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Carta

For more than 100 years, companies have existed in a binary world, either private or public. Private companies have been...

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What they do

Problem

Private companies struggle to manage equity ownership and provide fundraising, compliance, and employee liquidity in a traditionally restrictive private-market framework.

Solution

Carta provides software to manage cap tables and equity administration and facilitate private-market fundraising, valuations, and liquidity workflows.

Who it's for

Private companies and startups, along with their employees, investors, and law firms, use the platform to manage equity and related transactions.

Founders

Henry Ward
Manu Kumar

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