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Kalshi

Regulated prediction market exchange for trading on real-world events
Fintech 📍 New York, NY Founded 2018
Current Valuation
$24B
as of 2026-Q1
DECACORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Kalshi going public in 2027?
No. Kalshi is private and has not filed to go public; 2027 is the earliest year discussed. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Kalshi's valuation in 2026?
Kalshi is valued at $24B as of 2026-Q1, set by its Series F ($1.0B, Mar 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Kalshi filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Kalshi.
Who are Kalshi's investors?
Kalshi's investors include Coatue, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm, IVP, Morgan Stanley and 4 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Kalshi is the first federally regulated prediction market exchange in the United States, operating as a CFTC-designated contract market. The platform enables users to trade event contracts on real-world outcomes across sports, politics, economics, entertainment, and other categories. Founded by MIT alumni, Kalshi has grown rapidly to capture roughly 95% of U.S. prediction-market revenue, generating about $4B in annualized revenue as of August 2026 — driven largely by sports contracts. The company is in advanced talks with Sequoia Capital and Wellington Management to raise at least $750M at a $40B valuation, nearly double its May 2026 mark, and its CEO has floated a 2027 IPO.

Company Profile

CEO
Tarek Mansour
Founded
2018
HQ
New York, NY
Employees
~150
Total Raised
$2.6B
Est. Revenue
$4.0B (2026-Q3)
Growth
~$4B annualized revenue (Aug 2026), ~95% of U.S. prediction-market revenue; valuation target doubled to $40B in 3 months
Last Round
Series F — $1.0B (Mar 2026)
IPO Status
none

Fundraising Status

Series F · $1.0B · 5 mo ago
noneTotal raised $2.6B

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$591.73
Last round price / share
$604.86
vs last round
-2.2%
Open interest
24
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$605Last round$592Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+52.4%6-month+76.4%1-year+1920%All-time+1640%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series F$1.0BMar 2026

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring downtrend
0% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
27
via greenhouse
Product-build share
41%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
balanced build + GTM — 41% builders vs 59% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month27Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering9Ops & People4Other4Marketing3Legal & Policy2Sales & GTM1Design1Product1Finance & Strategy1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Infrastructure EngineerProduct DesignerProduct ManagerQuantitative Developer (Kalshi Trading LLC)Site Reliability EngineerSoftware Engineer, Data
Counted from Kalshi's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Tarek MansourLuana Lopes Lara

Investors

Coatue · Sequoia Capital · Andreessen Horowitz · Paradigm · IVP · Morgan Stanley · ARK Invest · Meritech Capital · Y Combinator · CapitalG

Products

  • Sports betting markets
  • Election & political markets
  • Economics & finance markets
  • Entertainment & culture markets
  • Weather & climate markets
  • Technology & science markets
  • International affairs markets
  • Health & public policy markets

Competitors

Polymarket · PredictIt · Robinhood · FanDuel
prediction marketsfintechCFTC-regulatedevent contractssports bettingfinancial exchange
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.