Kalshi

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TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Kalshi | 802 days from X account to first raise on record

@Kalshi·Raised $2715M in 6 sourced rounds·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

1. May 21, 2026
   Series B+ · $200M
   BBaillie Gifford, LLayer Global
   Source: ventureburn.com
2. May 7, 2026
   Series B+ · $1B
   CCoatue (lead), AAndreessen Horowitz, AARK Invest, IIVP, MMorgan Stanley, PParadigm, SSequoia
   Source: theblock.co
3. December 2, 2025
   Series B+ · $1B
   PParadigm (lead), AAndreessen Horowitz, AAnthos Capital, AARK Invest, CCapitalG, IIVP, MMeritech Capital, SSequoia, YY Combinator
   Source: techcrunch.com
4. October 10, 2025
   Series B+ · $300M
   AAndreessen Horowitz (lead), SSequoia (lead), CCapitalG, CCoinbase Ventures, PParadigm
   Source: forklog.com
5. June 25, 2025
   Series B+ · $185M
   PParadigm (lead), BBOND, MMulticoin Capital, NNeo, PPeng Zhao, SSequoia
   Source: decrypt.co
6. February 17, 2021
   Series A · $30M
   SSequoia (lead), CCharles Schwab, HHenry Kravis, NNeo, SSV Angel, YYC Continuity
   Source: neo.substack.com
7. Winter 2019
   YY Combinator · batch
   Source: ycombinator.com
8. December 8, 2018
   X account created
9. September 12, 2015
   Website created

Founders and team

• TM
  Tarek Mansour Co-founder and CEO

  LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
• LL
  Luana Lopes Lara Founder

  @luanalopeslara · LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
• AR
  Andy Ross Head of Institutional
• BB
  Brandon Beckhardt Growth Operations
• CP
  Chan Park Head of International
• JB
  Jeff Bandman Regulatory Strategy
• JW
  John Wang Head of Crypto
• SS
  Sara Slane Head of Corporate Development
• ST
  Simon Tisminezky Growth

Acquisitions

Acquired company	Price	Announced
OOddpool	Not disclosed	Sep 16, 2026 · Dealroom

Investors

• AAndreessen Horowitzlead investor
• AAnthos Capital
• AARK Invest
• BBaillie Gifford
• BBOND
• CCapitalG
• CCharles Schwab
• CCoatuelead investor
• CCoinbase Ventures
• DDragoneer
• EERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF
• HHenry Kravis
• IIVP
• LLayer Global
• MMeritech Capital
• MMorgan Stanley
• MMulticoin Capital
• NNeo
• PParadigmlead investor
• PPeng Zhao
• SSequoialead investor
• SSV Angel
• TTiger Global Management
• WWellington Management
• YY Combinatoraccelerator
• YYC Continuity

Companies like Kalshi

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• SSmarketsSeries B+ · Jun 2021
• MMnemoShareSeed · May 2026

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• MMintive$7M Seed · Oct 2026
• BBigEye$17M Series B+ · Oct 2026
• RReliable Robotics$115M Series B+ · Oct 2026
• MMeticulous$15M Series A · Oct 2026
• MMiter$40M Series B+ · Sep 2026

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