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Last year began as a promising one for growth in the pre-seed market—so how did it end up? We have all the key trends on SAFEs, convertible notes, dilution, and much more.

The startup fundraising landscape is undergoing a clear resurgence from the post-pandemic slowdown. Carta has all the data, including trends in round sizes, valuations, dilution, and more, across every stage and every region of the U.S.

How do startups divide their equity among co-founders and other key shareholders? This first-of-its-kind data report offers a comprehensive guide.

After a historically lackluster 2023, the fintech fundraising market has picked back up—through the first nine months of 2024, fintech startups on Carta combined to raise about $3.8 billion in new VC funding.

Using aggregated and anonymized data from tens of thousands of startups, we examine how opportunities to found companies, raise venture funding, and work at startups are distributed according to race and gender.

The number of special-purpose vehicles has grown in recent years, and the size of SPVs is growing—a sign of their growing appeal among private equity and venture capital firms.

In the aftermath of the remarkable pandemic bull run of 2021 and early 2022, the venture market has settled into a new normal. The third quarter showed upward trends at the later stages in deal activity and M&As.

See the latest pre-seed data on deal sizes, management fees, valuation caps, a breakdown of SAFEs compared to convertible notes, and a map of the states where the most pre-seed activity takes place.

The number of new SPVs exploded during the venture capital boom of 2021. While they have slowed down since then, it's clear the long-term trend is pointing upward.

Our second annual Ownership Trends in Private Equity report provides a status update on the progress private equity has made toward the commitment to expand employee ownership.

Pre-seed investing continues to evolve. Carta's Q2 2024 report on pre-seed investing examines trends in financings at the earliest stage of the startup lifecycle.