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Introducing our first State of Pre-seed fundraising report.

We cover both standard and non-standard terms for each of the various rights and liquidation preferences, and how they can affect stockholder payouts.

The median pre-money valuation for Series C deals climbed to $250 million in Q2, 35% higher than in Q1.

Carta Carry, the VC mobile app, just launched two new features to make calling capital easier.

The venture economy stabilized somewhat in Q2.

With the broader VC industry in a downturn, early-stage AI startups saw a significant increase in key venture metrics in early 2023.

In terms of median valuation and round size, the seed stage has shown far less volatility than any other stage of the startup fundraising lifecycle.

The downward spiral in late-stage valuations finally subsided, according to the first cut of Carta’s Q2 data.

Trends in early-stage valuations have varied significantly across five of the busiest sectors for fundraising activity in the startup ecosystem.

Q1 2023 marked the first time since Q4 2021 that the median round size increased at Series A through Series D.

In Q2 2023, startup valuations showed signs of a comeback from the venture downturn that started in early 2022.