Carta

Carta is a platform for equity management, business building and investing in companies. It offers tools and services to help customers focus on growth while letting the platform handle a lot of the equity-related work.

Carta can handle several key aspects:

• Equity Management: Manage cap tables, valuations, fundraising, share issuance, expense accounting and equity planning.
• Compensation: Use machine learning-powered data for real-time market intelligence to inform compensation decisions.
• Venture Capital: Automate back-office work, including fund administration, formation, valuations, audit and tax support, and portfolio insights.
• Liquidity: Facilitate equity sales for employees, stakeholders and investors with platform updates.

Carta is designed to help companies at any stage, from idea to IPO. It's for founders, HR teams, law firms, investors and finance teams, offering tools to manage equity, stay compliant and make decisions.

The platform has detailed compensation management, including the ability to benchmark salaries and equity grants with real-time private market data. That can mean compensation decisions are more accurate and competitive, helping companies keep talent and grow more effectively.

Carta also offers resources to help people learn, including research into private markets, guides on forming companies and tools for fundraising. It also offers a range of reports, including QSBS attestation and 409A valuations, to help with equity management.

More than 40,000 companies and 2.4 million equity holders use Carta, and the company has a "defense-in-depth" strategy to protect customer data. It's designed to be easy to use, with full-service onboarding and highly rated customer support.

Carta doesn't reveal pricing details, but it offers a variety of plans for companies at different stages and with varying needs. Founders of early-stage companies can use a free equity management suite through Carta Launch. You can request a demo or take a video tour of the platform to learn more.

Published on June 28, 2024