aaron Yaffa is a private equity investor at DRW focused on Energy and Power Grid. Aaron Yaffa, partner at Global Co-Head Commodities

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 100% |
| Power Grid | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Catalyst Power | Catalyst Power is an independent, integrated provider of cleaner energy solutions for the commercial and industrial sector through commercial energy, customized Connected Microgrid solutions, and community solar to underserved middle-market commercial and industrial end-use customers, improving the overall efficiency and environmental impact oftheir supply. |  | Private Equity | Jun 17, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About DRW

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

DRW is a diversified trading firm that combines technology, research, and risk management to capture trading and investment opportunities. They value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, and so they operate using their own capital and trading at their own risk. It is headquartered in Chicago with offices in the U.S.and Canada as well as Europe and Asia, they trade all the things you’d expect from a leading firm, including Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy. They also have leveraged their expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital, and crypto-assets. They operate with respect, curiosity, and an open mind, and the people who thrive here share their belief that it’s not just what they do that matters but also how they do it. It’s a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation, and a willingness to challenge the consensus.

5 contacts available at DRW.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Bedra | Senior Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-bedra |
| Aaron Yaffa | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-yaffa-86ae |
| Bobby Cho | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-cho |
| Don Wilson | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donald-wilson |
| James Radecki | Global Head of Business Development at Cumberland | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-radecki |

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## FAQ

### What does Aaron Yaffa invest in?

Aaron Yaffa invests primarily in Energy and Power Grid startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Aaron Yaffa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aaron Yaffa closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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