Polymarket, founded in 2017, has raised over $2B from investors including General Catalyst and Founders Fund. The platform enables real-money trading and prediction markets on outcomes spanning politics, sports, finance, and global events. Funding supported infrastructure, liquidity growth, compliance, and product expansion, helping attract both retail and institutional traders. Polymarket aggregates sentiment into price signals that reflect real-world expectations and aims to scale decentralized prediction markets with robust market creation and settlement tools.