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Polymarket

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.

polymarket.com · New York

CALL NO.CS·POLYMARKET·26
StageReported financingno source in ledger[29]
Raisednot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Headcount209as of Apr 2026[12]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2020[4][12]
Money

Reported financing.[29]

post-money valuation and the full investor list are not publicly disclosed.

People

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]

Signals
Jul 10 2026newsPolymarket takes next step in U.S. comeback with margin trading plan[30]
Jul 8 2026newsPolymarket is in a high-stakes race to win back trust as it recommits to the US market[31]
Jun 26 2026newsPrediction Market Platform Polymarket Tops $1 Billion in Annualized Revenue, Source Says - GV W.[33]
May 19 2026launchPolymarket Launches Prediction Markets on Private ... company claim, not independently confirmed[32]
Apr 20 2026fundingPolymarket in talks to raise money at about $15 billion valuation, The Information reports | Re.[25]
Comps

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 · similar, not yet paired · 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 · similar, not yet paired · 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 · similar, not yet paired · 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]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[32]

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Polymarket

CALL NO.CS·POLYMARKET·26

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.

polymarket.com · New York

StageReported financing
Raisednot publicly disclosed
Headcount209
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2020
CompsKalshi +3

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