id,date,date_precision,status,transaction_type,round,amount_usd_low,amount_usd_high,lead_or_buyer,co_leads,valuation_usd_low,valuation_usd_high,valuation_basis,valuation_to_run_rate_multiple,multiple_bound,multiple_basis,step_up_vs_prior_closed,price_per_share_usd_low,price_per_share_usd_high,shares,source,source_url,other_source_urls,notes,last_updated
secondary-talks-2024-06-06,2024-06-06,day,Reported talks,secondary,Planned secondary sale (reported),,,Jefferies (bank running the sale),,2000000000,2000000000,TechCrunch sources: a secondary sale “that would value the company at $2 billion”; Carta had hoped for $4B; not confirmed by Carta,,,,,,,,"TechCrunch, 6 Jun 2024",https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/06/cartas-valuation-to-be-cut-by-billions-in-an-upcoming-secondary-sale/,,"Reported, not confirmed: TechCrunch says “even $2 billion may prove ambitious”; Carta did not comment. No completion has been reported in the sources found (13 Nov 2026). A secondary sale, not a funding round, so it is not the last-closed valuation.",2026-11-13
employee-sale-2022,2022-11-03,day,Tender,employee_secondary,Employee share sale,,,,,8500000000,8500000000,CEO Henry Ward to Axios,,,,,,,,"Axios Pro, 3 Nov 2022",https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2022/11/03/cap-table-startup-carta-valued-at-85-billion,,"Axios (3 Nov 2022): valuation “jumped to $8.5 billion earlier this year after employees sold shares to investors”. Exact sale date not given; the row uses the report date. Secondary, not a primary round.",2026-11-13
series-g-2021-08-13,2021-08-13,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Series G,500000000,500000000,Silver Lake,,7400000000,7400000000,Post-money; $6.9B pre-money (Global Venturing),,,,2.39,,,,"Henry Ward (Carta CEO), Aug 2021",https://henrysward.medium.com/carta-series-g-3a3702f69b11,https://www.axios.com/2021/08/13/carta-valuation-fundraising https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/13/carta-says-it-just-used-its-own-product-to-establish-a-new-and-far-higher-valuation-for-itself/ https://globalventuring.com/corporate/carta-darts-to-500m-series-g/,The $6.9B pre-money matched the price set in the February 2021 CartaX auction (Henry Ward).,2026-11-13
cartax-2021-02-04,2021-02-04,day,Tender,secondary,CartaX secondary auction,99700000,,414 buyers on CartaX,,6900000000,6900000000,"Auction price (“Carta market cap: $6.9B”, Henry Ward)",,,,,,,,"Henry Ward (Carta CEO), 4 Feb 2021",https://henrysward.medium.com/finally-a-private-stock-exchange-cartax-3c658f30ac97,https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/04/cartas-startup-liquidity-service-cartax-conducts-first-transactions-on-its-own-cap-table/,"Carta’s own shares sold on its CartaX exchange in 1,484 orders: a secondary sale with no new primary capital.",2026-11-13
series-f-2020-05-10,2020-05-10,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Series F,180000000,180000000,"Lightspeed Venture Partners, Tribe Capital",,3100000000,3100000000,Per Henry Ward and TechCrunch,,,,1.82,,,,"Fenwick, 10 May 2020",https://www.fenwick.com/insights/experience/fenwick-represents-carta-in-180-million-financing,https://henrysward.medium.com/finally-a-private-stock-exchange-cartax-3c658f30ac97 https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/04/cartas-startup-liquidity-service-cartax-conducts-first-transactions-on-its-own-cap-table/,Source conflict on size: Carta’s law firm Fenwick says $180M (used here); Henry Ward’s Feb 2021 post says “a $200M Series F”. Date is Fenwick’s posting date.,2026-11-13
series-e-2019-05-06,2019-05-06,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Series E,300000000,300000000,Andreessen Horowitz,,1700000000,1700000000,Per TechCrunch and Crunchbase News,,,,,,,,"TechCrunch, 6 May 2019",https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/06/carta-was-just-valued-at-1-7-billion-by-andreessen-horowitz-in-a-deal-some-see-as-rich/,https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/carta-raises-300m-at-1-7b-valuation/,"Came five months after an $80M Series D (December 2018, Crunchbase News).",2026-11-13