eShares, Inc., doing business as Carta, Inc.,[3] is a San Francisco, California-based technology company that specializes in capitalization table management and valuation software.

Matt Murphy of Menlo Ventures and Arjun Sethi of Social Capital joined the board of directors.

[11] In July 2020, former marketing executive Emily Kramer, filed a lawsuit in San Francisco alleging gender discrimination, retaliation, and violation of the California Equal Pay Act.

[14] In 2020, Lisa Whittaker was hired away from the investment bank UBS to clean up what she called Carta's "toxic, boys club" culture.

[16] In October 2023 a lawsuit was filed in San Francisco by former Carta employee Alexandra Rogers alleging she was groped at a work happy hour event by Chief Revenue Officer Jeff Perry in June 2022.

[2] Carta's software allows company founders to issue digital share certificates to investors, employees, and others who qualify for stock options.

It also develops a centralized dashboard, for issuers to keep track of stock ownership, the timing and pricing of shares issued, and which owners are willing to sell.

The reports highlight the equity gaps between employees and founders based on gender, race, ethnicity and geography in a variety of industries, including high tech.