
Carta is a Palo Alto based technology company that specialises in capitalisation table management and valuation software.
Carta was founded in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar. Their system digitises paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time picture of who owns what at a startup. Carta began when founder Manu Kumar realised that while purchases for public companies result in an online transaction, when an employee, investor, or advisor gets options in a private company they still receive a paper stock certificate. In December 2018 Carta raised $80 million in series D and reach total value of $800 million, led by Tribe Capital and Meritech Capital Partners. Some of their clients include Giphy, Intercom, Lever, Axios, and Rothy’s to name a few.
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