Polymarket Opens Private Company Markets Using Nasdaq Data for 1,600 Unicorns

Polymarket has launched prediction markets tied to private companies, with outcomes resolved using Nasdaq Private Market data. Nearly 1,600 unicorn companies collectively represent more than $5 trillion in value, a pool historically limited to institutions and high-net-worth investors. Nasdaq Private Market will provide verified, institutional-grade resolution data for all private company markets on Polymarket through an exclusive agreement. Markets are expected to settle based on real private company events, including valuation milestones, IPO timing, and secondary market activity. Nasdaq Private Market has executed nearly $80 billion in secondary liquidity across more than 1,000 company-sponsored programs and serves more than 200,000 eligible employee shareholders and investors.

"Polymarket launches the first prediction markets tied to private companies, using Nasdaq Private Market data to resolve outcomes. Nearly 1,600 unicorns hold over $5 trillion in value, a pool previously inaccessible to retail participants before today's opening. Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), which has executed nearly $80 billion in secondary liquidity, will supply institutional-grade data as more markets roll out."

"Through an exclusive agreement, Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) will serve as the resolution data provider for all private company markets on Polymarket. That means every market will settle based on verified, institutional-grade data tied to real private company events. The types of events covered may include valuation milestones, IPO timing, and secondary market activity."

"Coplan framed the launch as an access problem finally being addressed. Prediction markets are one of the most powerful tools we have for democratizing access to financial information and opportunity, Coplan said in the release shared with Bitcoin.com News. Coplan added: Today's launch brings that power to one of the last frontiers of financial markets that retail participants have never been able to access."

"Nasdaq Private Market has executed nearly $80 billion in secondary liquidity across more than 1,000 company-sponsored programs, serving more than 200,000 individual eligible employee shareholders and investors. The partnership joins two complementary capabilities, combining private-company liquidity infrastructure with Polymarket’s prediction market format for retail participation."

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