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Peter Walker (he/him)

Head of Insights, Carta

Peter is Head of Insights at Carta where he creates public research on how startups are built using the aggregated and anonymized data from over 45,000+ companies. Our analysis looks at 100,000+ founders and more than 1 million startup employees to answer questions about how the VC-backed startups of today are financed and valued.

Sessions

Startupfest

Founder Ownership in VC-Backed Startups

Join Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta, as he digs into data from over 45,000 startups from Canada and the US to see how founders are diluted as they raise venture capital. He'll touch on co-founder equity splits, advisor equity, early employee equity, and how valuations in early stage rounds affect the founding team. See More.