"It's tremendously streamlined and reduces errors. When you make errors with people's compensation, it gets messy. We try to make sure that doesn't happen, and Carta helps us do that."
"At the end of the year, I can do our stock option accounting with the push of a button."
"We used [Carta] to get board approval for the financing round. After having used it once, our law firm and board members are fully bought in. It feels like the way board approvals should have worked all along. It just makes sense to have everything on platform."
"Carta is one of those purchases where your only regret is that you didn’t do it sooner. They helped my business get organized and compliant with our cap table. On-boarding was easy and our rep was very informed and patient as we gathered signatures. Total no-brainer for the business."
"I can't begin to count the hours of effort and frustration that Carta has saved my team. As a growing company, it's so important that we have an accurate, up-to-date 409A valuation, and Carta makes it easy."
"TLDR Just use Carta, and spend your time on more important questions."
"Carta is so well done. Such a great interface and product. Really enjoy using it with our portfolio companies."
"I am so excited that all of our funds and SPVs now have the same clean, clear, and consistent reporting framework."
"I have been very impressed with Carta fund admin. Everyone has been insanely helpful and responsive."
"I’ve also had the pleasure of meeting henrysward - he’s brilliant. Carta employees with whom I’ve spoken rave about the whole management team. And being a customer, I can comfortably say I’m VERY bullish on that company."
"Have you come across any companies intentionally not using Carta. It's nearing ubiqutiy within my portfolio. Not an investor or anything, but damn does it spare everyone, founders and investors, a ton of administrative hassle."
"I’ve got to imagine Carta will save us tens of thousands of dollars in the years to come. It’s such a time saver."
"Carta has been a total game changer for my Co-Founder and I the last few years. Thanks to the powerful tools and functionality that Carta has brought to the table, we can devote every ounce of our focus and energy to accomplishing our mission while keeping every investor and supporter looped in every step of the way."
“The more I speak to other VCs and understand how they run their business, especially on the portfolio value-add side, the more I notice it’s intentionally low touch. It’s chatting maybe once a quarter about how the business is generally doing. We like to build deeper personal relationships. We go to their offices and spend a lot of time with them.”
“If I were to advise a company, I’d make equity 101 something that every employee has to go through as part of onboarding.”