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- Polymarket is reportedly seeking a $400 million funding round at a $15 billion valuation.
- The company is also said to be exploring additional strategic backing that could lift the total funding figure to $1 billion.
Polymarket is reportedly back in fundraising mode, this time at a valuation that would place it firmly among the most heavily priced companies in crypto-adjacent markets.
According to the report, the prediction market platform is seeking to raise $400 million at a $15 billion valuation. The talks would build on reports from October that Polymarket had already been in early-stage discussions with investors around a valuation range of $12 billion to $15 billion.
A higher valuation builds on earlier backing from ICE
The latest fundraising effort would come on top of capital already tied to Polymarket through its connection with Intercontinental Exchange, the parent of the New York Stock Exchange. In October, the company was said to have reached a $9 billion post-money valuation after ICE agreed to invest up to $2 billion.
The new round would add to the $600 million already committed by ICE, according to the report. That detail matters because it shows the current raise is not being framed as rescue capital or opportunistic financing. It looks more like a continuation of a larger institutional backing story that has already been underway for months.
That said, a jump from $9 billion to $15 billion is not trivial. Even in private markets, that kind of repricing suggests either very strong demand, very strong conviction, or both.
Strategic investors may push the total closer to $1 billion
Polymarket is also reportedly looking beyond ICE for new capital. The company is said to be seeking additional strategic investors, which could bring the total funding size to $1 billion.
That would make this more than an ordinary private raise. It would suggest Polymarket is trying to build a shareholder base that extends beyond financial backing into broader strategic alignment, perhaps around infrastructure, market access or regulatory positioning.
For now, the company’s valuation story remains striking enough on its own. Prediction markets have moved from being treated as a niche crypto-adjacent experiment to something large institutions are apparently willing to price like a serious financial platform. Whether the market agrees with that number in the long run is another matter, but at this stage Polymarket is clearly trying to raise as if it already belongs in that category.
