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.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
Last updated:
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Industries DRW invests in
Stages DRW invests in
Countries DRW invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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| See all 7 contacts → | |||
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 8 (44%)
- FinTech 5 (28%)
- Cryptocurrency 3 (17%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (17%)
- Bitcoin 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (22%)
- Series A 3 (17%)
- Series B 3 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 11 (61%)
- United Kingdom 2 (11%)
- Australia 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaron Bedra
Senior Software Engineer
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Senior Software Engineer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Aaron Yaffa
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Bobby Cho
COO
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COO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Don Wilson
Founder and CEO
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Founder and CEO | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
James Radecki
Global Head of Business Development at Cumberland
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Global Head of Business Development at Cumberland | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eris Exchange is a U.S. futures exchange registered as a Designated Contract Market with the CFTC.The Exchange lists USD cash-settled interest rate swap futures that trade electronically on the ErisSwapBook and clear through CME Clearing. Current open interest in Eris USD Interest Rate SwapFutures is over 180,000 contracts, and they receiveseamless margin offsets against the CME ratescomplex, including Eurodollar and U.S. Treasury Futures. Trademarks of Eris Exchange and/or itsaffiliates include Eris, Eris Exchange, Eris SwapBook, Eris BlockBox, Eris PAI, Eris Methodology, ErisPricing Engine and the Eris Logo. For more information, visit Eris Exchange online athttp://www.erisfutures.com or follow Eris on Twitter @erisfutures. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 19, 2026 | ||
| Rowan is an AI-powered platform that provides specialised tools to automate data organisation and professionalise small business succession. | $3.3M / Seed / Mar 31, 2026 | ||
| Hillstream BioPharma is a development-stage company advancing improved therapies for patients with cancer via a unique QUATRAMERTM nanoparticle platform. This unique technology enables intranuclear and intracellular delivery of small molecules, peptides, genes, other macromolecules and biologics to the tumor cello, while significantly minimizingexposure to normal tissues. | $545M / Post-IPO Equity / Nov 03, 2025 | ||
| Mantic is a Digital Transformation Service Provider. | $4M / Pre-Seed / Aug 27, 2025 | ||
| TensorZero is an open-source framework for building production-grade LLM applications. It unifies an LLM gateway, observability, optimization, evaluations, and experimentation. | $7.3M / Seed / Aug 18, 2025 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Silicon Data is a data product that brings essential intelligence and efficiency to markets. | $4.7M / Seed / Mar 20, 2025 | ||
| Plasma is an operational setting that supports payments, real-world assets, and DeFi, with trustless settlement on Bitcoin. | $20.5M / Series A / Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| BVNK provides APIs that enable businesses to send, receive, store, and convert fiat and digital currencies. Its platform supports cross-border transactions, stablecoin payments, and real-time settlement, allowing companies to integrate crypto and traditional finance into their operations. The company offers wallet services, payment rails, andtreasury management tools designed for enterprises handling multi-currency flows. It also includes compliance features such as transaction monitoring and identity verification to support regulatory requirements. BVNK serves industries including fintech, marketplaces, and financial services by enabling programmable payments and automated financial workflows. | $50M / Series B / Dec 17, 2024 | ||
| Skyfire, a financial stack designed to enable autonomous agentic AI commerce, is to establish the first fully autonomous, open agentic AI economy in history. | $8.5M / Seed / Aug 21, 2024 | ||
| See all 18 investments → | |||
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What does DRW invest in?
DRW invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at DRW?
The team at DRW includes Aaron Bedra (Senior Software Engineer), Aaron Yaffa (Partner) and Bobby Cho (COO), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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