Carta
Carta provides software for managing private company equity and fund administration, used by 50,000+ companies globally. Its platform handles $185B in assets across 8,500+ investment funds.
The growth story
Carta grew from 1,310 to 8,124 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $1.2B along the way, most recently a Series Unknown in February 2024.
About
Carta sells software that tracks ownership stakes in private companies and manages back-office operations for investment funds. Its tools are used by startups to issue employee stock options and by venture capital firms to administer their portfolios.
The company has raised $1.2B in funding, most recently in February 2024. It employs over 8,100 people, though recent headcount trends are unclear.
Founders and leadership
Sales is the largest department with 152 employees. The company has a median employee tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate turnover.
The Carta org chart
Henry Ward (CEO) leads 55 mapped leaders with 15 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Director, National Science Foundation Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA).
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 417 (+14% YoY), Sales 265 (+13% YoY), Accounting 225 (+11% YoY), Finance 184 (+13% YoY), Operations 163 (+25% YoY), Information Technology 140 (+18% YoY).
Talent flow
Carta hires heavily from financial services firms like BlackRock (13 hires), Morgan Stanley (11), and PwC (11). Alumni frequently move to Rippling (12 departures) and Salesforce (11).
Most common previous employers of Carta staff: BlackRock (13), Morgan Stanley (11), PwC (11), Goldman Sachs (10), Capdesk from Carta (9), Accelex (9). Former Carta employees most often moved to Rippling (12), Salesforce (11), Fieldguide (7), OpenAI (6), Anthropic (5), Morgan Stanley (5).
Alumni worth knowing
The Carta mafia
55 former employees have founded companies, including Metal (479 staff), Compound (144), and Gaya (133).
58James O'Dwyer, was Software Engineer until 2018Alex Farman-Farmaian, was Head of Corporate Coverage until 2022Carl Ziadé, was Product until 2021Avish Bhama, was Product until 2021Kirill Klokov, was Director of Product until 2020Ulric Musset, was Director until 2023Ashley Chang Dawson, was Head of Investor Experience Product until 2022
James McGillicuddy, was CartaX until 2022
Alessandro Chesser, was VP of Sales until 2022
Emily Kramer, was VP, Head of Marketing until 2019
Desmond (Des) Duggan, was Director of Product Management until 2023
Arik Oslerne, was Senior Director and Board Member (UK & Lux) until 2024
Jonathan Azoff, was Senior Engineering Manager, Investor Services until 2021
Purvi Mittal Goel, was Senior Product Manager until 2023
Mohnish Mohanty, was Head of Product - B2B Captable Management until 2023
Marla Sofer, was VP, Head of Strategic Partnerships until 2023
Gabriel Shin, was EU VC Partnership Lead until 2024
Erin Kim, was Senior Product Manager until 2024
Angeline Giammona, was Product Marketing, Customer Engagement, Lifecycle & Events until 2021
Michael Gauthier, was Senior Software Engineering Manager until 2023
Caelean Barnes, was Full Stack, Investor Services until 2018
Evan Doyle, was Software Engineer until 2020
Remy Astie, was Senior Director (Fund Admin & SPVs) until 2025
Luke Birch, was Lead Product Strategist until 2025
Sharat Khurana, was Managing Director, India until 2023
Christian Gabriel, was VP GTM until 2025
Martin Damhus, was Director of Delivery until 2025
Anton Kravchenko, was Senior Director of Product Management until 2024
Griffin Sinn, ECA, was Channel Implementations Team Lead until 2021
Nitesh Gupta, was Senior Software Engineer until 2022
Kayla Pearson, was Technical Talent Consultant (via BloomBright) until 2020
Tom M., was Head of Valuations until 2016
Rishi Tejura, was Account Manager, Venture Capital until 2021
Mason Corliss, was Valuations Team until 2024
Cody Z Anderson, CEP, was Head of Corporate Expansion - APAC until 2023
Brett Marlin, was Head of Product Design until 2019
Emily Z., was Director of Product | Carta until 2020
Jay Query, was Senior Director - Private Equity & Alternative Assets until 2025
Nolan Church, was Chief People Officer until 2020
Gladymir Philippe, was Product Specialist until 2019
Alex Choi, was GTM Leader until 2024
Maria Pope, was Head of Community until 2025
Natalie Ipsen, was Project Manager II until 2023
David DeMarco, was SVP Business Technology until 2026
Tania Zaparaniuk, was Director of External Communications until 2024
Sara Ashman, CFNC, was Account Executive, VC/PE Fund Administration until 2024
Philip Boukas, ABV, was Valuations Associate until 2022
Mate Z., was Advisor until 2015
Josh Mallory, was Account Executive, SaaS until 2020
Craig R, was Founding Team (Salt-Lake City) until 2019
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Web traffic
Traffic mix: 41% direct, 27% search, 9% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Carta: Microsoft Excel (2,902), SQL (2,342), Data Analysis (2,220), Stakeholder Management (1,840), Agile Methodologies (1,797), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (1,545), Python (Programming Language) (1,493), Project Management (1,488).
Where the team actually sits
Carta people are concentrated in California, United States (115), New York, United States (82), San Francisco Bay Area (72), England, United Kingdom (36). 10 offices on record.
Search footprint
Carta attracts about 135,100 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $711K a month if bought through ads. It gained 12,887 ranking keywords and lost 13,405 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.80 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.00 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Carta has 8,124 employees as of September 2026.
Carta has raised $1.2B in total, most recently a Series Unknown round in February 2024.
Carta was founded in 2012 by Manu Kumar.
Henry Ward (CEO) sits at the top of Carta's reporting structure, with 15 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Carta staff are BlackRock (13 people), Morgan Stanley (11 people), PwC (11 people).
Former Carta employees most often move to Rippling (12), Salesforce (11), Fieldguide (7).
At least 55 companies have a founder who previously worked at Carta, including Metal, Compound, Gaya.
Carta attracts about 135,100 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $711K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Carta staff are Microsoft Excel, SQL, Data Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Agile Methodologies.
Carta staff are concentrated in California, United States (115), New York, United States (82), San Francisco Bay Area (72).
Carta has about 417 people in Engineering, up 14% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Carta has about 265 people in Sales, up 13% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 547 current and 857 former Carta profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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