Polymarket Launches Private Company Prediction Markets in Partnership with Nasdaq

According to Polymarket, the prediction market platform launched prediction markets for private companies yesterday (May 19) in partnership with Nasdaq Private Market. Users can now bet on company valuations, initial public offering timing, and secondary market trading activity, with Nasdaq Private Market data serving as the settlement and reference source.

In the newly opened markets, SpaceX captured an overwhelming 95% of bets in the "world's largest private company" contract for end of June, followed by Neuralink at 5% and OpenAI at 4%.