This quarter, we’ve made Carta Total Compensation more flexible and comprehensive, with updates that are about more than just functionality. They reflect our belief that compensation planning should be deeply connected—to strategy, context, and the tools and teams shaping a company’s growth. Now, those connections are getting stronger, so you can move faster—with clarity, consistency, and confidence.
Benchmarks for board members and advisors
This quarter, we released a net new dataset: equity benchmarks for board members and advisors by valuation. For startups bringing on advisors for the first time—or growth-stage companies calibrating board grants—this fills a critical gap in compensation planning.
New roles and more tailored benchmarks
We’ve expanded our benchmark dataset to help you make more competitive offers. Capital-raised benchmarks allow you to filter salary and equity ranges based on funding raised, not just valuation or headcount. New geographic adjustments for Canadian cities—Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal—provide localized accuracy for compensation planning. And finally, we’ve added compensation data for five new roles: Sales Operations, HR Operations, Demand Generation, Business Intelligence & Analytics, and Onboarding & Implementations.
Smarter, more flexible headcount planning
With updates to the hiring planner in the Manage Employees hub, you can build, save, and manage multiple hiring plans across departments and timelines. Connect these plans to your equity pool forecast report to view the impact in real time, ensuring People, Finance, and Talent teams stay on the same page.
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