Kul Bhushan · · 1 min readEx-Gojek employees’ predictions startup bags $2.5m
Better Opinions, an India-based predictions startup, has raised US$2.5 million in a seed round from investors including Metaplanet VC, Goldwater Capital, and Y Combinator.
Better Opinions founders Samay Jain (left) and Soumyajit Das / Photo credit: Better Opinions
Founded in 2021 by former Gojek employees Samay Jain and Soumyajit Das, Better Opinions aims to be a “stock market of opinions.” The platform allows users to make predictions with money on sports, cryptocurrency, politics, and entertainment, among other things.
Within six months of its launch, Better Opinions has onboarded more than 600,000 users. Better Opinions was also part of the Winter 2022 batch of Y Combinator.
The startup plans to use the fresh capital for marketing, user growth, and expanding its product and tech teams.
In February, the company raised US$700,000 in a pre-seed round from investors, including Soma Capital, Java Capital, and Y Combinator.
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Other investors in the latest round include:
- Taurus VC
- Original Capital
- Tremis Capital
- Super Capital
Editing by Miguel Cordon and Arpit Nayak
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