Smarkets Stock

Smarkets simplifies peer-to-peer trading on sporting and political events.

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About Smarkets Stock

Smarkets is Python and Erlang technology company based in central London. Determined to disrupt one of the oldest industries in the world, the organisation is rethinking the method and model of the betting business. Smarkets proprietary betting exchange, also known as a prediction market, offers significantly better odds than the competition. Traditional sports betting provides unfair margins for bettors, inflating margins by up to 15%. Smarkets offer the industry's lowest margin of between 1-2% in total commission on trades. Smarkets is now one of the largest exchanges in the world, powering billions of pounds (£) in trades every year for over 200,000 customers. At its core, Smarkets is comprised of some of the finest financial and adtech engineers, researchers, scientists, PhDs and marketers. The company embraces a culture of "self-management," a corporate governance model that it credits with helping develop the company into one of the most profitable per capita in Europe.

Funding History

May 2008$200K
April 2009$210K
January 2010$0
May 2011$1.0M
February 2013$2.3M

Management

CEO & Founder

Jason Trost

Press

campaignlive - Sep, 6 2017

Smarkets "Code ad" by Smarkets

prnewswire - Jul, 14 2017

Smarkets Annual Profits Grow by 160%

builtinla - Jun, 24 2017

A Peek into Smarkets' London HQ

prnewswire - Sep, 29 2015

Smarkets Reaches £1billion Milestone

prnewswire - Sep, 29 2015

QPR Welcome Smarkets On Board

thenextweb - May, 20 2015

The Next Web

mashable - Jun, 14 2013

Rise Art Top 20 Startup

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