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Here’s what to expect from Congress and the new administration in 2025 and how the policy agenda will impact the innovation ecosystem—private equity, venture capital, and the startups and small businesses they support.

Understand the key components of fund management for private equity and venture capital funds. We'll cover how fund management works throughout a fund's lifecycle—from capital allocation, risk management, portfolio company oversight, asset management, and fund administration.

In 2024, we focused on delivering solutions that enhance accuracy, give investors control, and streamline operations—so you can focus on scaling your firm. Here's a look back at everything we accomplished together this past year.

While the high-level numbers have nosed down, other key metrics—like valuations and round sizes—are trending up at the seed stage. And some of these statistics look very different across different common sectors.

After a historically lackluster 2023, the fintech fundraising market has picked back up—through the first nine months of 2024, fintech startups on Carta combined to raise about $3.8 billion in new VC funding.

The number of new tender offers administered by Carta has now increased in five of the past six quarters. That includes Q3, which saw 26 new tender offers—the highest quarterly total since the boom times of 2022.

The number of special-purpose vehicles has grown in recent years, and the size of SPVs is growing—a sign of their growing appeal among private equity and venture capital firms.

The median seed valuation climbed to $14.8 million and the median Series A valuation rose to $45 million in Q3, as investors became more proactive after several quarters of patience.

Morgan Stanley at Work to become Carta’s preferred U.S. public equity management platform, aligning world-class cap table management and IPO readiness with public equity compensation solutions and wealth management.

In the aftermath of the remarkable pandemic bull run of 2021 and early 2022, the venture market has settled into a new normal. The third quarter showed upward trends at the later stages in deal activity and M&As.

Distributions are a critical metric by which LPs measure the fund performance of VC funds. In recent years, however, they’re getting harder to find.