Carta

company

About

Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.

  • 501 - 1000

Details

Last Funding Type
Series E
Last Funding Money Raised
$300M
Industries
Finance,FinTech,SaaS,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2012
Number Of Employee
501 - 1000
Operating Status
Active

Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at a startup.

Carta receives funding from a group of investors, including Draper VC, Expansion VC, k9 Ventures, Elefund, Subtraction Capital, Scott Banister, XG Ventures, Kima Ventures, Andy Palmer, and Structure Capital.

It was founded by Manu Kumar and Henry Ward in 2012 as eShares, Carta is based in Mountain View, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
$800M
Carta has raised a total of $800M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 13, 2021 from a Series G round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Aug 13, 2021 Series G $500M 1 Silver Lake Detail
May 6, 2019 Series E $300M 1 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
1
0
Carta has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 25, 2022, when Syndicate raised $6M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Mar 25, 2022 Syndicate
Series Unknown $6M Cryptocurrency

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
2
Carta is funded by 2 investors. Silver Lake and Chainfund Capital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Silver Lake Yes Series G
Chainfund Capital Series E