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Here’s what to expect from Congress and the new administration in 2025 and how the policy agenda will impact the innovation ecosystem—private equity, venture capital, and the startups and small businesses they support.

Learn how to value your startup equity and download our startup equity calculator to see what your equity could be worth. Calculate your startup equity value today.

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 new tender offers administered by Carta has now increased in five of the past six quarters. That includes Q3, which saw 26 new tender offers—the highest quarterly total since the boom times of 2022.

Learn what fully diluted shares are and how to calculate your company's fully diluted share count. We'll also explain key differences between fully diluted shares, authorized shares, and outstanding shares.

Learn how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) sunset could impact individuals and businesses in 2025. We'll cover what happens to existing tax brackets after the TCJA expires, key changes to note, and how to prepare yourself and your business.

Maximize your tax benefits and minimize risks by learning when and how to exercise stock options.

In Q2 2024, the venture ecosystem showed modest signs of improvement.

Carta data shows that companies have become leaner and salary benchmarks have remained flat across much of the ecosystem.

Initial data from Q2 2024 shows modest increases in median valuation and round size across much of the U.S. venture ecosystem.

Learn how a cashless exercise of stock options works, including tax implications to consider when exercising ISOs or NSOs.