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Carta Revenue, Valuation, Funding & Investors
Carta is valued at $7.4B as of August 2021, a 49.3x revenue multiple. Carta revenue was $150M, as disclosed with its latest round.
Last Carta valuation
$7.4B
Series G · Aug 2021
Last Carta funding round
$500M
Series G · Aug 2021
Carta revenue
$150M
Series G · Aug 2021
Key investors in Carta
Menlo Ventures
Spark Capital
Union Square Ventures
Tribe Capital
Meritech Capital Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners
About Carta
Carta is a San Francisco-based software company that provides equity management and fund administration tools for private companies and their investors. Its core product maintains capitalization tables, digitising stock certificates, options, warrants and other securities so that companies, employees, investors and their law firms can track ownership, and it also offers 409A valuations and fund administration services for venture capital firms. It operated CartaX, a private stock exchange launched in 2021, until shutting it in 2024. In August 2022 Carta reported tracking more than USD 2.5 trillion of company equity and having facilitated USD 13 billion of secondary sales; it had 1,618 employees in 2022, and customers have included Slack, Calendly and Affirm. The company earns subscription and service fees from companies and investment firms. Carta has raised about USD 1.2 billion of venture capital, most recently a USD 500 million Series G led by Silver Lake in 2021 at a USD 7.4 billion valuation, and in May 2026 it acquired Avantia and launched Carta Law. It was founded as eShares in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar.
Founded
2012
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2B
Revenue model
Subscription
Revenue
$150M (Aug 2021)
Valuation
$7.4B (Aug 2021)
Carta Valuation
Carta is currently valued at $7.4B, based on its Series G in August 2021. Read the announcement ↗
The $500M round was led by Silver Lake.
Carta's valuation has grown 96x from $77M at its Series B in August 2015 to $7.4B in August 2021, across 7 priced rounds.
Carta valuation by funding round
Revenue multiple| Date | Stage | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2021 | Series G | $7.4B | 49.3x |
| Feb 2021 | Secondary | $6.9B | - |
| May 2020 | Series F | $3.1B | - |
| May 2019 | Series E | $1.7B | - |
| Dec 2018 | Series D | $800M | - |
| Oct 2017 | Series C | $320M | - |
| Aug 2015 | Series B | $77M | - |
Carta Revenue
Carta's latest recorded revenue is $150M, as of its Series G in August 2021. At a $7.4B valuation, that implies a 49.3x revenue multiple.
Carta revenue by funding round
| Date | Revenue * | Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2021 | $150M | $7.4B | 49.3x | Series G |
* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.
Carta Funding History
Carta has raised a total of $1.1B across 8 funding rounds, plus 1 secondary share sale.
Carta's first fundraising round was a $2M seed round in August 2013. The most recent completed round was a $500M Series G in August 2021.
Carta funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2021 | Series G | Silver Lake (lead) | $500M | $7.4B | Carta, operating as eShares Inc., is a San Francisco-based cloud platform providing cap table management, equity management, valuation tools, and a private stock exchange called CartaX for startups, investors, and public companies. It serves over 20,000 companies and more than one million investors, law firms, and employees, helping manage financial tasks like fundraising, valuations, and secondary transactions. In August 2021, Carta raised $500 million in a Series G funding round led by Silver Lake, achieving a post-money valuation of $7.4 billion, up from $3.1 billion in its prior Series F round eight months earlier. Prior to the primary raise, Carta conducted a secondary auction on its own CartaX platform, transacting $100 million in shares and establishing a valuation of $6.9 billion, which informed the primary round pricing and attracted over $1 billion in demand. This allowed Carta to select Silver Lake as lead based on strategic fit rather than valuation pressure. The round marked Carta's largest and simplest raise to date, bringing total funding to approximately $1.29 billion. Traction included reported annual recurring revenue (ARR) of about $150 million earlier in 2021, up from $50 million two years prior, fueled by surging startup investments reaching record venture funding levels. Carta also expanded into professional services for VC firms and launched CartaX for online auctions of private shares. In 2021, Carta facilitated 129 secondary liquidity transactions totaling $7.4 billion, a 4x increase from 2020, spanning companies across sizes and stages. |
| Feb 2021 | Secondary | - | $100M | $6.9B | Carta ran an auction of its own shares on CartaX, its private-market trading platform, in early 2021, between its Series F and Series G rounds. The auction transacted USD 100 million of secondary shares and repriced the company at a USD 6.9 billion valuation, up from USD 3.1 billion in the Series F. Every participating investor could log in to watch the company presentation, ask questions and use a data room on the platform, and chief executive Henry Ward said 414 participants took part in 1,484 executed orders. Carta used the auction price as evidence of its value to primary investors, and a few days after settlement it had inbound interest for a primary round at the same valuation, with about USD 1 billion of aggregate demand. It went on to raise USD 500 million in a Series G led by Silver Lake at a USD 7.4 billion valuation in August 2021. Carta, founded as eShares in 2012, provides cap table management, valuations and fund administration software, and launched CartaX in 2021 to widen access to private-company share trading. |
| May 2020 | Series F | Tribe Capital (lead); Two Culture Capital; FirstMark; BluePointe Ventures; Sand Hill Angels; Lightspeed Venture Partners; Tomales Bay Capital; Company Ventures; FinSight Ventures; Meritech Capital Partners | $180M | $3.1B | Carta raised USD 180 million in a Series F round in May 2020, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Tribe Capital, with participation from investors including FinSight Ventures. The round valued the company at about USD 3.1 billion, nearly double the USD 1.7 billion post-money valuation of the USD 300 million Series E led by Andreessen Horowitz a year earlier. Carta, founded as eShares in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar, provides capitalization table management, 409A valuations, fund administration for venture capital firms and related equity-management software for private companies, their employees and investors. By then its fund administration business was growing quickly and its platform recorded the ownership of a large share of US venture-backed companies, positioning it to build a market for trading private shares. In January 2021 the company launched CartaX, a private stock exchange. Fifteen months after the Series F, Carta raised USD 500 million in a Series G led by Silver Lake at a USD 7.4 billion valuation. |
| May 2019 | Series E | Andreessen Horowitz (lead); Menlo Ventures; Goldman Sachs; Tribe Capital; Lightspeed Venture Partners; Tiger Global; Thrive Capital; Meritech Capital Partners | $300M | $1.7B | Carta, formerly eShares, is a San Francisco-based equity management platform that helps private company founders, investors, and employees manage equity holdings, ownership, cap tables, and related financial operations. It also offers fund administration for venture firms and tools for analyzing portfolio companies and limited partners. By 2019, Carta served over 11,000 companies, 700,000 shareholders, and 143 venture firms, positioning itself as a comprehensive ownership network aiming to create liquidity in private markets through features like CartaX for trading private shares. On May 6, 2019, Carta announced a $300 million Series E funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments, Tiger Global, Thrive Capital, and prior investors including Tribe Capital, Menlo Ventures, and Meritech Capital. The round valued Carta at a $1.7 billion post-money valuation, more than doubling its $800 million valuation from the prior $80 million Series D in December 2018. This brought total funding to approximately $447-448 million. Marc Andreessen joined the board to support expansion into blurring lines between public and private markets. CEO Henry Ward described the funding as fueling growth for new financial infrastructure, including a private stock market to democratize access to private investments amid companies staying private longer. The valuation drew comparisons to Solium's $900 million acquisition by Morgan Stanley earlier that year, roughly double Carta's prior total funding. Investors bet on Carta's network effects and the rising importance of private market liquidity and trading. |
| Dec 2018 | Series D | Meritech Capital Partners (lead); Tribe Capital (lead); Menlo Ventures; Spark Capital; Union Square Ventures | $80M | $800M | Carta, formerly eShares, is a cap table management platform that provides equity management products for private and public companies, including stock-option grants, 409A valuations, portfolio insights, fund administration, ESPP, and secondaries. It helps startups manage equity distribution, valuations, and transitions to public markets, while offering investor tools for data aggregation and back-office management. Founded in 2012 by Henry Ward, Carta rebranded in 2017 as its offerings expanded beyond electronic stock certificates. In December 2018, Carta raised an $80 million Series D funding round led by Meritech Capital Partners and Tribe Capital, with participation from existing investors like Spark Capital, Menlo Ventures, and Union Square Ventures. The round brought total funding to $147.8 million and valued the company at a post-money valuation of $800 million. Sources including Business Insider, TechCrunch, and Fintech Global confirmed the valuation near $800 million to $1 billion, with the deal announced around December 27, 2018. The funding aimed to expand Carta's product suite, particularly transfer agent and equity administration services for startups going public, and new investor products for portfolio data collection and management. By late 2018, Carta had achieved milestones like managing $500 billion in equity on its platform, growing to 450 employees, launching board management and portfolio insights tools, and leading in 409A valuations. Competitors were described as manual processes like people and spreadsheets. Carta positioned itself to transform ownership management, enabling fluid secondary markets for private shares and challenging Wall Street infrastructure. The company anticipated prolonged private company lifespans, increased employee liquidity, and more IPOs in 2019, planning to support both. This round preceded a larger Series E in 2019 at $1.7 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz. |
| Oct 2017 | Series C | Menlo Ventures (lead); Social Capital (lead); Andre Iguodala; Stewart Butterfield | $42M | $320M | eShares, the company now known as Carta, raised USD 42 million in a Series C round announced in October 2017, co-led by Menlo Ventures and Social Capital. Other investors included Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield and basketball player Andre Iguodala. Matt Murphy of Menlo Ventures and Arjun Sethi of Social Capital joined the board of directors. Tribe Capital, whose founders led Social Capital's investment, later put the round's post-money valuation at USD 320 million. At the time the company's main product was cap table management, and in September 2017 it had added a 409A valuation business by acquiring Silicon Valley Bank's valuation unit, SVB Analytics. eShares, founded in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar, planned to use the funding to market its software internationally and began doing business as Carta shortly afterwards. It went on to raise an USD 80 million Series D at an USD 800 million valuation in December 2018. |
| Aug 2015 | Series B | Spark Capital (lead); Expansion Venture Capital; Industry Ventures; SierraMaya360; Anthemis; Union Square Ventures; Arjun Sethi; Subtraction Capital; Flight Ventures | $17M | $77M | eShares, the company now known as Carta, raised USD 17 million in a Series B round in August 2015 led by Spark Capital, with participation from Union Square Ventures, Subtraction Capital and Industry Ventures. The round valued the company at USD 77 million post-money, up from about USD 24 million at its USD 7 million Series A in January 2015, and the capital was earmarked for global expansion. eShares, founded in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar, was an SEC-registered transfer agent that let private companies issue electronic shares and manage their capitalization tables from seed stage to pre-IPO. At the time it maintained the cap tables of about 1,500 companies, including Slack and Blue Bottle Coffee, was adding about 200 companies a month and had won over roughly 35 law firms. The company charged fees for issuing electronic certificates and for maintaining valuations and records. Based in Mountain View, California, it rebranded as Carta in 2017. |
| Jan 2015 | Series A | Union Square Ventures (lead); Spark Capital; Hanover Technology Investment Management | $7M | - | eShares, the company now known as Carta, raised a USD 6.8 million Series A round in January 2015, led by Union Square Ventures with participation from Spark Capital and investors from the company's seed round. Reports at the time put the valuation at about USD 24 million. Union Square Ventures announced the investment on its blog and said it wanted most of its own portfolio companies to adopt eShares for managing their stock records. eShares, founded in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar, issued electronic stock certificates and maintained capitalization tables for private companies, replacing paper certificates traditionally held by law firms. The round was the company's first institutional venture financing, following a USD 1.8 million seed round in August 2013. Seven months later Spark Capital led a USD 17 million Series B at a USD 77 million post-money valuation, as eShares expanded internationally. |
| Aug 2013 | Seed | Expansion Venture Capital; Scott Banister; XG Ventures; Long Journey Ventures; K9 Ventures; Structure Capital; Arjun Sethi; Subtraction Capital; Steve O'Brien; Elefund; Andy Palmer; Scott Belsky; Kima Ventures; Draper Associates | $2M | - | eShares, the company now known as Carta, announced in August 2013 that it had raised USD 1.8 million in seed funding. Investors included Draper VC, Expansion VC, K9 Ventures, Elefund, Subtraction Capital, Scott Banister, XG Ventures, Kima Ventures, Andy Palmer and Structure Capital. The company had been founded in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar, the founder of K9 Ventures, to replace the paper stock certificates of private companies with electronic shares. Its platform let a company designate signatories who issue certificates online, gave employees a dashboard of their shares and options, and gave investors a consolidated view of their private holdings. At the time of the round the team had five people and was based in Palo Alto, and it sold mainly through the law firms that hold startups' certificates while also approaching companies and investors directly. The seed capital funded the electronic share registry that later became Carta's cap table management business. |
Who has invested in Carta?
40 investors have backed Carta across its funding rounds, including Menlo Ventures, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, Tribe Capital, Meritech Capital Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Lead investors include Silver Lake, Tribe Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Meritech Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures and 3 other investors.
Carta Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Lead | Oct 2017 | ||
| 3 | Lead | Jan 2015 | ||
| 3 | Lead | Jan 2015 | ||
| 3 | Lead | Dec 2018 | ||
| 3 | Lead | Dec 2018 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Aug 2013 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Aug 2013 | ||
| 2 | Participant | May 2019 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Aug 2013 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Aug 2021 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Oct 2017 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Aug 2015 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Aug 2013 | ||
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Start Free TrialAcquisitions by Carta
Carta has acquired 8 companies to date.
Last acquisition by Carta was on May 12th 2026. Carta acquired Avantia Law for undisclosed valuation.
Latest Acquisitions by Carta
| Description | Avantia Law is a law firm handling compliance, contracts, and LP transfers for asset managers. Legal teams negotiate NDAs, non-reliance letters, engagement letters, and commercial contracts. | ListAlpha offers a deal and relationship management platform for private equity investors. The software streamlines deal sourcing, diligence, and tracking while integrating with Office 365 and Microsoft Teams for team collaboration. | Sirvatus is a Denver-based SaaS platform automating end-to-end loan administration for lenders and servicers. The system handles origination, underwriting, servicing, and investor reporting with workflow automation and compliance tools. Sirvatus integrates with mortgage systems like Encompass and Black Knight, enabling digital closings and portfolio management for residential and commercial loans. | Accelex is a software platform using AI and machine learning to extract, organize, and analyze data from alternative investment portfolios for investors and servicers. It automates processing of documents from private equity, real estate, and credit funds down to underlying assets. New York-based Accelex provides portfolio-level insights and compliance reporting. Launched in 2020, it streamlines data management for asset managers handling unstructured information. | |
| HQ Country | |||||
| HQ City | New York City, NY | London | Austin, TX | London | |
| Deal Date | 12 May 2026 | 2 Mar 2026 | 9 Oct 2025 | 2 Oct 2025 | |
| Valuation | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed | |
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Investments by Carta
Carta has invested in 4 companies to date.
Latest investment by Carta was on May 7th 2025. Carta invested in SimpleClosure in their $15M Series A round.
Latest Investments by Carta
| Description | SimpleClosure is a Texas-based service launched in 2022 that guides businesses through dissolution by handling state filings, tax clearances, and creditor notifications. It supports LLCs and corporations in all 50 US states, automating paperwork for asset liquidation and final payroll. The platform has assisted over 1,000 closures, integrating with accounting tools like QuickBooks to ensure compliance with IRS and secretary of state requirements. | Arch is a New York-based digital platform for private investment portfolio management used by family offices and advisors. It digitizes capital calls, distributions, valuations, and reporting for alternative assets like private equity and venture capital. Arch integrates with custodians and GPs to automate K-1 tax packages and liquidity tracking. The platform processes over USD 100 billion in assets under management from its cloud-based system. | Tap is a marketplace for private fund secondaries enabling liquidity for LP interests in VC and PE funds. Headquartered in New York, it lists 500 opportunities from managers like Sequoia and a16z. Launched in 2022, Tap facilitates trades with KYC and escrow, attracting family offices and endowments. | Syndicate is a San Francisco-based decentralized finance platform launched in 2021 on Ethereum and Base blockchains. It enables on-chain investment syndicates allowing accredited investors to pool funds into early-stage web3 projects. The protocol facilitates group deals with reduced fees, featuring tools for deal creation, backing, and social networking among 10,000-plus members. |
| HQ Country | ||||
| HQ City | Los Angeles, CA | New York City, NY | New York City, NY | San Francisco, CA |
| Deal Date | 7 May 2025 | 9 Nov 2023 | 12 Jun 2023 | 25 Mar 2022 |
| Round | Series A | Series A | Seed | Series A |
| Raised | $15M | $20M | $3M | $6M |
| Investors | TTV Capital; The LegalTech Fund; Anthemis; Foxe Capital; Vera Equity; Infinity Ventures | Menlo Ventures; Focus Financial Partners; Scott Prince; Marc Spilker; Citi Ventures; Gary Cohn; GPS Investment Partners; Quiet Capital; Craft Ventures | Courtside Ventures; Fin Capital; Precursor Ventures; AngelList | Atacama Ventures; Ulu Ventures; FalconX; Outliers Fund; Circle Ventures; Electric Ant; Andreessen Horowitz; CoinList; South Park Commons; Polygon; OpenSea |
| Valuation | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed |
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Carta Competitors
Carta competitors include listed companies like Shenzhen Fortune Trend, TP ICAP, HiThink and Tradeweb Markets, and private ones like StashAway and MX Technologies.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicly listed | $55M | $50M | $3.5B | 49.3x | ||
| Publicly listed | $3.2B | $501M | $3.1B | 0.1x | ||
| Publicly listed | $907M | $534M | $24B | 17.4x | ||
| Private | - | - | $2.2B | - | ||
| Publicly listed | $2.1B | $1.4B | $26B | 10.6x | ||
| Private | - | - | $1.9B | - |
Carta Public Comps
Carta is still privately-owned, but its public comps include XP Investimentos, Allfunds, StoneX Group, Nordnet, Swissquote, Mobility Global, Beijing Compass Technology, Morningstar, MarketAxess and BGC Group.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $1.5B | $1.2B | 11.3x | 4.5x | 14.2x | 13.4x | |||
| $728M | $287M | 9.1x | 8.7x | 23.1x | 13.1x | |||
| $132B | $2B | 0.2x | 4.7x | 13.8x | - | |||
| $549M | - | 17.3x | 14.9x | - | - | |||
| $879M | - | 7.1x | 6.9x | - | - | |||
| $1.8B | $637M | 4.5x | - | 12.4x | - | |||
| $323M | $47M | 10.1x | 9.0x | 69.8x | 77.6x | |||
| $2.4B | $714M | 4.0x | 3.7x | 13.6x | 11.8x | |||
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Common questions about Carta
| When was Carta founded? | Carta was founded in 2012. |
| Where is Carta headquartered? | Carta is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, United States. |
| Is Carta publicly listed? | No, Carta is a private, VC-backed company. |
| What is Carta's valuation? | Carta was last valued at $7.4B in its Series G in August 2021. |
| How much funding has Carta raised? | Carta has raised $1.1B across 8 funding rounds. |
| What was Carta's last funding round? | Carta's last funding round was a $500M Series G in August 2021, led by Silver Lake. |
| Who are Carta's investors? | Carta's investors include Menlo Ventures, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, Tribe Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, Expansion Venture Capital, Arjun Sethi, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Subtraction Capital, Silver Lake and 30 others. |
| What is Carta's revenue? | Carta's latest recorded revenue is $150M (August 2021). |
| What is Carta's revenue multiple? | Carta's latest valuation implies a 49.3x revenue multiple ($7.4B valuation on $150M of revenue). |
| Which companies are comparable to Carta? | Companies comparable to Carta include Shenzhen Fortune Trend, TP ICAP, HiThink, StashAway, Tradeweb Markets and MX Technologies. |
| How many companies has Carta acquired? | Carta has acquired 8 companies, including Avantia Law, ListAlpha, Sirvatus, Accelex and Tactyc by Carta. |
| How many companies has Carta invested in? | Carta has invested in 4 companies, including SimpleClosure, Arch, Tap and Syndicate. |
| What was Carta's last investment? | In May 2025, Carta invested in SimpleClosure's $15M Series A alongside TTV Capital, The LegalTech Fund, Anthemis and 3 other investors. |
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