Company
Kalshi
Kalshi is the first CFTC regulated exchange dedicated to trading on the outcome of future events.
Also known as KALSHI INC.
- Status
- Operatingas of 2026-09-17
- Business model
- Marketplace
- Founded
- 2018
- Customers
- both retail and institutional participants
- Legal name
- KALSHI INC.
- kalshi.com (opens in a new tab)
- LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
- X (opens in a new tab)
- Careers (opens in a new tab)
Record updated 2 November 2026
About
We’ve developed a new asset class, event contracts, where you can buy Yes or No positions with respect to whether an event will happen or not. Kalshi’s vision is to allow people to capitalize on their opinions, trade in the domain of every day, and hedge risks that relate to them.
Funding snapshot
- Total raised
- $1.3BSEC form D sum, as of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest round
- Series D+, $1B2026-10-30
Funding rounds
- Series D+
- $1B2026-10-30, Announced, post-money $40B
- Round, 2026
- $1.1B2026-04-03, SEC form D sold, 71 investors
- Round, 2025
- $821M2025-11-19, SEC form D sold, 31 investors
- Round, 2025
- $295M2025-10-08, SEC form D sold, 20 investors
- Round, 2025
- $125M2025-06-24, SEC form D sold, 14 investors
- Round, 2021
- $70M2021-11-03, SEC form D sold, 14 investors
- Round, 2020
- $30M2020-12-18, SEC form D sold, 10 investors
- Round, 2020
- $6.1M2020-03-04, SEC form D sold, 28 investors
About the company
- Y Combinator batch
- Winter 2019
Products
- Web
- Event Contracts