[Digital Today reporter Chi-gyu Hwang (황치규)] Pump.fun led a $1 million pre-seed investment in Pumpcade, a startup that lets users open prediction markets in livestreaming chat.
The Block recently reported that Foundation Capital and angel investor Radiosolace also participated in the round.
Pumpcade said it will use the funding to increase engineering staff and speed up its market push. It has completed a private beta and has begun preparations to move into the launch stage.
Pumpcade supports creating and participating in prediction markets in livestream chat windows. Market topics can expand to crypto asset prices, stocks, sports and real-time traffic. Pumpcade said it compresses the prediction market's “entire lifecycle to between 1 minute and 30 minutes” by combining chatroom participation with game elements.
Pumpcade has operated a private beta since January. The company said about 500 people opened thousands of markets on a testnet. It plans to move to a mainnet after an open beta in the second quarter of 2026. It also aims to offer debit card support and one-click market creation.
Chi-gyu Hwang
delight@d-today.co.kr