Discussion

• @rickheitzmann Rick Heitzmann on x

  This is a huge step by @cartainc and @HenryWard that will tremendously benefit the startup community - especially founders and employees. Finally, a private stock exchange | by Henry Ward | Feb, 2021 | Medium https://henrysward.medium.com/ ...

• @coryweinberg Cory Weinberg on x

  Carta's newly launched exchange facilitated shares of its own stock at prices that more than doubled its last private valuation Can it attract companies not named Carta to CartaX in a year when public markets are booming? New from @zoeSaintBernard & me: https://thein.fo/...

• @ychernova Yuliya Chernova on x

  Carta finally launched its private-market CartaX by having its shareholders sell some $99.7M worth of its shares. The deal bumped up Carta's valuation to $6.9 billion, from $3.1B in its last primary round. Henry Ward's takeaways include: “Tender offers hurt employees” https://twi…

• @nolanchurch Nolan Church on x

  the future of private market liquidity is finally here. congrats to @henrysward, @CKevers, @mikwu and all of my friends at @cartainc!! https://henrysward.medium.com/ ...

• @semil @semil on x

  If you've ever tried to claim, obtain, and sell shares from startup M&A, you know that traditional brokerage businesses are running a racket, and that new platforms like AngelList and Carta, now with CartaX, could be $100B modern financial platforms.

• @andrewparker @andrewparker on x

  Big congrats to everyone at Carta for pushing hard to bring CartaX to market. I am *so curious* to see how the late stage fundraising environment unfolds in the coming years now that this option is available. https://twitter.com/...

• @allen Allen Gannett on x

  This is super super neat and I'm still wrapping my head around the implications especially with regard to late stage financings https://twitter.com/...

• @shaig Shai Goldman on x

  An exchange for private stock , love to see it , great news for employees https://henrysward.medium.com/ ...

• @jaredmermey Jared Mermey on x

  .@cartainc's CartaX will fundamentally change late round financing. The supply/demand equilibrium will fundamentally change. Essentially, a mini-IPO process every quarter. https://henrysward.medium.com/ ...

• @baburkhwaja Babur Khwaja on x

  @cartainc launched a private stock exchange! Also, they shared interesting data on tender offers. — https://henrysward.medium.com/ ...

• @scottehartley Scott Hartley on x

  Big day for @cartainc and the democratization of equity and ownership. Robinhood and $GME was so last week https://henrysward.medium.com/ ...

• @karimbhalwani Karim Bhalwani on x

  Special props to @henrysward and the CartaX team for enabling former employees to sell shares of @cartainc through an intuitive and transparent auction process. Awesome milestone along the way to becoming a private stock exchange. https://henrysward.medium.com/ ... (1 of 2)

• @jstrauss J-Strizzle on x

  This is super cool and will have ripple effects we can't possibly contemplate yet! Particularly interesting to think of how this could intersect with the SPAC trend. https://twitter.com/...

• @amir Amir Efrati on x

  New: VCs' fav portfolio management app @cartainc just got 46x valuation multiple as it launched what it hopes will be Nasdaq of private shares. https://thein.fo/... via @zoeSaintBernard @coryweinberg

• @scottbelsky Scott Belsky on x

  When you launch a marketplace that is demonstrably better for both buyers and sellers, the thing being sold also becomes optimized. In this case, the thing being sold is equity in private companies - a key driver for innovation across all industries. 💥 @henrysward & team. https:/…

• @zerobeta Justin Paterno on x

  This felt inevitable for so long. I love how they took their time and I hope it wasn't rushed to compete with SPACs. I think it could add a ton of long term potential value across the private company landscape. https://twitter.com/...