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Carta

Equity management and cap-table software for startups, employees, and investors
Fintech 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2012
Current Valuation
$7.4B
as of 2024-Q1
UNICORN
Carta is the dominant equity management platform, serving 40,000+ private companies and 1.5M shareholders. Manages cap tables, 409A valuations, employee equity, and fund admin for VCs. Faced controversy in 2024 over its secondary trading desk allegedly using customer data, leading to an exit from that business.

Company Profile

CEO
Henry Ward
Founded
2012
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~1500
Total Raised
$965M
Last Round
Tender offer — $150M (Jan 2024) · Lead: Existing investors
IPO Status
no imminent plans

Fundraising Status

Tender offer · $150M · 2y 7mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $965M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$10.48
Last round price / share
$40.3
vs last round
-74.0%
Open interest
4
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$40.30Last round$10.48Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month-20.0%6-month-7.3%1-year-44.6%All-time-76.7%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Tender offer$150MJan 2024Existing investors—

Founders & Key People

Henry WardManu Kumar

Investors

Andreessen Horowitz · Tribe Capital · Spark Capital · Lightspeed Venture Partners · Meritech Capital · Goldman Sachs

Products

  • Cap Table
  • 409A Valuations
  • Liquidity (Carta Liquidity)
  • Fund Admin
  • Equity Plans

Competitors

Pulley · AngelList · Shareworks (Morgan Stanley) · EquityZen
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2024-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.