Tagged: carta

Anchorage Digital, AngelList to Participate in House Financial Services Committee Hearing on Fintech

Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a Hearing on Fintech. Entitled Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance, multiple well-known entities in the Fintech sector will share their knowledge with the Committee. Those scheduled to testify, include: Denelle Dixon, CEO &… Read More

Carta Announces Acquisition of Portfolio Construction Platform Tactyc

Although various other industries have experienced a “renaissance” in tools for the office of the CFO, private capital has lagged behind, according to an update from Carta. Carta claims that they’re now focused on changing that—and will aim to set the stage for an integrated… Read More

Carta Ownership Trends in Private Equity Report Highlights Progress Made Toward Expanding Employee Ownership

Carta has recently examined ownership trends in private equity: 2024. Hamza Shad, Christina Cheledinas, Janet Deng, Lucy Wang noted in the second annual Ownership Trends in Private Equity report that the update “provides a status update on the progress private equity has made toward the… Read More

Venture Capital Markets Experienced Major Upheaval Since Interest Rates Began to Rise in 2022 – Carta Report

Carta has shared the VC Fund Performance for Q1 2024. Carta’s inaugural VC fund performance report analyzes benchmarks for more than 1800 funds across six recent vintages. There has been tremendous upheaval in the venture capital markets “since interest rates began to rise in early… Read More

Venture Capital Ecosystem Exhibited Modest Signs of Improvement in Q2 2024 – Research Report

In Q2 2024, the venture ecosystem showed modest signs of improvement, according to an update from Carta. In Q2 2024, the venture ecosystem exhibited some signs of improvement, but “not a drastic break, from Q1,” the report from Carta revealed. Based on current data, companies… Read More

Carta Total Compensation Now Available for All Firms, Businesses May Access Equity and Salary Benchmarks

Carta Total Compensation is now available for all companies—not just Carta cap table customers. All private companies can now access Carta’s equity and salary benchmarks to make smarter, data-driven compensation decisions. Without accurate equity and salary benchmarking data, you risk “losing top talent or overpaying… Read More

Carta State of Startup Compensation Report: Firms have Become Leaner, Salary Benchmarks have Remained Flat

Carta has released the State of startup compensation, H1 2024 update. Carta data shows that companies have “become leaner and salary benchmarks have remained flat across much of the ecosystem.” Companies on Carta made “more than 60,000 new hires during the first four months of… Read More

Carta Data Reveals Modest Increases in Median Valuation and Round Size Across US Venture Ecosystem

Carta has released their First Cut—State of Private Markets: Q2 2024. Initial data from Q2 2024 reportedly “shows modest increases in median valuation and round size across much of the U.S. venture ecosystem.” Every quarter, Carta releases the latest information on the startup ecosystem in… Read More

VC Fundraising Market Remained Slow in Q1 2024 But Valuations Held Steady – Carta Private Markets Report

Carta has released their State of Private Markets: Q1 2024 report. Carta notes that the venture capital fundraising market “remained slow in Q1 2024, but valuations held steady or climbed at almost every stage.” Carta also mentions that the startup fundraising market “got off to… Read More

Funding for Pre-Seed Firms Reportedly Stayed Robust in Q1 2024, Dominated by SAFEs and Convertible Notes

Carta has released its latest report, titled, State of Pre-Seed: Q1 2024. Carta notes in the research report that fundraising for pre-seed companies “stayed robust in Q1 2024, dominated by SAFEs and convertible notes; valuation caps remained flat.” While commenting on the actual definition/criteria for… Read More

Median Pre-Money Valuations Ticked Upwards for Most Venture Stages – Carta Private Markets Update for Q4 ’23

Every quarter, Carta releases information on the startup ecosystem in their State of Private Markets report. Carta, a software development firm focused on equity management software, explains in a blog post that it can take a few weeks for rounds to “be recorded on our… Read More

Startup Compensation and Hiring Experience Reset as VC backed Firms Face Bear-Market – Report

As VC-backed startups continue to contend with bear-market headwinds, startup hiring and compensation have undergone a reset, according to an update from Carta. Last year marked a startup employment contraction: There were more total job departures from companies on Carta in 2023 than there “were… Read More

Venture Deal Count on Carta Declines 24% YoY, Cash Raised by Startups Fell 50%

During the rise and fall of an “unprecedented” bull market across 2021 and 2022, founders and investors had to navigate a wild ride of ups and downs, the team at Carta noted. That volatility diminished in 2023. The startup ecosystem trundled “along at a slow… Read More

Carta Is Exiting Secondary Trading Market to Eliminate Concerns About Not Acting in Founders’ “Best Interests”

Henry Ward, the CEO at Carta, says that the firm should no longer facilitate secondary trading of private securities. Secondary transactions for private securities is an emerging sector of Fintech that provides shareholders with an alternative to an M&A or IPO event to exit an… Read More

Carta Private Markets Update: Slight Increases in Valuations, Median Pre-Money Valuations Surged Across Nearly All VC Stages

Every quarter, Carta releases information on the startup ecosystem in their State of Private Markets report. Carta‘s “first cut” of data as close to the end of the quarter as possible has been shred. This initial analysis focuses “on round valuations and cash raised across… Read More

Carta to Assist US-based Startups with Complying with Corporate Transparency Act

Effective January 1, 2024, virtually all new companies being incorporated in the United States will need to “comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA),” the team at Carta noted. As explained in a blog post by Carta, this new law will “require them to submit… Read More

Equity Management Platform Carta Announces Middle East Expansion

Global equity management company Carta announced plans to expand operations to the Middle East—citing a 180% increase in year-over-year bookings across the broader Asia Pacific region, and “launching with flagship Middle East customers including Global Ventures, BECO Capital, Cotu Ventures, and Outliers VC and Middle… Read More

Equity Management Fintech Carta Announces Another Round of Layoffs

US-headquartered equity management Fintech Carta is reportedly announcing another round of layoffs. As first reported by Fortune, three workers have stated that San Fransisco-headquartered Carta is currently going through a restructuring process for the third time in 2023. The two other layoff announcements had been… Read More

Capital Raised by Startups on Carta Declined by 38% from Q2 to Q3, Number of Venture Fundraising Rounds Fell by 27%

The downturn that has defined the venture capital industry for much of the past two years continued in the third quarter of 2023, according to an update from Carta. The amount of capital raised by startups on Carta “declined by 38% from Q2 to Q3,… Read More

Carta, Assemble to Streamline Startup Compensation Planning

Assemble users can now view Carta Total Compensation benchmarking data and cap table information within the Assemble platform, making it easier to “build a startup compensation strategy.” In the past, Assemble customers had “to log in to Carta separately to access Total Comp or their… Read More

Send this to a friend