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Carta - About the company

Carta is a series G company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar. It operates as a Software-based equity management solutions. Carta has raised $1.16B in funding from investors like a16z, Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital, with a current valuation of $7.4B. The company has 72 active competitors, including 25 funded and 11 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Globacap, Pulley and Qapita.

Sectors and market segments that Carta operate in

Carta serves in the B2B space in the FinTech market segments.The primary business model of Carta are:

Company Details

Software-based equity management solutions. It offers features solutions for valuation, equity planning, transfer agents, electronic securities, scenario modeling, fund administration, portfolio data collection, and more. It offers solutions to multiple sectors including private companies, investors, and public companies. It also offers ESOP management solutions.
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2012
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series G
Total Funding
$1.16B in 8 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$7.4B as on Aug 14, 2021
Investors
Ranked
Employee Count
882 as on Dec 31, 2023
Investment & Acquisitions
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Carta's funding and investors

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Carta has raised a total funding of $1.16B over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 13, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series G round on Aug 13, 2021 for $500M. 2 investors participated in its latest round, lead by Silver Lake.

Carta has 127 institutional investors including a16z, Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. Stewart Butterfield and 2 others are Angel Investors in Carta.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Carta:
Date of funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post money valuation
Revenue multiple
Investors
Aug 13, 2021
$500M
Series G
$7.4B
-
May 21, 2020
$210M
Series F
-
-
May 06, 2019
$300M
Series E
$1.7B
-
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Carta's founders and board of directors

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The founders of Carta are Henry Ward and Manu Kumar. Henry Ward is the CEO of Carta. Manu Kumar has founded 2 more companies - HiHello and Carta Capital Markets. Henry Ward has founded 1 more company - Carta Capital Markets.

Carta's employee count trend

Carta has 882 employees as of Dec 23. The total employee count is 30.0% lower than what it was in Dec 22. Here is Carta's employee count trend over the years:
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Carta's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Carta include Globacap, Pulley and Qapita. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Carta, ranked by Tracxn score:
Overall Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
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Carta
2012, San Francisco (United States), Series G
Software-based equity management solutions
$1.16B
75/100
2nd
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Globacap
2017, London (United Kingdom), Acquired
Suite of IT solutions for capital markets
$51M
63/100
3rd
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Pulley
2019, Mountain View (United States), Series B
Cap table management solutions for businesses
$50.1M
59/100
4th
Logo for Qapita
Qapita
2019, Singapore (Singapore), Series A
Cap table and equity management software for businesses
$39M
59/100
5th
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Capdesk
2015, London (United Kingdom), Acquired
Cap table management solutions for asset managers & equity managers
$16.2M
59/100
6th
Logo for Global Shares
Global Shares
2005, Clonakilty (Ireland), Acquired
Equity software solutions for private and publicly traded companies
$42.4M
54/100
7th
Logo for Certent
Certent
2002, Pleasanton (United States), Acquired
Equity compensation and financial compliance software provider.
$36.2M
47/100
8th
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Vestd
2015, London (United Kingdom), Funding Raised
Online platform providing equity management, share scheme, and investment solutions for companies, with a focus on scalability and ease of use
-
46/100
9th
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RasMal
2019, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Seed
Cap table management solutions
$4.8M
46/100
10th
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Optio Incentives
2018, Oslo (Norway), Series A
Provider of equity compensation management solutions
-
42/100
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Carta's Investments and acquisitions

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Carta has made 11 investments in companies including SimpleClosure and Ascenders. Carta has also acquired 3 companies including Tactyc and Capdesk. Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
Date of Investment/Acquisition
Type
Company Name
Founded Year
Location
May 07, 2025
Investments
2023
Santa Monica, United States
Oct 29, 2024
Acquisition
2020
Los Angeles, United States
May 30, 2024
Investments
2016
Shinjuku City, Japan
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News related to Carta

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Media has covered Carta for a total of 13 events in the last 1 year, 3 of them have been about company updates and 3 about people movement.
Cautious VCs turn to Series A startupsSingapore Business ReviewFeb 26, 2025KPay, Carta, Ampd Energy
A16z-backed Carta enters Australian marketTech in AsiaNov 14, 2024Carta
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