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Polymarket is a blockchain-based prediction market where retail and institutional traders buy and sell outcome contracts on real-world events using USDC on Polygon.
Reported financing.[29]
post-money valuation and the full investor list are not publicly disclosed.
Shayne Coplan, Founder & CEO[8]
Shayne Coplan, Founder & CEO[8][9][10][22][13][12]
Ed Lynch, US CFO (since Nov 2025); prev Strategic Finance Partner at a16z, Head of FP&A at Binance.US[8][9][10][22][13][12]
Raymond Qin, President, US (since Nov 2025); prev Markets + Operations at Polymarket from Mar 2025, founder of Toppings[8][9][10][22][13][12]
Alessandro Tenconi, Product (since Mar 2026); prev co-founder & CEO of Brahma.fi, acquired by Polymarket Feb 2025[8][9][10][22][13][12]
Josh Stevens, VP of Engineering (since Mar 2026); prev SVP Engineering at Aave Labs[8][9][10][22][13][12]
May 2026 · bloomberg.com
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May 2026 · nextpredict.io
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May 2026 · techfundingnews.com
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May 2026 · yogonet.com
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Polymarket is a blockchain-based prediction market where retail and institutional traders buy and sell outcome contracts on real-world events using USDC on Polygon.
Ask for one referenceable production customer.
Not a recommendation. The first thing this ledger cannot answer.
Kalshi · kalshi.com · Direct substitute: same buyer (retail event traders), same product category (binary outcome contracts on real-world events), same US regulatory battleground (DCM status), and named as Polymarket's main competitor in independent funding coverage; Polymarket...[4]
MetaDAO · metadao.fi · Same product mechanic (binary outcome token trading on a blockchain) and same trader audience; MetaDAO explicitly positions against Polymarket by name and its news feed is populated by Polymarket market data.[15]
Ultramarkets · ultramarkets.xyz · Same trader workflow (speculative event trading) and directly parasitic on Polymarket's liquidity — competes for the same active trader's capital allocation and risk appetite, while also serving as a derivative layer on Polymarket's own markets.[14]
Kalshinomics · kalshinomics.com · Same buyer (prediction market traders and researchers) and same data substrate (Polymarket and Kalshi market prices); competes for the analytical workflow that Polymarket could own natively, and explicitly surfaces Polymarket and Kalshi data side by side.[16]
The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[32]
Ask for one referenceable production customer.
Not a recommendation. The first thing this ledger cannot answer.
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May 2026 · nextpredict.io
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May 2026 · theinformation.com
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May 2026 · yogonet.com
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Jul 2026 · reuters.com
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Jul 2026 · businesswire.com
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Jul 2026 · reuters.com
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Jul 2026 · coindesk.com
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Jul 2026 · app.dealroom.co
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Jul 2026 · coindesk.com
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Jul 2026 · wsls.com
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Jul 2026 · gvwire.com
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