# Carta (Carta)

> Cap-table, equity-management and fund-administration platform that also offers Carta Total Comp salary and equity benchmarking.

## Facts
- **Website:** https://carta.com
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, USA
- **Country:** United States
- **Founded:** 2012
- **Founder:** Henry Ward, Manu Kumar
- **Employees:** 1001-5000
- **Total funding:** $1.2 billion
- **Categories:** Equity Management, Salary Data

## Overview
Carta, legally eShares, Inc., is a San Francisco company that builds software for capitalization-table management, 409A valuations and equity-plan administration, serving venture-backed startups and, via its fund-administration product, venture capital firms. It also operates Carta Total Comp, a compensation benchmarking tool that produces market salary and equity benchmarks from data across tens of thousands of private-market cap tables and is available to non-Carta customers.

## Products
Carta Cap Table Management; Carta 409A Valuations; Carta Equity Plans; Carta Fund Administration; Carta Total Compensation; Carta Private Stock (CartaX)

## Leadership
- Henry Ward — founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/henry-ward))
- Manu Kumar — founder ([profile](https://www.dhrmap.com/people/manu-kumar))

## Sources
- [Carta — official website](https://carta.com/logo.svg) — official
- [Carta (software company) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_(software_company)) — database
- [Introducing Carta Total Comp | Carta](https://carta.com/product-updates/introducing-carta-total-comp/) — official
- [Carta (software company) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_(software_company)) — database
- [Total Compensation Management Software | Carta](https://carta.com/equity-management/compensation/) — official
- [Expanding Carta Total Compensation to Non-Carta Customers | Carta](https://carta.com/product-updates/expanding-ctc/) — official
- [Carta (software company) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_(software_company)) — database
- [Carta (software company) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_(software_company)) — database
- [Carta (software company) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_(software_company)) — database

## FAQ
**What does Carta do?**

Cap-table, equity-management and fund-administration platform that also offers Carta Total Comp salary and equity benchmarking.

**Where is Carta headquartered?**

Carta is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, United States.

**When was Carta founded?**

Carta was founded in 2012.

**Who founded Carta?**

Carta was founded by Henry Ward, Manu Kumar.

**How many employees does Carta have?**

Carta has 1001-5000 employees.

**How much funding has Carta raised?**

Carta has raised $1.2 billion to date, per DHRMap records.

**What kind of HR technology is Carta?**

Carta is categorized under Equity Management, Salary Data on DHRMap.

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