Kalshi
Kalshi runs a CFTC-regulated exchange where traders buy and sell binary event contracts on real-world outcomes.
Series F closed May 2026, led by Coatue.[15]
post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.
Named investors include Coatue, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, Paradigm, Morgan Stanley, ARK Invest, Y Combinator, CapitalG, Factory Holdings, a16z Cultural Leadership Fund.[15][11][10][14]
Tarek Mansour, Co-founder and CEO[1][2][11]
Luana Lopes Lara, Co-founder[1][2][11]
Rebecca Schick, Chief Financial Officer[4][3][5][6][14]
Jeff Bandman, Chief Executive Officer, Kalshi Prime[4][3][5][6][14]
Daihee Cho, CFO, US FCM (Kalshi Prime)[4][3][5][6][14]
Keaton Inglis, Head of Growth[4][3][5][6][14]
Alfred Lin, Member, Board of Directors[4][3][5][6][14]
Allan Maman, Chief Marketing Officer[4][3][5][6][14]
Andy Ross, Head of Institutional[4][3][5][6][14]
Kalshi · Sep 2026[14]
Tarek Mansour · Sep 2026[1]
Polymarket · polymarket.com · Named directly as Kalshi's biggest rival in the same prediction-market category, with the two raising at the same time and the valuation gap framed as a regulated-versus-crypto fork for the same buyer demand.[11]
Kairovia Capital · kairoviacapital.com · similar, not yet paired · Same buyer and same workflow: it is a fund that trades Kalshi event contracts directly, so it represents the institutional trading participant that Kalshi's exchange must attract and serve rather than a competing venue.[16]
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Edition 2Sep 24 2026current
Since edition 1
- Stage Venture Round (Series F equivalent) to Series F
- Raised $2.6B to not found
- Headcount 169 to 561
- Founded 2019 to 2018
- New person Rebecca Schick, Chief Financial Officer
- New person Jeff Bandman, Chief Executive Officer, Kalshi Prime
- New person Daihee Cho, CFO, US FCM (Kalshi Prime)
- New person Allan Maman, Chief Marketing Officer
- New person Andy Ross, Head of Institutional
- No longer listed Saurabh Tejwani, Chief Financial Officer
- No longer listed Sara Slane, Head of Corporate Development
- No longer listed Catherine Sullivan, Founding Product Lead
- And 2 more people
- New signal Kalshi's $1.12 billion private equity offering runs alongside the $1 billion Series F, with about $380 million still available · Aug 2026
- New signal Kalshi in talks to raise at least $750 million at a $40 billion valuation, with Sequoia and Wellington in advanced talks to co-lead · Aug 2026
- New signal Kalshi targets a $40 billion valuation while rival Polymarket targets $15 billion, splitting regulated and crypto prediction markets · Jun 2026
- Newly listed Kalshi raises an additional $4.7 million in Series E funding from Factory Holdings and a16z's Cultural Leadership Fund · Apr 2026
- Sources 22 → 26 (18 new, 14 not used)
- Edition 1May 18 2026Earliest saved edition
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Kalshi
Kalshi runs a CFTC-regulated exchange where traders buy and sell binary event contracts on real-world outcomes.
Ask the company for a current headcount and the date it was counted.
Not a recommendation. The first thing this ledger cannot answer.