# Reed McBride

Reed McBride joined Carta in 2019 and is VP of Strategic Partnerships + Ecosystem at Carta, and an active early-stage investor. Reed started his career as a start-up attorney at Orrick, advising tech companies on billions of dollars of VC and M&A transactions. He then scaled two start-ups over five years, building new teams and leading a diverse range of functions. Reed holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois and a JD from Berkeley Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif and served on the California Law Review. When he's not at work, you can usually find him on a trail with his three kids.

## Latest from Reed McBride

**Policy**  
**January 2025**  
Carta helps new startups comply with the Corporate Transparency Act.  
[View](/content/uk/en/product-updates/corporate-transparency-act-compliance-startups/index.html)

**Announcements**  
**June 2024**  
Carta partners with Vouch to automate insurance for startups. Vouch has built a new kind of insurance company—built by founders for founders. Now Carta and Vouch are partnering to benefit the founders on Carta and the startup ecosystem.  
[View](/content/uk/en/product-updates/carta-vouch-partnership/index.html)

**Announcements**  
**May 2024**  
Carta and Deel partner to solve international option exercises. Carta and Deel are thrilled to announce a major step forward for our ecosystem: automated global equity compliance.  
[View](/content/uk/en/product-updates/deel-partnership-international-options/index.html)

**Announcements**  
**September 2023**  
Introducing the Carta Developer Platform. Carta has worked for the past year with more than 25 beta partners to utilize our growing suite of APIs. Now we're expanding these capabilities.  
[View](/content/uk/en/product-updates/introducing-the-carta-developer-platform/index.html)

**Carta**  
**August 2022**  
Use Firstbase to automatically create a cap table on Carta Launch. Today, we’re announcing the integration of Carta Launch with Firstbase so you can focus on building your company instead of your cap table.  
[View](/content/uk/en/product-updates/firstbase-carta-launch/index.html)

**Announcements**  
**February 2021**  
SAFEs, now automated on Carta. So we asked, what if we could help founders create and issue a SAFE in 30 seconds? No room for mistakes, no Word docs, no manual entries to their cap table, no sending wire instructions, no extra email volume. And what if we could put founders in control of future dilution before they issue their very first SAFE?  
[View](/content/uk/en/product-updates/safes-now-automated-on-carta/index.html)