DRW Venture Capital
Corporate VCChicago · Seed–Late Stage · 1 people tracked
Investment thesis
DRW Venture Capital is a stage-agnostic investor focused on financial technology and enterprise technology businesses in areas DRW knows well and often helped build. Funded from the firm's own capital with no outside investors, it emphasizes flexibility and long-term support, providing not just capital but subject-matter expertise, access to relevant teams, and help testing products, measuring success, shaping strategy, and raising strategic capital. It targets revenue-generating, high-growth companies with capable, proven management teams and can provide both initial and follow-on financing as companies scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 3 of 4 portfolio companiesFintech ×3Crypto & Web3 ×2Enterprise Software ×2Cybersecurity ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1
HQs:United States×4
Investments · 4 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBitGo provides institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure including custody, trading, wallet services, and stablecoin management for financial institutions and enterprises.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Michael A. Belshe(Executive Officer, Director)Chen Fang(Executive Officer, Director)Krishna Juvvadi(Executive Officer)Ed Reginelli(Executive Officer)J. WILLIAM LEE(Director)ANTONIO GRACIAS(Director)
Notabene provides compliance and regulatory technology for crypto businesses and financial institutions, helping them meet regulatory requirements like the FATF Crypto Travel Rule through real-time screening, sanctions checks, and wallet identification.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York City, US
Pelle Braendgaard(CEO/ Co-Founder)inAndres Junge(Founder)inAnia Lipinska(Founder)inAlice Nawfal(Founder)inMatthew Walsh(Director)Peter Johnson(Director)
Board seatKimberly Trautmann· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Jul 2026
Cheyenne, US
Stephanie Lemmerman(Executive Officer)Daniel Ciporin(Director)Jesse Powell(Director)Alison Davis(Director)David Ripley(Executive Officer)Thanh Luu(Director)
TradingView is a charting platform and social network used by over 100 million traders and investors worldwide to analyze and trade across global financial markets.
Data & InfrastructureFintechNew York City, US
SEBASTIEN ARTHUR M DUCHATEAU(Director)Paul Szurek(Director)Denis Globa(Executive Officer, Director)Konstantin Ivanov(Director)Steven M Farsht(Director)Lonne Jaffe(Director)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does DRW Venture Capital invest at?
- DRW Venture Capital invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is DRW Venture Capital's typical check size?
- DRW Venture Capital typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does DRW Venture Capital focus on?
- DRW Venture Capital focuses on Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- Where is DRW Venture Capital located?
- DRW Venture Capital is headquartered in Chicago, US.
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