Novig is a commission-free, peer-to-peer sports prediction market and trading platform co-founded by Jacob Fortinsky and Kelechi Ukah. Novig's Twitter Score is 42 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #22,260 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Novig was co-founded by Jacob Fortinsky as Co-Founder and CEO and Kelechi Ukah as Co-Founder and CTO. The platform was established in 2021 and participated in Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch. Its core model uses an order-book structure with market-driven odds, allowing users to trade sports outcomes without paying commissions to the platform. Novig also operates a sweepstakes layer using Novig Coins for free play and Novig Cash for sweepstakes entries, both virtual currencies rather than a disclosed crypto token.
Novig announced a $75 million Series B on February 18, 2026, led by Pantera Capital, bringing total capital raised to over $105 million. Backers also include Multicoin Capital, Makers Fund, Edge Equity, Forerunner, NFX, Perceptive Ventures, Gaingels, Lux Capital, Innospark Ventures, Paul Graham, and Joe Montana. In June 2026, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission designated Novig as a Designated Contract Market. The platform reported that trading volume grew more than 10x during 2025, reaching $4 billion in annualized platform volume.
Novig has 38,135 followers as of August 2026 on X and has published 15,541 posts. The account has been mentioned by 68 accounts, with 140 total mentions.
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