Kalashi, a prediction market that people allow to bet on future events, announced that it has collected more than $ 300 million in $ 5 billion assessment. The value of the company has increased by 2.5x just three months ago, when it was priced at $ 2 billion.
New investor Andresen Harovits with the existing investor of the new capital Kalashi came from Sikoia Capital Round is giving co-leadershipThe Paradise Ventures, Capitalism and Coinbase Ventures also participated.
Kalashi has also revealed that customers from 4 countries can now bat on his platform.
The forecast market is watching a dramatic enthusiasm in the activity: Kalashi is ready to arrive at $ 50 billion in the annual trading volume, the last year has increased significantly from the volume of nearly $ 300 million, New York Times Report
The announcement of the fundraising of Kolshi was made just a few days before Archerival Polymerket, which revealed that it has invested up to $ 2 billion from the Inter-Continent Exchange (ICE), which has evaluated $ 1 billion pre-money. This deal priced at $ 8 billion pre-meaning to Polymerket, it just two months ago in August a monument increased from its $ 1 billion evaluation.
Both Kalashi and Polymerkets emerged last year and their forecasts on the outcome of the presidential election attracted significant attention to the market.
After the negotiations with the Future Trading Commission (CFTC), Polymerket has been banned from serving US residents since 2022. In July, the company earned a Derivatives Exchange and a Clearing House. This move helped Polymerkett to get the right to re -enter the US market. Last month, Shayen Koplan, the CEO and founder of the organization, X says: “Polymerket is given green light to go straight to the United States by CFTC.”
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Kalashi earned the right to use his platform for Americans after successfully suing CFTC last year.