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Reed McBride

Reed McBride started his career in Silicon Valley as a start-up attorney at Orrick, advising over 100 technology companies on billions of dollars of VC and M&A transactions. Prior to joining Carta, he scaled two start-ups over five years, building teams and leading numerous functions including Business Operations, Finance, People Ops, Legal, and Corp Dev. Reed currently runs Business Development at Carta, and is an active early-stage investor. Reed holds a BS with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois College of Engineering and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif and served on the California Law Review.
Advisory shares are a form of equity that early-stage startups (especially pre-seed, idea-stage ones) can give to their advisors instead of cash compensation.
Advisory shares guide

Advisory shares are a form of equity that early-stage startups (especially pre-seed, idea-stage ones) can give to their advisors instead of cash compensation.
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Use Firstbase to automatically create a cap table on Carta Launch

Today, we’re announcing the integration of Carta Launch with Firstbase so you can focus on building your company instead of your cap table. Once you’ve incorporated your company on Firstbase, your cap table will automatically show up on the Carta Launch platform.  Launch is a free platform for early-stage founders that you can use to […]
SAFEs, now automated on Carta

Since I first joined Carta two years ago, I’ve been intrigued by the potential of our platform to empower—and make life easier for—the founders, investors, and lawyers who rely on Carta every day.  One aspect of our ecosystem with clear room for improvement was SAFE financings. While we believe in the convenience and efficiency of […]
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Introducing Carta’s SAFE and convertible note calculator

If you’re fundraising, check out our free SAFE and convertible note calculator to understand the potential future impact before they convert in a priced round.
Video: A discussion on VC activity in 2020

I recently joined ​Cameron Stanfil from Pitchbook, Justin Field from NVCA, and ​Katherine Andersen from SVB to discuss fundraising, dealflow, and exit activity based on the Q1 2020 Venture Monitor Report. We also discussed the impact of COVID-19 and expectations for Q2. Highlights include: Exits were first to see effects as the IPO window has […]
The growth of employee equity pools

Recent data indicates that employee option pools may in fact be increasing––albeit slowly.