FI/VC  DRW Ventures

https://drwvc.com/





     Office Locations:

540 West Madison Street, Suite 2500
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: 312-542-1000

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Stages:

  • Growth


 

Industries:

  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology

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    Description:

    DRW Venture Capital, an arm of principal trading firm DRW (https://drw.com), invests primarily in financial and enterprise technology. DRW is the private investment business of Don Wilson, who got his start trading on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the late 1980s. DRW also operates a real estate investment division called Convexity Properties (https://convexityproperties.com/). Convexity has successfully acquired, developed and recapitalized a large portfolio of properties throughout the U.S., across nearly every asset class. DRW Ventures looks to invest in companies with $5M+ in Revenues, with a $1 - 5M+ first check. Don Wilson sits on the board of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation. An avid competitive sailor, he is the founder of the Chicago Match Race Center, a world class sailing center on the shores of Lake Michigan. He is a co-founder of the Eris Exchange, as well as Digital Asset Holdings. DRW has 25 years of experience in the global markets, trading on nearly 40 exchanges from three continents. We employ 1300 people at many offices worldwide, including expert traders, technologists, researchers and operations professionals.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Donald R. Wilson Founder and CEO

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      11/12/2024


      Notabene


      NY


      $14,500,000


      Series B


      08/22/2024


      Skyfire Systems


      CA


      $8,500,000


      


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      BitFury


      BitGo


      Crusoe Energy Systems
        web link


      Cuebiq
        web link


      Droit Financial Technologies
        web link


      Fireblocks
        web link


      InterPrice Technologies
        web link


      Notabene
        web link


      OpenFin


      RedSeal


      Shiftgig
        web link


      Sixgill
        web link


      Skyfire Systems
        web link


      SquareFoot
        web link


      Supermojo
        web link


      Talos
        web link


      TradingView
        web link


      TRM Labs
        web link


     

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