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February 2025
A shift is underway in how startup co-founders split their equity
How co-founders choose to divide equity has long-term implications for financial outcomes. In the past several years, Carta data show, founding teams of all sizes have been choosing to spread out their equity more equally.
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Venture Capital
February 2025
With fewer deals and fewer new funds, VC dollars are growing more concentrated
Venture investors and venture-backed founders are two distinct groups, but they’re facing a similar conundrum: Raising capital isn’t as simple as it used to be.
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Data & Research
February 2025
IPO activity has increased two years in a row. Will 2025 make it three?
Opportunities for shareholders in private companies to generate liquidity through IPOs have grown more frequent. Another year of increased IPO activity may be a realistic expectation.
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Data & Research
December 2024
Five ways the seed market shifted for startups in Q3
While the high-level numbers have nosed down, other key metrics—like valuations and round sizes—are trending up at the seed stage. And some of these statistics look very different across different common sectors.
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Data & Research
December 2024
Startups are renewing their embrace of tender offers in 2024
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.
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Data & Research
November 2024
Recent VC vintages struggle with a dip in TVPI—and with how to value their investments
Distributions are a critical metric by which LPs measure the fund performance of VC funds. In recent years, however, they’re getting harder to find.
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Data & Research
October 2024
For venture fund LPs, DPI is ‘the metric that rules them all’
Distributions to paid-in capital, which measures how much capital a fund has returned from exiting its investments, is a key metric for limited partners.
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Data & Research
October 2024
For startups seeking early-stage funding, ‘requirements have definitely gone up’
Compared to two years ago, valuation step-up multiples have declined while the typical time between priced rounds has risen. How are founders navigating the market’s ebbs and flows?
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Data & Research
July 2024
Amid a battle for deals, VCs are hunting for early-stage value
With competition fierce among VCs for premium startup deals, some are turning their attention to earlier stages, causing knock-on effects for the rest of the venture ecosystem.
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Data & Research
July 2024
Examining the geographic divide of VC activity in 4 key industries
The West is the dominant U.S. region for overall venture fundraising. But in key sectors like fintech and health, other regions aren’t far behind.
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Data & Research
July 2024
Seed valuations climbed to near-record heights in Q2
After holding steady in 2023, the median seed valuation has now jumped in two straight quarters, a sign that VCs are feeling optimistic about early-stage startups.
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Data & Research
July 2024
Startup shutdowns continued to accelerate in Q1
The number of startup shutdowns on Carta hit a new high in Q1, with 254 company closures—a 58% increase compared to last year.
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