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Taxation on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) in Southeast Asia
Equity
December 2024
Taxation on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) in Southeast Asia
ESOPs have emerged as a pivotal tool for incentivizing and retaining talent while aligning employee interests with company success. But navigating the taxation complexities in this diverse region can be challenging.
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Startups are renewing their embrace of tender offers in 2024
Data & Research
December 2024
Startups are renewing their embrace of tender offers in 2024
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.
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Fully Diluted Shares
Equity Education
December 2024
Fully Diluted Shares
Learn what fully diluted shares are and how to calculate your company's fully diluted share count. We'll also explain key differences between fully diluted shares, authorized shares, and outstanding shares.
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How this psychedelic drug company went private and raised a $103M Series A
Fundraising Files
November 2024
How this psychedelic drug company went private and raised a $103M Series A
The CEO of Reunion Neuroscience, a company developing a drug to treat postpartum depression and mental health distress related to cancer, took a unique approach to advance company goals.
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Streamlining equity issuance with Carta’s Draft Option API
Announcements
November 2024
Streamlining equity issuance with Carta’s Draft Option API
This integration allows shared customers with our partners to draft option grants and generate legal documents for issuing equity directly from the Carta dashboard.
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State of Private Markets: Q3 2024
Data & Research
November 2024
State of Private Markets: Q3 2024
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.
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Exercising stock options
Educational Essentials
September 2024
Exercising stock options
Maximize your tax benefits and minimize risks by learning when and how to exercise stock options.
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Black-Scholes Model (BSM)
Private Companies
September 2024
Black-Scholes Model (BSM)
Learn how to use the Black-Scholes Model to value stock options in a private company, including the BSM formula, key assumptions, and limitations.
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Rollover equity
Late-Stage Private Companies
September 2024
Rollover equity
Learn how rollover equity works during PE M&A deals, including advantages, disadvantages, and tax treatment for buyers and sellers.
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Advisory shares
Educational Essentials
September 2024
Advisory shares
Learn what advisory shares are, how they work for early-stage companies, and how to start issuing equity to your advisors with this comprehensive guide.
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Option pools
Compensation
August 2024
Option pools
When and how you set up an option pool affects company valuation, share price and ownership dilution. This article explains how employee option pools work and how to calculate the size of your pool.
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Founder shares
Founder Education
August 2024
Founder shares
Learn how founders' shares work, common ways to structure equity for founders, and how to mitigate risks like stock dilution and disputes among co-founders.
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