预测市场平台Kalshi宣布完成超过3亿美元的融资，公司估值达到50亿美元。此次融资距离上次仅三个月，彼时公司估值为20亿美元，增长了2.5倍。新一轮融资由现有投资者Sequoia Capital和新投资者Andreessen Horowitz共同领投，Paradigm Ventures、CapitalG和Coinbase Ventures也参与了投资。Kalshi目前已向全球140个国家的消费者开放服务，预计年化交易量将达到500亿美元，远超去年的约3亿美元。此举也与竞争对手Polymarket近期获得的巨额投资形成呼应，两者都在预测市场领域迅速崛起。

🚀 Kalshi成功融资超3亿美元，公司估值飙升至50亿美元，显示了资本市场对其预测市场模式的高度认可。此次融资不仅巩固了其市场地位，也为其未来的扩张提供了坚实的基础。

📈 公司估值在短短三个月内实现2.5倍的增长，从20亿美元跃升至50亿美元，反映了Kalshi业务的快速发展和市场潜力的巨大。这得益于其持续的创新和用户基础的扩大。

🌍 Kalshi已将服务范围扩展至全球140个国家，并预计年化交易量将达到500亿美元，远超去年的3亿美元。这一显著增长表明预测市场在全球范围内受到了广泛关注和参与。

⚖️ Kalshi通过法律途径成功争取到美国用户的使用权，此前因与CFTC的诉讼而获得允许。而其竞争对手Polymarket在经历合规调整后，也获得了重新进入美国市场的许可，预示着美国预测市场领域的竞争将更加激烈。

🤝 本轮融资由Sequoia Capital和Andreessen Horowitz共同领投，并吸引了Paradigm Ventures、CapitalG和Coinbase Ventures等知名投资机构的参与，显示了行业内对Kalshi发展前景的普遍看好。

Kalshi, a prediction market that allows people to bet on future events, announced that it raised over $300 million at a $5 billion valuation. The company’s value has increased 2.5x since its last fundraise just three months ago, when it was valued at $2 billion.

The fresh capital came from Kalshi’s existing investor, Sequoia Capital, with new investor Andreessen Horowitz co-leading the round. Paradigm Ventures, CapitalG, and Coinbase Ventures also participated.

Kalshi also revealed that consumers in 140 countries can now make bets on its platform.

The prediction market is seeing a dramatic surge in activity: Kalshi is set to reach $50 billion in annualized trading volume, up significantly from the approximately $300 million volume posted last year, the New York Times reported.

Kalshi’s fundraise announcement follows one made just days earlier by archrival Polymarket, which revealed that it had secured an investment of up to $2 billion from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, at a pre-money valuation of $8 billion. The deal valued Polymarket at $8 billion pre-money, a monumental increase from its $1 billion valuation only two months earlier in August.

Both Kalshi and Polymarket rose to prominence last year, drawing significant attention for their prediction markets on the presidential election outcome.

Polymarket has been barred from serving U.S. residents since 2022, following a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In July, the company acquired a derivatives exchange and a clearing house. The move helped Polymarket receive the right to reenter the U.S. market. Last month, the company’s CEO and founder, Shayne Coplan, said on X: “Polymarket has been given the green light to go live in the USA by the CFTC.”

Kalshi secured the right for Americans to use its platform after successfully suing the CFTC last year.