Carta Startup stack
The Carta startup stack
A curated directory with special offers on products and tools to help founders build and scale companies. We’re here to help you save more and ease your software buying decisions with these unique offerings across bookkeeping, cloud computing, payroll and more.
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Cloud computing services
Receive up to $5k, $25k, or $100k in AWS Activate credits (eligibility criteria apply).
AWS offers reliable, scalable & inexpensive cloud computing services. Companies in ideation & product development scale with AWS to become more agile, innovate faster & lower costs.
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- Receive $5k, $25k, or $100k in AWS Activate credits (eligibility criteria apply).
Corporate credit card & no-fee business account
Get 80,000 rewards points ($800 value) after spending $1,000 on a Brex card.
Get a business account and credit card with no personal guarantee, best-in-class rewards, and no fees. Brex makes it refreshingly easy to manage your money and grow your business.
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- Free ACH & Wire transfers
- 10-20x higher credit limits & points on everything
- Tools & integrations to track spend
Integrated payments platform
Waived Stripe processing fees on your next $20,000.
Stripe’s payment platform helps companies accept payments from anywhere. Whether you’re creating a subscription service, on-demand marketplace, or e-commerce store.
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- Waived Stripe processing fees on your next $20k
- Discounted incorporation via Stripe Atlas ($100 value)
Business insurance for startups
Save up to 25% on business insurance coverages.
Insurance coverage for your startup & scales as you grow, within 24 hrs. Apply in minutes for 10+ lines of proprietary coverage, from General Liability to D&O. Backed by Munich Re.
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- Save up to 25% on coverage
- $50,000 in cap table coverage
- Chat or Zoom with your insurance advisor
Banking & corporate card
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Corporate credit card & no-fee business account
Get 80,000 rewards points ($800 value) after spending $1,000 on a Brex card.
Get a business account and credit card with no personal guarantee, best-in-class rewards, and no fees. Brex makes it refreshingly easy to manage your money and grow your business.
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- Free ACH & Wire transfers
- 10-20x higher credit limits & points on everything
- Tools & integrations to track spend
Corporate card & spend management platform
Free Platform Plan + $500 Bonus after spending $1,000 on Ramp.
Ramp is s corporate card & spend management platform designed to help you spend less. Get started today get one view of all your expenses with built-in intelligence to save you money.
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- Free Platform Plan + $500 Bonus after spending $1k
- Unlimited cards with 1.5% cashback
- Powerful limits & card controls
Business insurance
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Business insurance for startups
Save up to 25% on business insurance coverages.
Insurance coverage for your startup & scales as you grow, within 24 hrs. Apply in minutes for 10+ lines of proprietary coverage, from General Liability to D&O. Backed by Munich Re.
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- Save up to 25% on coverage
- $50,000 in cap table coverage
- Chat or Zoom with your insurance advisor
Insuring companies doing incredible things
10% off (Combinable with investor credits for up to 25% in total premium credits).
Get the right insurance with less hassle. Embroker provides the easiest way for founders to purchase D&O (and other speciality lines) after raising an institutional round.
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- 10% Premium Credit
- Free consultation
- Whiteglove service
Cloud computing
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Cloud computing services
Receive $5k, $25k, or $100k in AWS Activate credits (eligibility criteria apply).
AWS offers reliable, scalable & inexpensive cloud computing services. Companies in ideation & product development scale with AWS to become more agile, innovate faster & lower costs.
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- Receive $5k, $25k, or $100k in AWS Activate credits (eligibility criteria apply)
Monitor, Debug, & Optimize Cloud-Based Apps + Systems
Get insights in minutes with $125k in New Relic One credits (eligibility applies)
New Relic One provides the world-class observability tooling you need to quickly monitor, debug, and optimize all of your apps and systems so that you can build and scale your startup.
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- $125k in Full user credits
- 100GB free/month of data ingest
- Free unlimited alerts, dashboards, & anomaly detection
Communications & project management
Flexibility of spreadsheets with the power of a database
$2,000 Airtable credit and access to Airtable for Startups.
Entrepreneurs use Airtable to build MVPs, fill in the gaps between other tools, and develop custom workflows to manage processes like product launches, user research, content marketing, even fundraising outreach.
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- $2,000 Airtable credit
- Access to Airtable for Startups (includes exclusive office hours, content and events)
The all-in-one productivity workspace
$1,000 in credits off the Notion Team Plan
Notion blends most of your team's workflows into an all-in-one workspace. Tasks, wikis, roadmaps, pitch decks, & more! Customize your workspaces from dozens of LEGO-style building blocks.
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- $1,000 Notion credit
- Available to new and existing startups
- Access to hundreds of templates and to our startup starter pack
Create docs as powerful as an app
$1,000 credit towards your Coda workspace.
Coda is a new doc that brings words, data, and teams together. It comes with building blocksーlike tables and buttonsーwhich anyone can combine to make a doc as powerful as an app.
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- $1,000 Coda credit
- Available to new and existing customers
- Restricted to Series B or earlier stage companies
Business Phone, Video Conferencing & Contact Center
$5,000+ towards business phone lines and video conferencing.
Connect your team with a platform that powers voice, video, messages, and meetings across your existing devices.
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- 10 Free phone lines & unlimited video conferencing for life
- Up to 75% off additional phone lines
- Native integrations & APIs
Financing tools
Upfront capital for growth - without debt or dilution
Waived trading fees for the first 18 months.
Pipe is a trading platform that enables you to grow your businesses on your terms. Treat your recurring revenue as an asset and get upfront capital instantly, without debt or dilution.
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- Waived trade fees for 18 months
- Instant cash upfront
- Priority onboarding, support & a dedicated revenue manager
Hiring, HR, benefits & payroll
The first employee management platform
Carta customers get 6 months free Rippling payroll.
Rippling helps businesses manage every employee system — Payroll, Benefits, Computers, Apps and more — all in one modern platform.
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- 6 months free Rippling payroll
- Seamless integration
HR, Benefits, Payroll & more
Free payroll for 1 year, or 20% off Zenefits products.
Zenefits gives you and your employees a single place to easily manage payroll, benefits, HR, time & attendance, and more, within a single, easy-to-use platform and mobile app.
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- 1 year free payroll (businesses with
- 20% off Zenefits products
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
Payroll, benefits, compliance & HR – all in one place
Dedicated Justworks Account Manager & 1 month free of admin fees.
With Justworks, entrepreneurs and their teams get access to large-group benefits, automated payroll, compliance support, and HR tools — all in one place.
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- Access to large-group benefits & perks
- Automated payroll & easy-to-use HR tools
- Compliance support & 24/7 support
Payroll & Compliance for International Teams
30% off contractors and first employee FREE* for 12 months.
Build your global team with Deel. Onboard international employees and contractors in over 150 countries, compliantly and in minutes. Streamline payroll with one-click in 120 currencies.
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- 30% off contractors for 12 months
- First employee FREE for 12 months in select countries
- Free 45 minute consultation
Global HR, payroll & benefits platform
1st hire FREE + 2 months FREE for additional hires + 30 minute FREE consultation.
Remote empowers businesses of all sizes to build global teams. We make it simple and cost-effective to manage employment legally and compliantly anywhere in the world.
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- 1st employee free
- 2 months free for additional hires
- Free contractor management (no cap)
- 30 min free equity incentive planning consultation
U.S. Work Visas & Green Cards for Startup Founders
$500 credit towards work visa and green card services.
Legalpad helps you secure a work visa or green card to live and work in the U.S. temporarily or permanently to grow your startup. Fast, easy, and proven visa process for funded-founders.
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- $500 credit towards visa services
- Free consultation
- Customized immigration plan
An inclusive platform for board & executive hiring
FREE board recruiting–$10k+ platform fee waived for board searches.
Executives use AboveBoard to meet PE- and venture-backed companies. You list openings, they express interest, you decide whether to connect. It’s Bumble for board & executive recruiting.
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- Reach beyond your networks to find diverse candidates
- Simply add your company info
- Candidates come to you
Automated global payroll & compliance for remote teams
Save with $20,000 in Panther Credits.
Panther puts global payroll, benefits, taxes, and local compliance on auto-pilot, without you having to set up a subsidiary.
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- Save with $20,000 in Panther Credits
- Priority onboarding, 24/7 support, and dedicated compliance experts
- Education, events, and training
Small business health insurance
Dedicated concierge service with a dedicated team member and savings of $500 per employee per year.
SimplyInsured has every small business health insurance plan from every carrier with the lowest rates, guaranteed. Get unbiased recommendations to find the best fit for your team.
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- Dedicated SimplyInsured rep
- Free insurance planning session
- Free plan transfer to SimplyInsured
- Expedited access to mobile IDs
Modern payroll and HR for growing businesses
Carta customers get 3 months free on any Gusto plan.
Gusto provides payroll, benefits, hiring, and HR tools to more than 200,000 growing businesses.
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- Smart tools for hiring and onboarding
- Remote-friendly payroll and compliance
- Flexible benefits for all types of teams
Scalable all-in-one HR, payroll, compliance & benefits
6 months free Namely Payroll and free personalized implementation.
Namely offers an all-in-one HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance platform with enhanced services to give you time back in the day and help you build a vibrant company culture.
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- 6 months free Namely Payroll
- Free Implementation
- Terms and conditions apply
GLOBAL WORK PLATFORM: Payroll, HR, Benefits & More
15% of supported employees for 12 months and free 30-minute consultation and country guide.
Employ anyone, anywhere, anyhow.
Our Global Work Platform connects employers and talent to simplify work in more than 185 countries and all 50 United States.
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- 15% off supported employees for 12 months
- Free 30-minute consultation
- Employment country guide of your choice
Marketing, CRM & Support
MARKETING, SALES & SERVICE SOFTWARE
Get 30% off HubSpot’s Growth Platform
HubSpot offers a complete CRM platform with all tools & integrations needed to grow better — increase leads, accelerate sales, streamline customer service, or build a powerful website.
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- Get access to Hubspot for Founders: education and training, 24/7 support and access to 500+ software integrations
Customer service-first CRM company
Get 6 months free of Zendesk Support and Sales CRM.
Zendesk is a service-first CRM company with support, sales, and customer engagement products designed to improve customer relationships
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- 6 months access to Zendesk Support Suite & Sales CRM
- Online office hour sessions with startups customer success team
Marketing, CRM & Support Software
$10,000 in credits, mentorship & resources for startups.
Freshworks is the leader of cloud-based customer and employee software including CRM, livechat, support, marketing automation, ITSM, & HRMS. Products are simple to set up, cost-effective & equipped with powerful automation.
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- Up to $10,000 in credits
- Mentorship & resources
- Access to community & customers
Payments, billing & expense management
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Integrated payments platform
Waived Stripe processing fees on your next $20,000.
Stripe’s payment platform helps companies accept payments from anywhere. Whether you’re creating a subscription service, on-demand marketplace, or e-commerce store.
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- Waived Stripe processing fees on your next $20k
- Discounted incorporation via Stripe Atlas ($100 value)
Free spend management software with corporate cards
100,000 reward points after first transaction.
Divvy gives you instant visibility and flexible budget controls in an all-in-one platform. By using our spend management software and corporate cards, you’ll never go over budget again.
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- Enforceable budget limits & controls
- Virtual cards for online spend & AP management
- Up to 7x rewards
All-in-one expense, travel & card management platform
Get 15% off your first year of TravelBank Expense, Travel, or Premium All-In-One
TravelBank's expense & travel platform includes policies, card management, 24/7 travel support, and full reporting. Only takes minutes to set up, at half the cost of similar solutions.
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- 15% off your first year of TravelBank
- The only way to earn up to 5x Brex points on eligible travel spend
Travel, corporate card, & expense management platform
For companies with up to 100 employees: sign up for free
TripActions is the only all-in-one travel, corporate card, and expense management solution, helping thousands of startups around the globe save time and money.
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- Corporate cards with up to 2% back
- Automated expense management
- Travel booking & management
Security & compliance
Drata automates continuous SOC 2 compliance
25% off annual subscription and waived implementation (a minimum of $7.5k in savings).
Drata automates continuous SOC 2 compliance end-to-end, getting companies audit-ready in weeks, while continuously monitoring and collecting evidence of security controls.
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- Build trust with your customers and scale securely
- Trusted by today’s fastest-growing companies
The Complete Compliance Solution
25% off annual Laika subscription for frameworks like SOC 2 & ISO 27001.
Laika combines decades of expertise with powerful automations and workflow tools. Our end-to-end approach builds compliance programs that will grow with your business.
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- Create a bespoke compliance program
- Comply with SOC 2, ISO 27001 & HIPAA
- Robust automation and frictionless audit
Automate SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001 compliance
25% off first year of automating compliance with Vanta.
Vanta is the fast, easy, and trusted way to get SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001 certified. Over 1000 fast-growing companies use Vanta to automate their security monitoring.
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- 25% off the Vanta Platform
- Hands-on support from a compliance expert
- Security monitoring tailored for your organization
DLP to discover, classify & protect sensitive data
25% off first year for Carta customers new to Nightfall.
With Nightfall, easily address data security risks, meet compliance obligations (HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, CCPA), and close more deals with an enterprise-grade security posture out of the box.
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- Native coverage across Slack, GitHub, Google Drive, and Atlassian
- Access to the developer platform and API endpoints
Startup finance & accounting
Bookkeeping, tax & CFO services for growing startups
Get 20% off of Pilot Core or Select for six months – a savings of up to $3,700.
Software combined with deep financial expertise, Pilot pairs you with a dedicated finance expert who takes the work off your plate—so you can focus on your business.
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- Largest provider of financial back office service for startups
- Highest-quality accuracy
- Big business superpowers
Discover & Claim Tax Credits in Minutes
25% off tax credit processing fees.
Stop leaving cash on the table. Mainstreet hunts for 200+ tax credits your startup is owed -- they’ll do all the paperwork. Average startup finds $50k+. See how much you’re owed for free.
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- 25% off tax credit processing fees
- White-glove onboarding & premier support
- Free credit advance - get your money now
Accounting, Finance, Tax & HR for startups
1 month free bookkeeping or 33% off a tax credit study.
From seed to unicorns, Kruze helps leading startups manage their books & finances, crush venture capital due diligence and successfully exit. Find out why leading VCs trust Kruze
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- Startup-focused accounting advice plus
- 1 month free bookkeeping or 33% off a tax credit study
Interim CFO, Outsourced Finance, Accounting & HR
Free no-obligation consult with startup CFO. 20% off CFO rate for first 6 months.
Bay-Area CFO firm providing the finance and back-office expertise, resources, and infrastructure upon which founders and startup teams can grow strong companies. We grow startups.
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- Free 1 hr CFO consultation
- Discuss board prep, cap table, financial model, etc.
- 20% off 6 months of CFO support
Financial Planning & Analytics for growth companies
All-in-one business planning.
Accelerate growth and manage investors with all-in-1 reporting, budgeting, business & workforce planning. Easy, templated, customizable, you‘ll have access to new insights in minutes.
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- Save 20% on subscriptions
- 50% off Professional Services
- 1-hour Model Best Practice Consultation
Your outsourced Finance & HR Department
25% off first three months of service.
Full Stack Finance provides Accounting, HR and FP&A service to early - mid stage growth companies with our team of professional Accountant, Analysts, HR personnel and CFOs.
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- 25% off first three months of service
- Discount applies to Accounting, HR or FP&A Services
- Maximum value of $5,000
Carta onboarding & equity admin services
Free premier onboarding with equity admin subscription for Carta Launch companies.
Checkmate Equity puts Carta on autopilot through white-glove onboarding and day-to-day cap table admin services. Focus on your business and let Carta experts focus on your equity.
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- Free onboarding with equity admin signup for Carta Launch clients
- Additional deals available for all Carta clients
Corporate Finance, FP&A, Modeling & Acting CFO
1-hour consultation with Sr. Finance team & 20 % off premium Corporate Finance packages for first 6 months
San Francisco based corporate finance and CFO team joined up to lend explosive growth internationally and fortify strategic thinking towards an exit with a focus on tech, space, and healthcare.
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- 1 hour consulting call with Sr. Finance Team
- 20% off premium Corporate Finance packages for first 6 months
- 20% Off first year of Carta packages/waived implementation fees
FINANCIAL MODELING MADE EASY FOR FOUNDERS
25% OFF first-year Annual Subscription + FREE premier onboarding + access to "Investor Connect"
Forecastr is an online platform that helps founders build GREAT financial models so they can impress investors & run their businesses better.
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- 25% OFF first-year Annual Subscription
- FREE premier onboarding
- FREE access to "Investor Connect"
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