Baillie Gifford was founded in 1908 and is an independent investment manager. It manages pension funds, investment trusts, unit trusts, and ISAs.
According to Bloomberg, prediction market platform Kalshi Inc. has added two new institutional investors, raising an additional $200 million and bringing the total funding for this round to over $1.2 billion. The newly added investors are Layer Global, led by Anton Levy, and the prominent asset management firm Baillie Gifford—both of which are investing in Kalshi for the first time.
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sources revealed prediction market platform Kalshi has raised an additional $200 million from Baillie Gifford and Layer Global, further expanding the $1 billion funding round previously led by Coatue Management, while maintaining a company valuation of $22 billion.Earlier this month, Kalshi announced the completion of a $1 billion Series F round, with participants including Sequoia Capital, a16z, IVP, Paradigm, Morgan Stanley, and ARK Invest.Data shows that Kalshi's monthly trading volume in April exceeded $14 billion, with annualized revenue surpassing $1.5 billion. (Bloomberg)
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