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Kairos funding, valuation and investors
Trading terminal and analytics for prediction markets including Kalshi and Polymarket.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Seed
$2.5M · February 2026
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$2.5M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
seed · San Francisco, California
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Andreessen Horowitz
Overview
Kairos builds a professional trading terminal for prediction markets—aggregating order flow, analytics, and execution across venues like Kalshi and Polymarket. The company raised a $2.5M seed in February 2026 led by a16z crypto per Fortune reporting, targeting traders who want Bloomberg-like tooling for event contracts. As prediction markets grow with sports and election volume, Kairos positions as infrastructure rather than an exchange itself.
Why Kairos is interesting
a16z crypto led $2.5M seed in Feb 2026 as regulated event markets scale—Kairos aggregates execution across venues pro traders use.
Product & use cases
Kairos provides a unified terminal for prediction-market pricing, portfolio tracking, and cross-venue execution—aimed at serious retail and pro traders.
- Cross-venue arbitrage monitoring on event contracts
- Professional analytics for Kalshi/Polymarket traders
- Workflow consolidation vs native exchange UIs
Key facts
- Seed (Feb 2026): $2.5M led by a16z crypto (Fortune/portfolio notes)
- Terminal for Kalshi, Polymarket, and related venues
- Founded amid prediction-market volume surge post-2024 election cycle
Funding history (newest first)
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Multi-venue aggregation early as prediction markets fragment across regulated and crypto-native exchanges.
Terminal businesses depend on market liquidity growth. Kairos wins if prediction markets become asset class; risk is venues improving native tools or regulatory shifts reducing addressable market.
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Kalshi native app adjacent
Single-venue UX; Kairos aggregates multiple.
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Polymarket adjacent
Onchain exchange; Kairos sits above as terminal layer.
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Traditional sportsbooks alternative
Different regulatory and product shape vs event contracts.
Notable stories
- Launch timing aligns with mainstream attention on regulated prediction markets (industry context).
- a16z crypto repeated pattern of backing trading infra in new asset classes.
- Product targets pro traders dissatisfied with first-generation exchange interfaces.
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