CARTA BLOG

Owner’s Manual

Whether you’re getting your first option grant or managing a fund, our blog is the best place to learn about ownership, equity, and the Carta product.

Fair equity is table stakes: 2019 gender equity gap study

See a summary of our second annual gender equity gap study here, and check out the full report (and learn more about what you can do) at tablestakes.com.

Equity glossary

Here is a guide to help you understand some terms and phrases that frequently come up in relation to equity.

How a Y Combinator founder maintained a cap table that was 50 percent women

A conversation with Mutiny co-founder and CEO, Jaleh Rezaei about fundraising and how she got to a cap table that’s 50% women investors.

What is carry (or carried interest)?

Venture capital firms utilize carry to compensate and incentivize their general partners. Learn how carry works at a VC firm.

Fair equity is table stakes: 2019 gender equity gap study

See a summary of our second annual gender equity gap study here, and check out the full report (and learn more about what you can do) at tablestakes.com.

Carta Launch open beta

Carta Launch is a free cap table management plan for early-stage companies, available exclusively through our law firm partners.

Improving the Carta experience for law firms

Learn more about our recent product improvements we made on Carta for our law firm partners.

The future is underrepresented groups: A look back at Table Stakes 2019

On November 4th at Fort Mason in San Francisco, hundreds of people came together for the first-ever Table Stakes event to discuss the launch of the Table Stakes initiative and release of Carta’s second annual gender equity gap report.

SaaS company valuations, metrics, and IPOs: An interview with Alex Clayton of Spark Capital

We caught up with former banker and current investor Alex Clayton to ask him some questions about metrics, high valuations, and what it takes for companies to go public.

Fair equity is table stakes: 2019 gender equity gap study

See a summary of our second annual gender equity gap study here, and check out the full report (and learn more about what you can do) at tablestakes.com.

Equity education

Equity glossary

Here is a guide to help you understand some terms and phrases that frequently come up in relation to equity.

Equity 101 Part 3: How stock options are taxed

We explore what it means to exercise stock options, the taxes you may need to pay, and the common times people exercise their options.

Equity 101 Part 2: Stock option strike prices

What determines a stock option strike price? Learn more about strike prices, how stock options gain value over time, and dilution.

Employee resource center

Equity 101 Part 3: How stock options are taxed

We explore what it means to exercise stock options, the taxes you may need to pay, and the common times people exercise their options.

Equity 101 Part 2: Stock option strike prices

What determines a stock option strike price? Learn more about strike prices, how stock options gain value over time, and dilution.

Equity 101 Part 1: Startup employee stock options

Received stock options from your company and don’t understand what that means? Here’s how to make sense of your offer letter and option grant.

Founder resource center

How a Y Combinator founder maintained a cap table that was 50 percent women

A conversation with Mutiny co-founder and CEO, Jaleh Rezaei about fundraising and how she got to a cap table that’s 50% women investors.

Liquidity myths

There are a lot of misconceptions causing companies to hold back from embracing liquidity. Here, we dispel the most common liquidity myths.

How to value your equity offer (free startup equity calculator)

Learn how to evaluate the equity portion of your job offer and download our free equity calculator to see what your options could be worth.

Product education

Carta vs Captable.io

As a growing company, the last thing you want to do when your equity management needs change is to switch over to a new platform.

Find your metrics faster with our new investor design

We’ve made it easier for investors to navigate and track their portfolio.

Carta vs Shareworks

Carta makes it easier to keep your cap table up to date and stay compliant throughout your company’s lifecycle.

From our CEO

Next Chapter Program at Carta

In this program we will help employees think about their careers and plan their next steps, whether at Carta or otherwise.

Private stock picking

Why choosing a job is like picking a stock and what employees should look for in a company.

Carta in Waterloo

Carta is opening an R&D office in Waterloo, Canada.

How we work

Next Chapter Program at Carta

In this program we will help employees think about their careers and plan their next steps, whether at Carta or otherwise.

Closing the gender gap in equity: How to fix historical errors in equity distribution

We want to help other companies address their historical equity imbalances. Here’s how we reviewed our own equity guidelines, and how we approached extending fix-it grants to employees.

A better job offer letter

At Carta, we spend a lot of time figuring out how to better educate employees about startup equity. We realized that the job offer letter itself was a good place to do this, so in 2016, we decided to reinvent the offer letter. Check ours out and download it to use as a template.

Building Carta

How Product Designers Fight Extinction

All product designers solve business problems. Some are passionate about the industry, some are more creative.

Why you shouldn’t use “Cron Jobs?”

Cron isn’t always the best way to solve a software development problem.

Supercharging Django Productivity

For us, Django is more than boilerplates of models, views, and templates; it is a cohesive easy-to-extend abstraction of how data interacts with the world.

Partner stories

How a Y Combinator founder maintained a cap table that was 50 percent women

A conversation with Mutiny co-founder and CEO, Jaleh Rezaei about fundraising and how she got to a cap table that’s 50% women investors.

How small businesses can become more efficient with their time: A conversation with Jeff Lipp from Artkive

We spoke to Jeff Lipp, cofounder and COO of Artkive, to learn how he spends less time on unnecessary busywork and more time growing the business.

How a clean cap table helps you with an acquisition: Interview with MapAnything’s CFO

During MapAnything’s acquisition in 2019, Carta proved to be a valuable tool that sped along the due diligence process.

Trends

SaaS company valuations, metrics, and IPOs: An interview with Alex Clayton of Spark Capital

We caught up with former banker and current investor Alex Clayton to ask him some questions about metrics, high valuations, and what it takes for companies to go public.

Starting a women-led fund: An interview with Women 2.0 founder Kate Brodock

We interviewed Kate Brodock, CEO and cofounder of Women 2.0 and founding partner of W, a women-focused fund.

The direct listing nobody is talking about

The iHeartMedia direct listing is different than other direct listings and could have a market-defining impact.

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