Oddpool raises $3M seed, then joins Kalshi
What's the deal? OddpoolDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a prediction market data infrastructure startup, has raised $3 million in a seed round, announced in September 2026. The company, which came out of Y Combinator, is now joining the regulated event contracts exchange Kalshi to build institutional data tooling for prediction markets.
What's the endgame? Founded in 2026 by Dhruv and Ritesh, Oddpool builds the data layer for prediction markets. It aggregates trading signals and pricing across politics, sports, and climate events, aiming to help institutions treat prediction markets as a professional asset class.
Who's it for? The company provides structured insights for institutions, economists, and policymakers to inform decision-making and risk management. The seed capital funded the data infrastructure behind that effort. Investors in the round were not disclosed.
The signal: At $3 million, the round sits in the 34th percentile by size — modest for a seed. But the move to Kalshi points to where the sector is heading: prediction markets are drawing serious infrastructure bets as regulated exchanges push to make them credible for institutional money.
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