“Can a cap table management platform become the financial operating system for all of private capital — connecting startups, fund managers, and investors through equity, compliance, and fund operations?”
Founded in 2012 as eShares to put paper stock certificates in the cloud, Carta evolved into the dominant cap table management platform for US private companies. By 2019 it had expanded into fund administration, serving venture capital and private equity. The company increasingly embedded legal and compliance services (Carta Law), and now operates as a multi-product private capital OS spanning cap tables, fund management, 409A valuations, liquidity programs, and investor AML/KYC — connecting startups, investors, and fund managers on one platform.