Market prediction platform Kalshi has reportedly raised an additional $1 billion from at least two venture capital firms, increasing its valuation to $11 billion.
Kalshi’s latest funding round was led by Sequoia Capital and CapitalG, according to to a report Thursday from TechCrunch that cited a person familiar with the matter.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Paradigm, Anthos Capital and Neo were among the other investors from Kalshi that dropped out of the latest $1 billion funding round.
It comes about a month after Kalshi raised $300 million in October as it expanded to 140 countries. Sequoia participated in the deal, as did a16z and Paradigm.
That puts Kalshi’s valuation on similar ground to rival prediction platform Polymarket, which is reportedly looking to raise another round of funding at a valuation of between $12 billion and $15 billion.
Prediction markets allow users to buy and sell “yes” or “no” stocks as a means of betting on real-world events, from elections and sports to company earnings or the outcome of cultural events.
Kalshi and Polymarket continue to lead the group
Kalshi and Polymarket are two of the largest market prediction platforms, which have combined for more than that 17.4 billion dollars in trading volume since September, DefiLlama data show.
Kalshi has the upper hand, with 61.4% of that trading volume in that time frame.
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Polymarket has been banned from serving US citizens since 2022 due to regulatory issues, but returned earlier this month in “Beta Mode.” It aims to make a full return later this month.
Kalshi, Polymarket have seen major integrations in recent times
Polymarket has also secured a significant number of integrations — or planned integrations — in recent months, including MetaMask, Google Finance and Yahoo Finance.
Google Finance has also integrated Kalshi, as well as Robinhood, Elon Musk’s xAI and Grok, and the Pyth Network in recent months.
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