# eShares's pitch deck > eShares's pitch deck: 41 slides, and the funding round we observed afterwards. Source: https://millionrounds.com/decks/eshares (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) **eShares** Information technology & services 1 / 41 Read in the app Pitch deck # eShares's *pitch deck* The deck, and the 4 rounds we watched eShares raise afterwards, with the investors each report named. Carta, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in ownership management for both private and public companies. Founded in 2012 by Henry Ward and Manu Kumar, Carta has developed a comprehensive platform that digitizes and automates the entire equity lifecycle. The company serves over 50,000 clients across more than 160 countries, managing approximately $220 billion in assets through its fund administration and special purpose vehicle (SPV) services. Carta's offerings include cap table management, equity tracking, automated 409A valuations, and liquidity solutions. The platform replaces traditional spreadsheets with a unified system, streamlining equity management for startups, venture capital firms, and public companies. With a strong focus on empowering entrepreneurs and investors, Carta aims to make wealth creation accessible and transparent. The company has raised around $1.2 billion in venture capital and continues to innovate in the equity management space. 41 slides 5.7MB US Information technology & services Fintech Read the deck Free account. The deck belongs to eShares, so reading it needs one; everything on this page is public. What is in it ## The deck, slide by slide Each slide by what it argues. 41 slides against a median of 13 across the 1,712 decks we hold. *median* - 1 **Cover** - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 **Business model** - 10 **Product** - 11 **Go to market** - 12 - 13 **Traction** - 14 **Validation** - 15 **Validation** - 16 **The ask** - 17 - 18 **Traction** - 19 **Product** - 20 - 21 **Product** - 22 **Product** - 23 **Market** - 24 **Contact** - 25 - 26 - 27 **The ask** - 28 - 29 **Market** - 30 **Market** - 31 **Market** - 32 **Validation** - 33 **Validation** - 34 **Validation** - 35 **Validation** - 36 **Validation** - 37 **Market** - 38 - 39 **Market** - 40 - 41 **Validation** Cover Business model Product Go to market Traction Validation The ask Market Contact What happened next ## $68M across 4 rounds **4** rounds observed **$68M** reported in total **Aug 2013** first we saw **Oct 2017** most recent - Oct 2017 Series C **$42M** [Menlo Ventures Lead](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures)[Social Capital Lead](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) Reported by TechCrunch - Aug 2015 Series B **$17M** [Anthemis Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anthemis-group)[Expansion Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expansion-venture-capital)[Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures)[SierraMaya360](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierramaya360-vc)[Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital)[Subtraction Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/subtraction-capital)[Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) Source recorded - Jan 2015 Series A **$7.0M** [Expansion Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expansion-venture-capital)[K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures)[Semil Shah](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[Service Provider Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/service-provider-capital)[Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital)[Subtraction Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/subtraction-capital)[Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) Source recorded - Aug 2013 Seed **$1.8M** [Andy Palmer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andy-palmer)[Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates)[Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj)[Expansion Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expansion-venture-capital)[K9 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k9-ventures)[Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)[Scott Banister](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scott-banister)[Structure Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/structure-capital)[Subtraction Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/subtraction-capital)[TEEC Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teec-angel-fund)[Todd Corenson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/todd-corenson)[XG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xg-ventures) Reported by techcrunch.com [Everyone who backed eShares](https://millionrounds.com/company/eshares) Form D What they told the regulator ## eShares filed 6 Form Ds with the SEC The company reporting its own raise, rather than a journalist reporting it. **Aug 2021** most recent filing 1 / 41 The deck itself ## Read eShares's full pitch deck All 41 slides, each read for what it argues and set against the decks that raised at the same stage. The cover is shown here; the rest is read in the app. Read the deck *→* Free account. The deck belongs to eShares. ## Investors who claim them Firms listing eShares on their own portfolio page: the firm's own account rather than a round we watched. Weaker than an announcement, much stronger than a list somebody sold us. [**Information Technology Ventures** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/information-technology-ventures)[**Innovation Fund** Investment firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-fund-2)[**OKLAHOMA FUND** Investment firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oklahoma-fund) ## More decks [**Sorare** Information technology & services 1 / 22 **$680M** raised after](https://millionrounds.com/decks/sorare)[**Thoughtspot** Information technology & services 1 / 22 **$484M** raised after](https://millionrounds.com/decks/thoughtspot)[**Dutchie** Information technology & services 1 / 9 **$368M** raised after](https://millionrounds.com/decks/dutchie)[**Iterable** Information technology & services 1 / 13 **$357M** raised after](https://millionrounds.com/decks/iterable) [Browse all 1,712 decks](https://millionrounds.com/decks). We hold no record of where this file came from or on what terms. 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