Carta: $6.8 billion

In 2012, serial investor Manu Kumar and entrepreneur Henry Ward started Carta as eShares. Ward was named CEO, while Kumar was named Chairman. The founders noticed a need for venture-backed firms to be able to electronically manage stock, issue securities, and maintain their cap tables, so they founded the company.

Carta is a technology business located in San Francisco, California that focuses on capitalization table management and valuation software. Paper stock certificates, as well as stock options, warrants, and derivatives, are digitized by the firm to assist corporations, investors, and workers in managing their equity and producing a real-time image of corporate ownership. In addition, the firm runs the CartaX private stock exchange and publishes research on the gender equity gap in several industries. CartaX, a secondary marketplace, was just formed, allowing unicorn startup employees to sell their shares to investors.

Detailed Information:

Founded: 2012
Founders: Henry Ward, Manu Kumar
Headquarters: San Francisco, California

Number of employees: 1451 (2021)