Carta (Launch)
A genuinely free plan for cap-table management, SAFE and equity issuance — until you cross 25 stakeholders or $1M raised, at which point you graduate to paid.
Ran this? Answer two questions — did it work first try, and if not, which step broke — via the ic_vault_feedback_submit MCP tool or POST /api/vault/feedback. An entry with no answers has no rate, and that is the honest state, not a placeholder.
Offers
1 distinct offer under one brand name, each behind its own gate.
Carta Launch
Carta Launch = FREE plan: cap-table management, SAFE + equity issuance, incorporation-to-hiring tools. Startup Stack adds partner discounts.
- How you get in
- self-serve
- Published ceiling
- none published — this is not $0, it is a number the program does not state
Who this is for
Self-serve, free. <=25 stakeholders AND <$1M total raised; beyond that you graduate to paid tiers.
To have this checked against your own facts, call ic_vault_match. It answers in three values — you qualify, you do not, or we cannot tell from what the vendor publishes — and it will never report “you qualify” while any gate is unknown.
Traps
Every one of these cost real time. Ordered by how early they bite.
T1 — Stakeholders, not employees
A five-person company with twenty SAFE holders and an option pool can blow through 25 stakeholders long before it looks big. Count the cap table, not the payroll.
Source: docs/vault/SCHEMA.md § The one-entry rule
T2 — You graduate onto a paid tier — this is not a permanent free ride
Crossing either threshold moves you to paid pricing. Budget for it before the round that crosses $1M.
Source: data/credits.ts Carta .eligibility
Sources
- data/credits.ts — "Carta (Launch)" .value (verbatim)
data/credits.ts— Carta Launch = FREE plan: cap-table management, SAFE + equity issuance, incorporation-to-hiring tools. Startup Stack adds partner discounts. - CREDITS_META.lastUpdated — a lower bound on last_verified
data/credits.ts— The file records 2026-07-07 as when the FILE was updated, not when this entry was individually re-checked. - Carta (Launch) — apply page ↗
Facts last re-checked 2026-07-07 (from the source itself). No material change observed since — which is not the same as none having happened.
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