Carta: VC deals are stalling at seed, with the Series A deal count falling by 79% between Q1 2022 and Q1 2025; 46% of seed deals were bridge rounds in Q1 2025
Top of the Morning — Venture capital's series progression is stalling at seed, according to new data released this morning by Carta.
CB Insights: a record 1,200 VC-backed unicorns have yet to IPO or get acquired; Carta: fewer than 30% of 2021 unicorns raised funding in the past three years
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CB Insights: a record 1,200 VC-backed unicorns have yet to IPO or get acquired; Carta: fewer than 30% of 2021 unicorns raised funding in the past three years
The billion-dollar startup bubble is deflating, and more than $1 trillion in value is locked up in companies with dwindling prospects. Bluesky: @kellblog and @katieroof LinkedIn: Katie Roof , Erika Ha...
Carta data shows that 966 US-based startups shut down in 2024, compared to 769 in 2023, with enterprise SaaS startups accounting for 32% of the closures
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Carta says 254 of its VC-backed clients went bust in Q1 2024 and the startup bankruptcy rate is over 7x that of 2019, as funds from the 2021-2022 boom run out
Private company shutdowns jump compared with last year despite AI funding frenzy, threatening millions of jobs at VC-backed firms
Carta: tech startup workers are receiving 37% less equity in their companies on average compared with 18 months ago; average salaries are down 0.2% since 2022
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Equity management software company Carta raises $500M Series G led by Silver Lake at a valuation of $7.4B
Equity management software company Carta raises $500M Series G led by Silver Lake at a valuation of $7.4B
Carta raised a $500M Series G, valuing the company at $7.4B. The round was led by Silver Lake. Of our eight rounds of capital raised, this was the largest and also the simplest. Tweets: @cartainc Tw...
Carta, which launched a private stock exchange CartaX to help employees and investors sell stock in private startups, is now valued at $6.9B
Launching an exchange to help employees and investors sell stock in private startups may seem an odd choice for this year, given the boom in public listings that promise imminent cashouts.
Equity management platform Carta is planning to launch CartaX, a private share trading platform to rival Nasdaq, this summer for companies worth $1B+
Silicon Valley start-up poised to launch exchange as tech companies delay IPOs — The Silicon Valley start-up Carta is planning to launch … Tweets: @sameer_singh17 , @mayazi , @thecompoundnews , and ...