Carta

Trusted by over 20,000 companies and investors, Carta changes how companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership. Founders can prepare for a fundraise, execute SAFE financings, and issue & track founder, employee, and investor equity. On Carta, a clean cap table is just the beginning.

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Carta for Founders:

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• Run an informed fundraising process with fundraising benchmarks & scenario modeling
• Close your round quickly using automated SAFEs
• Instantly issue equity to your team members, and make it easy for them to accept it

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Innovation DuPage | Carta Perks:

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• Launch is Carta's free platform for early-stage founders looking to prepare for a fundraise, close SAFEs, and issue equity to employees (free for any new company with less than $1M in funding and 25 stakeholders). When you graduate from Launch, receive 20% off the first year of a paid plan to access 409a valuations and more.

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Sign up HERE and you'll be set up with a founder-friendly onboarding flow, have access to live in-app support/weekly office hours, and receive tons of helpful resources for early stage founders.

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Additional Resources for Founders

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• Carta's Founder Resource Center - everything you need to get your company off the ground—from “great idea” to “going public.” We’re starting with a comprehensive guide to starting your fundraising journey, with the info you need, tools to help you calculate your next steps, and advice from founders who have been there.

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