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Venture Capital Investors (Fund Admin)Limited Partners
a month ago

LP Wire Instruction Confirmation

What's new?

You can now send a confirmation request to your LPs directly from Carta, allowing them to easily add or confirm their wire instructions prior to a distribution.

What’s important about this change?


We’ve made it easier to confirm the accuracy of LPs' wire instructions.

Prior to a distribution, you can now send a request to an individual LP, a group of LPs, or all LPs in the distribution to update or confirm their wire instructions.

Once the request is sent, your LP will receive an email from Carta prompting them to update or confirm their wire instructions in their LP Portal.

Once updated or confirmed, you will see a new status of Confirmed next to the LP’s name in the Wire Instructions Status column in your Partners tab as well as a complete Audit Trail of who added and confirmed the LPs wire instructions. 

What do I need to do?

After submitting a distribution request in Carta, click Request Wire Instructions. You can also initiate this request at any time by using the Request Wire Instructions button on the Partners page.

Select the individual investors or group of investors you’d like to send a request to. Set a deadline and optionally customize the email message your LPs will receive. Review the contacts that will receive the notification and then click Send.  

Your investors will receive an email asking them to add or confirm their wire instructions are current. After clicking Review wire instructions, they’ll be directed to their LP Portal where they can easily add or update in a few clicks.

You’ll now see an updated status in your Partners tab of Confirmed or Pending (awaiting confirmation from your LP) with the date of confirmation or the date the request was sent. Giving you increased visibility into how current your LPs wire instructions are.



How do I learn more?

For more information on the GP side of this feature, please check out our step-by-step guide. For LPs, click here.

To learn more about how Carta ensures the accuracy of your investors' wire instructions, check out our Audit Trail feature or reach out to your Carta representative to learn more today. 

Avatar of authorSpencer Holton
Venture Capital Investors (Fund Admin)Limited Partners
a month ago

Improved LP Tax Document Center

What's new?

LPs can now easily filter, find, and download tax documents.

What’s important about this change?

A smoother tax season for investors. 

We’ve improved the Documents tab in our LP Portal so investors can easily:

  • Filter documents: By document type and tax year
  • View statuses: Including which entities have shared K-1s and which haven’t 
  • Bulk download: Download all tax documents in a single click 

What do I need to do?

Navigate to the Documents tab of your LP Portal and select the tax year you’d like to access tax documents for.

See which documents you’ve already viewed and which entities have shared their K-1s versus which are still pending. 

Download documents individually by clicking View or bulk download documents by clicking Download all.

How do I learn more or get help?

Have additional questions about how Carta can support you and your LPs during tax season? Reach out to your account manager or talk to one of our representatives today. 



Avatar of authorSpencer Holton
Venture Capital Investors (Fund Admin)Limited Partners
5 months ago

Limited Partner Mobile Experience

What's new?

LPs can now manage their investments, all from their mobile device.

What’s important or valuable about this change?

Access your investments, now on the go.

LPs can manage their fund investments and personal investments from anywhere, at any time.

What do I need to do?

Download the Carta mobile application, suited for iOS and Android devices, from your app store. Then login using the same information used to login to your LP Portal on the web application. Once on the home screen, select the fund investment or personal investment you’d like to view: 

If a fund investment is selected, you’ll be able to view key investment details like called capital and net asset value. Plus, you can view, download, and send all fund investment documents like partner capital account statements (PCAPs) and  K-1s. 

If a personal investment is selected, you’ll be able to view key ownership information like share amount and issue date. 

For fund investments, once on Investment Details, scroll to access your fund documents. Select View all  to view, search, and filter all fund documents. Use the search bar at the top to search by document name. Or select Filter to filter by document type like PCAPs, capital calls, or tax. 

Once your document is selected, select the export button to markup, send, or download.


How do I learn more or get help?

Have additional questions about Carta’s LP mobile experience? Reach out to your account manager or request a demo today. 


Avatar of authorSpencer Holton
Venture CapitalCarta PlatformTax Advisory Investors (Fund Admin)Limited PartnersCompliance General Availability
a year ago

Instant KYC for Non-Individual LPs Completing Subscription Documents

Non-individual Limited Partners who complete subscription documents on Carta can now be KYC’ed instantly.

What’s New

This release is a follow-up to our KYC for Individual LPs feature. If your fund leverages Carta’s KYC/AML service and you have non-individual Limited Partners (LPs) completing subscription documents in Carta, these LPs can now be instantly KYC’ed on the platform. Carta instantly KYCs the LP's control person and beneficial owner(s) in addition to the LP entity itself.

Carta’s instant KYC feature is made possible by Carta integrations with identity and verification databases like LexisNexis, Ekata, Socure, and more.


Limitations

  • For this release, only US-based LPs are supported for instant KYC. Future releases will extend support to non-US LPs


How it Works

  1. As an LP completes their subscription documents, non-individual LPs (for funds that avail of Carta’s KYC/AML service) will see a dedicated Know Your Customer section. Upon landing here, LPs will first be asked if their control person and beneficial owner(s) are all US persons - 





  2. If the control person and beneficial owner(s) are all US persons, then the LP will be shown forms to enter KYC information for these individual(s) -






  3. Finally, the LP is also able to upload any entity formation documents and photo IDs here:



  4. Once subscription documents are signed by the LP, the following are instantly KYC'ed: the LP entity, control person, and beneficial owner(s). If all pass KYC, this is immediately reflected in the Carta UI and General Partners are notified to countersign -


    Timing: Rolled out to all on Aug 31, 2021

    Audience: US-based Limited Partners, General Partners


Avatar of authorSteven Camina
Venture CapitalCarta PlatformTax Advisory Investors (Fund Admin)Limited PartnersCompliance General Availability
a year ago

Instant KYC for LPs Completing Subscription Documents

Limited Partners completing subscription documents on Carta can now be KYC’ed instantly.


What’s New

If your fund leverages Carta’s KYC/AML service and you have Limited Partners (LPs) completing subscription documents in Carta, these LPs are now instantly KYC’ed on the platform. 

Carta’s new instant KYC feature is made possible by Carta integrations with identity and verification databases like LexisNexis, Ekata, Socure, and more.


Limitations

  • For this first release, only individual (as opposed to entity) LPs are KYC’ed. Future releases will support KYC for entity (non-individual) LPs as well. This includes KYC for the LP entity, LP control person, and LP beneficial owners
  • For this first release, only US-based LPs are supported. Future releases will extend support to non-US LPs


How it Works

  1. As an LP completes their subscription documents, individual LPs (for funds that avail of Carta’s KYC/AML service), will now see a dedicated Know Your Customer section. Here, LPs can input the additionally required information for KYC -


  2. Once subscription documents are signed by the LP, the LP is instantly KYC’ed. If the LP passes KYC, this is immediately reflected in Carta and General Partners are notified to countersign -


    Timing: Rolled out to Limited Partners on July 1, 2021


    Audience: Limited Partners, General Partners

Avatar of authorSteven Camina
Venture Capital Investors (Fund Admin)Limited Partners General Availability
2 years ago

Fund performance metrics on Carta

We know how important Carta is in helping fund managers manage and track the performance of their funds. This month we've add a host of new features to help fund managers get and understand the metrics they need about their funds. 

Here's whats new:

1. New fund performance page

  • New table view with an option to 'switch to chart view'
  • Added metrics definitions and explainer tool tips
  • Period selector to allow you to easily select ‘end of’ last year, quarter, or month.
  • Traceback for very metric so you can to view the underlying source data
  • New API using Carta General Ledger for all contributions and distributions data.

Example of new Fund Performance page:

Example of traceback of TVPI metric as of 12/31/2020:


2. New Excel export:

We've added a new export on the page that includes all the metrics and details about the underlying data.


3. Support for parallel entities:

We've also added support for parallel entities (or fund families). You will be able to see all the above features at a consolidated level.


Where to find: Log in to Carta > Select a fund within your investment firm > Select the Fund performance tab

Timing: Rolled out to funds using our Fund Administration services on April 16, 2021.

Audience: General Partners, CFOs, Investment teams, Limited Partners.

Avatar of authorJordan Agnew
Venture CapitalLimited Partners
2 years ago

Pre-filling Subscription Documents for Existing LPs

If you are an LP, you’ve felt the pain of filling out subscription documents. You go through the same long investor questionnaire with the same questions for every fund investment you make. With Carta subscription documents, now you don’t have to. 

What’s New 

Limited Partners who have already completed a subscription document on Carta can now re-use their information for future investments. They can add their subscription information in just a few clicks.


How it works

1. Limited Partners select the portfolio for the entity they are investing through

2. The form is pre-filled with information from their previous subscription. Any questions that are specific to this investment are highlighted for the Limited Partner to answer.

3. Limited partners review and confirm their information is correct.


Check out our Q1 product webinar recap blog post to see how simple the closings process will be.


Timing: Rolled out to Limited Partners on February 24, 2021

Audience: Limited Partners, General Partners

Avatar of authorAshley Chang
Venture Capital Investors (Fund Admin)Limited Partners General Availability
2 years ago

Limited Partner Onboarding flow

Limited partners now confirm that their information is accurate when viewing new investments on Carta. This will help ensure accurate information for tax season.

Who this affects

Limited partners with fund investments on Carta and funds using Carta's fund admin and LP portal products

What's new

Limited partners can now review and update their information in the onboarding flow for their fund investment. 

  • Limited partners can confirm or update their address information
  • If a new address is added, they can use that for all of their fund investments

Timing

This was released for Limited Partners on January 14, 2021

Avatar of authorAshley Chang
Venture Capital Investors (Fund Admin)Limited Partners General Availability
2 years ago

Limited Partner Settings

The new Limited Partner Settings page allows Limited Partners to control their information across fund investments on Carta.

Who this affects

Limited partners with investments into funds on Carta.

What's new

Limited Partners can now manage and share their information across fund investments. Previously, Limited Partners had to contact their fund admin or the Carta support team to update their information. Now they can update their address and other information used for taxes and distributions in Settings.

  • Limited Partners can choose to use an address for individual fund investments or apply to all investments
  • When updating an address, a Limited Partner can choose to make that their “default” address to be used for any new investments added to Carta.
  • Partners investing through multiple entities can swap between entities and assign the correct information to each fund investment.


Timing

This went live to all Limited Partners on January 6, 2021

Avatar of authorAshley Chang
Carta Platform Equity Administrators HR Administrators Investors (Corporations) Investors (Fund Admin)Limited PartnersBoard MembersCompliance General Availability
2 years ago

Changes to Watermark Styling

We've listened to your feedback on watermark styling obstructing the readability of the documents and we've made a few changes to address those concerns. We'll continue to iterate on our watermarking capabilities and tools in the coming months and we are starting with the following changes.

Here's a sample document with the old watermark styling


Here's the same sample document with the new watermark styling


Specifically, we've made the following changes with this iteration:

  • Reduced opacity of the watermark text
  • Updated alignment between the rows
  • Fewer repetition

Who these changes affect?
All Carta users who choose to apply watermark on their documents. These changes will be rolling out to all users today.

Avatar of authorAmol Patil