Vrushali Paunikar
Vrushali Paunikar
Vrushali Paunikar is the Chief Product Officer at Carta, where she leads the team that is responsible for developing new products and advancing existing solutions. Before becoming CPO, Vrushali worked on building the valuation business and helped that business scale to software margins. She then went on to lead Carta's Venture Capital business, taking that business from zero to over $80M in ARR.
Before joining Carta, Vrushali served as a product leader at Applied Predictive Technologies, Dynamic Signal, and Rocket Lawyer. She has a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Latest from Vrushali Paunikar
Announcements
March 2026
The first end-to-end operating system for Fund of Funds
Carta's end-to-end platform for Fund of Funds unifies administration, document automation, and portfolio analytics to eliminate manual workflows and unlock real-time insights.
article
February 2026
Building the ERP for private capital: 2026 product roadmap
In 2026, we're focusing on depth—moving beyond simple record-keeping to deliver a real-time, interconnected system of record. Here's an insight into everything Carta's product teams are building this year to cater to the complexities of private capital.
Fund Administration
October 2025
Rewiring Carta Fund Admin in the era of AI
Technology has unlocked new possibilities, and Carta is at the forefront of the transformation of private capital markets infrastructure.
Announcements
July 2025
Carta for management companies
An integrated solution to streamline reporting, planning, and budgeting for private capital leaders.
Announcements
July 2025
Creating value through connection
Connection is a big theme for the Carta R&D team in 2025. Through connection we drive speed, time savings, and insights. Here’s how we’re building connections across the private markets—starting with fund administration.
Investors
May 2024
Fund administration for the 21st century
Carta's connected platform gives GPs, LPs, fund CFOs, and their fund administration partners unprecedented transparency into fund transactions.