# About our data

# Your go-to resource on private markets

By shining a light on the latest trends in venture capital and private equity, we're making private markets more transparent and accessible.

## Our data is different

**Comprehensive**  
Over 50,000 private companies and 2.5 million security holders use Carta.

**Accurate**  
Our data comes directly from the source, entered by companies and investors themselves.

**Unique**  
We offer a wide range of analysis on metrics that aren't available anywhere else.

## Meet the Insights team

**Head of Insights**  
Peter Walker  
Peter Walker runs the Insights team at Carta, focused on discovering key data and narratives across the private capital ecosystem. In a former life, he was a marketing executive for a media analytics startup and led the data visualization team at the Covid Tracking Project.

[Twitter Profile](https://x.com/PeterJ_Walker)  
[LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterjameswalker)

**Insights Director**  
Ashley Neville  
Ashley Neville leads strategy for the Insights team at Carta, bringing 15 years of experience in the data industry. A former evangelist for Tableau and Salesforce, she is an expert in data culture and literacy who is passionate about helping people harness the power of data. Ashley studied economics at Georgetown.

[LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dataashley)

**Insights Manager**  
Hamza Shad  
Hamza Shad is an insights manager at Carta, where he analyzes data on the VC and startup ecosystem. Previously, he conducted research on entrepreneurship in emerging markets at Endeavor.

[LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamzashad/)

**Want to collaborate?**  
If you have a data-based question, are looking for customized analysis, or would like to invite our team to a speaking engagement (remote or in-person), please get in touch!

[Contact us: data@carta.com](mailto:data@carta.com)

## What we do

## Our mission

We share insights from Carta's unmatched dataset about the private markets and venture ecosystems to help founders, employees, and investors make informed decisions and understand market conditions.

## Our sources

The customer data that we publish is aggregated and anonymized. Companies that have contractually requested that we not use their data in anonymized and aggregated studies are not included in our analysis.

## Our method

The Insights team at Carta carefully analyzes our data to provide actionable information to various audiences. In addition to publishing recurring reports, we conduct deeper analysis on custom data, speak to VCs and accelerator cohorts, and present at conferences.

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