Polymarket Secures New Funding Round on August 26, 2025

According to media reports, Polymarket completed a new funding round on August 26, 2025. The round was led by 1789Capital. Following this transaction, Polymarket’s total cumulative funding has reached $279 million.Polymarket is a decentralized information market platform that enables users to trade predictions on globally relevant topics such as the COVID-19 pandemic, politics, and current events. Users can build investment portfolios based on their forecasts, earning returns if their predictions are correct. The platform transforms trading activity into actionable insights, supporting better-informed decision-making.Reviewing Polymarket’s development, the project launched its mainnet in June 2020 and raised $4 million in seed funding in October of the same year. Subsequently, it closed a $25 million Series A round in early 2022 and secured $45 million in Series B funding in May 2024. Notably, in June of this year, Polymarket completed a nearly $200 million funding round, achieving a valuation exceeding $1 billion and becoming the official prediction market partner for social platform X.Despite encountering regulatory challenges during its growth—including Thailand’s ban on its operations earlier this year to curb online gambling, and an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice—Polymarket has maintained steady progress. As prediction markets gain broader acceptance worldwide, Polymarket is well positioned to sustain its leadership in this rapidly evolving niche sector.