Carta's inaugural VC fund performance report analyzes benchmarks for more than 1800 funds across six recent vintages.

QSBS incentivizes investment in startups and helps them recruit talent during their critical early stages. QSBS has proven to be a successful policy—but it can be further enhanced to benefit more employees.

In Q2 2024, the venture ecosystem showed modest signs of improvement.

Carta data shows that companies have become leaner and salary benchmarks have remained flat across much of the ecosystem.

With competition fierce among VCs for premium startup deals, some are turning their attention to earlier stages, causing knock-on effects for the rest of the venture ecosystem.

The West is the dominant U.S. region for overall venture fundraising. But in key sectors like fintech and health, other regions aren’t far behind.