Myriad, a prediction market company focused on building sharper, deeper and more accessible information markets, announced in March 2026 that it has closed a seed funding round with participation from a wide group of crypto-native angels, creators, protocols and venture investors; the amount raised was not disclosed. The investor group includes Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, MoonPay, Verda Ventures, Auros, EVG, Wave Financial, Walrus Protocol, OFR Fund, Igloo Inc, Sidedoor VC and others.
Myriad is a blockchain-based prediction market platform that enables users to trade contracts tied to future events, using market prices as a mechanism to aggregate information and implied probabilities. The platform is designed to support information markets that are deeper, more liquid and more accessible to a broad base of users.
Funding Overview
Myriad completed a seed funding round, with the funding amount remaining undisclosed. The announcement framed the round as a major milestone in the company’s progress toward expanding information markets. The round was structured as an equity seed investment involving both institutional firms and well-known individual market participants. Myriad did not disclose the specific terms of the transaction, and no lead investor was formally identified. Similar early-stage activity in the sector includes developments such as Fireplace Raises $1.5M.
About the Company
Myriad operates an on-chain prediction market platform where users can create and trade event-based contracts. These markets are intended to reflect collective expectations about future outcomes, with prices moving in response to new information and trading activity.
The company positions its platform around “sharper, deeper and more accessible information markets,” focusing on liquidity depth and usability for participants who wish to express views on a range of topics through market mechanisms. Myriad’s technical stack and specific supported networks were not detailed in the funding announcement, but the emphasis remains on on-chain infrastructure and crypto-native market participants.
Investors
The seed round brought together a broad syndicate of institutional investors, trading firms, protocols, venture funds and individual angels.
- Fundstrat (through the participation of co-founder Tom Lee)
- MoonPay
- Verda Ventures
- Auros Global
- EVG (EVGHQ)
- Wave Financial
- Walrus Protocol
- OFR Fund
- Igloo Inc
- Sidedoor VC
In addition, Myriad acknowledged support from a number of individual and syndicate backers active in crypto and NFT markets, identified by their public social handles. These include Seedphrase, Teflon Blondie, Bubble Maps, Jordan LzG, Mickey Hardy, Keyboard Monkey, Orange Cap, Wizard of Soho, BenbaLamb, Udi Wertheimer, Lana Amour, Luca Netz, Blond_ish, ThankYouX, Afearfuljesuit, 8an1326, Tyler Durdeth, Zagabond, RedbeardNFT and others. Each named firm or individual participated in the seed round as an investor in Myriad.
Market Context
Myriad operates within the broader category of on-chain prediction markets, a segment of the crypto ecosystem that uses financial contracts to reflect expectations about future events. These platforms are often used by traders, analysts and power users who wish to express probabilistic views or hedge event-driven risks using tokenized instruments.
The focus on information markets aligns Myriad with a growing interest in using market mechanisms as a way to aggregate dispersed information in real time. In this context, liquidity depth, trading tools and accessibility are important competitive factors for platforms in this space.
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