{"id":24731,"date":"2026-08-29T23:49:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T23:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/kalshi-raises-1-12b-as-prediction-market-race-heats-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T23:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T23:49:48","slug":"kalshi-raises-1-12b-as-prediction-market-race-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/kalshi-raises-1-12b-as-prediction-market-race-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalshi Raises $1.12B as Prediction Market Race Heats Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The prediction market race in the U.S. has just received another high-value signal from <\/span>Kalshi<\/b>. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated Aug. 25, the company has sold <\/span>$1.12 billion<\/b> in stock through a private offering. This capital influx comes as the market accelerates, driven by investor capital inflows, surging trading volumes, and the increasingly prominent involvement of major financial institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Filing Behind the $1.12B Figure<\/b><\/h2>\n

Kalshi has not officially announced a new $1.12 billion funding round via a traditional press release. The <\/span>SEC Form D filing<\/span><\/a> confirms that Kalshi Inc. sold $1,120,010,122 in stock in an offering totaling $1,499,997,894. CEO Tarek Mansour signed the filing on Aug. 25, and it lists the date of first sale as April 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

This detail is important because Form D does not provide full details on transaction structure, valuation, investor names, or whether the amount sold belongs to an independent new round. The filing also shows that Kalshi still has approximately <\/span>$379.99 million<\/b> remaining unsold in this offering, with 71 investors participating.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most recent context is the <\/span>$1 billion Series F<\/span><\/a> round that Kalshi announced in May, which valued the company at $22 billion. The round was led by Coatue, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, Paradigm, Morgan Stanley, and ARK Invest. Prior to that, Kalshi was valued at $11 billion in its Series E round in December 2025, meaning the company\u2019s valuation doubled in just a few months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why Investors Are Piling Into Prediction Markets<\/b><\/h2>\n

When announcing its Series F in May, Kalshi stated that institutional trading volume had grown 800% in six months, while annualized trading volume jumped from $52 billion to $178 billion. The company also claimed its platform accounts for <\/span>over 90% of U.S. prediction<\/b> market activity.<\/span><\/p>\n