DRW Venture Capital
Corporate VCChicago · Seed–Late Stage · 1 people tracked
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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.
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What they invest in
from 11 of 11 portfolio companiesFintech ×8Crypto & Web3 ×6Data & Infrastructure ×4Enterprise Software ×3Cybersecurity ×2AdTech ×1AI & Machine Learning ×1B2B Marketplaces ×1
HQs:United States×7Brazil×1
Investments · 11 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 62025 · 17 dated
BitGo provides institutional-grade infrastructure for digital assets, including regulated custody, wallet services, prime brokerage (trading, financing, settlement), stablecoin issuance, and embedded crypto-as-a-service.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechPalo Alto, US
Michael Belshe(Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, President, and Director)Chen Fang(Executive Officer, Director)Krishna Juvvadi(Executive Officer)inEdward Reginelli(Chief Financial Officer)Jody Mettler(Chief Operating Officer)Jeff Horowitz(Chief Compliance Officer)
Co-investorsArkStream CapitalBlockchain CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsCraft VenturesCyber CapitalDigital Currency Group+13 more
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)in
BoardMatthew Walsh(Director)Peter Johnson(Director)in
Board seatKimberly Trautmann· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Jul 2026
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupF-Prime CapitalParaFi CapitalSignature VenturesWintermuteY Combinator+9 more
Anthemis is a venture capital firm that invests in companies building the digital economy, with a focus on fintech and related sectors such as insurtech and climate fintech.
Climate TechFintechInsurTech
Amy Nauiokas(Founder)in
Co-investorsRaptor GroupSquareOne CapitalBNP ParibasBpifranceBroadridgeCoinbase Ventures+4 more
The Canton Foundation fosters the development and governance of the Global Synchronizer, a blockchain infrastructure that enables atomic transactions across sovereign blockchains while preserving privacy.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Co-investorsUDHCa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzBNP ParibasCircle VenturesGoldman Sachs+5 more
Crossover Markets operates CROSSx, an execution-only cryptocurrency electronic communication network (crypto ECN) built for institutional participants, offering ultra-low-latency quote-driven matching, smart order routing, and FIX API or GUI connectivity.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Brandon Mulvihill(Co-Founder & CEO)inVladislav Rysin(Co-Founder & CTO)inAnthony Mazzarese(Co-Founder & CCO)in
Co-investorsFlow TradersMetalayerWintermuteIlluminate FinancialLaser DigitalRipple+2 more
Cuebiq provides location intelligence and footfall measurement tools that help brands, agencies, and research institutions analyze how people move and shop in the real world.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechNew York, US
Antonio Tomarchio(Executive Officer, Director)inMarco A. DeMeireles(Director)inAshwin Gupta(Director)Richard Belluzzo(Director)John McEvoy(Director)
BoardBrian Hirsch(Director)in
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalARC Angel FundElevate Innovation PartnersTribeca Venture PartnersNasdaq VenturesTLcom Capital
Lemon offers distributed solar energy to businesses and consumers in Brazil through partnerships with solar plants, enabling users to reduce electricity costs without installing their own panels or infrastructure changes.
B2B MarketplacesCleantechEnergySão Paulo, BR
Luciano Pereira(Founder)in
Co-investorsbig_betsAlumni VenturesEndeavor Catalyst
Nasdaq Private Market operates infrastructure for private-company securities, offering liquidity programs (tender offers, buybacks, auctions), a secondary marketplace for accredited investors to buy and sell pre-IPO shares and funds, market data and intelligence, patented settlement technology, and capital-raising solutions.
Data & InfrastructureFintechMarketplacesNew York, US
Tom Callahan(Manager)inWilliam Mathews(Manager)Karen Snow(Manager)inBenny Adler(Manager)Jimmy Ronnkvist(Executive Officer)inGary Offner(Manager)in
Co-investorsHiJoJo PartnersNasdaq Ventures
Payward is the parent company behind Kraken and a portfolio of financial products covering trading, custody, payments, lending, onchain finance, and benchmarks.
Crypto & Web3FintechCheyenne, US
Jesse Powell(Director)inStephanie Lemmerman(Executive Officer)David Ripley(Executive Officer)inArjun Sethi(Executive Officer, Director)inNicholas Percoco(Executive Officer)Mayur Gupta(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsRadicle ImpactTrammell Venture PartnersTrammell Venture Partners (TVP)Tribe CapitalTVP Bitcoin Venture
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
Denis Globa(Executive Officer, Director)inKonstantin Ivanov(Director)Stan Bokov(Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer)inConstantin Ivanov(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inSteven M Farsht(Director)
BoardSEBASTIEN ARTHUR M DUCHATEAU(Director)
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesInsight PartnersIrishAngelsiTech CapitalMotivate Venture CapitalTechstars+4 more
TRM Labs offers an online certification course on blockchain investigations and crypto forensics for professionals who need to trace cryptocurrency transactions across multiple blockchains.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFintechGovTechSan Francisco, US
Esteban Castaño(Founder)inRahul Raina(Founder)inSujit Raman(Chief Legal Officer)inAri Redbord(Global Head of Policy)inTom Armstrong(Head of Compliance Advisory)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBasecamp FundBessemer Venture PartnersCastle Island Ventures+12 more
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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.
Exits · 1
1 IPOsBitGoNYSE: BTGO
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Anthemis · techstartups.com · Sep 14, 2026
Lemon · fox11online.com · Aug 16, 2026
Notabene · alleywatch.com · Aug 1, 2026
Payward · crypto.news · Jul 28, 2026
TRM Labs · cryptopolitan.com · Jul 18, 2026
BitGo · newbernsj.com · Jul 18, 2026
Nasdaq Private Market · thesaasnews.com · Jun 22, 2026
Canton Network · coinmarketcap.com · Jun 12, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has DRW Venture Capital made?
- DRW Venture Capital has 11 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.
- 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.
- Does DRW Venture Capital lead rounds?
- DRW Venture Capital has led 6 of the 13 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does DRW Venture Capital co-invest with?
- DRW Venture Capital most often shares deals with Insight Partners, iTech Capital, Pantera Capital, among 21 tracked co-investors.
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