Carta

Carta is a private software company founded in 2012 by Henry Ward, headquartered in San Francisco. It provides equity management and capitalization table (cap table) software serving private companies, late-stage startups, venture funds, and their stakeholders. The platform is core infrastructure for managing ownership structures, equity grants, fund administration, and financial reporting. Carta has become one of the most widely used cap table management tools, supporting thousands of companies and funds globally. With offices in San Francisco, New York, and London, the company has raised substantial venture funding in this critical back-office segment of the private company ecosystem.