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What happens to Carta now?
Cap table management startup Carta has been dealing with a PR nightmare for the past couple of days. This isn’t Carta’s first public scandal, to be clear, but […]
Carta’s growth story is being overshadowed by its stock trading snafu
Carta’s decision to exit the secondary share trading business was a quick response to the controversy that emerged after it was chastised by customers for using private data […]
After taking credibility hit, Carta announces it is exiting the secondaries business: “We have decided to prioritize trust”
Roughly 72 hours after a prominent startup customer complained that Carta was misusing information with which it was entrusted — scaring many of Carta’s tens of thousands of […]
Carta, the cap table management outfit, is accused of unethical tactics by a prominent startup
Carta, an ambitious 12-year-old Silicon Valley outfit, has gone through numerous iterations over time, originally inviting investors, startups, and employees to use its software to manage their cap […]
A Stripe secondary deal worth paying attention to
Venture capitalists and founders are hoping — praying? — for exits to pick back up in 2024. A recent TechCrunch+ survey found that there is consensus among VCs that exits […]
Dog-themed memecoins are pawing their way back into investors’ hearts
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Secondaries investors say some valuations are still too high
Startup valuations — especially at the later stages — have come down drastically over the last year and a half of the ongoing market correction. Companies that once boasted […]
Saudi shopping and BNPL platform Tamara tops $1B valuation in $340M Series C funding
Tamara, a buy now pay later platform for consumers in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region, has raised $340 million in a financing C round that values […]
Take the time to brush up those pitch decks
The holidays are in full swing, which means you might start getting automatic-reply emails as people take off on vacation. But don’t let the relative calmness of the […]