# 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.

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## 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.

[View](/content/product-updates/introducing-fund-of-funds/index.html)

**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.

[View](/content/product-updates/2026-erp-product-roadmap/index.html)

**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.

[View](/content/product-updates/ai-fund-admin-product-strategy/index.html)

**Announcements**  
*July 2025*  
**Carta for management companies**  
An integrated solution to streamline reporting, planning, and budgeting for private capital leaders.

[View](/content/blog/manco-administration-solution/index.html)

**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.

[View](/content/blog/private-market-connections/index.html)

**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.

[View](/content/product-updates/fund-administration-21st-century/index.html)