Capdesk ApS

Founded in 2015 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Capdesk ApS, formerly known as Capbox ApS, operates as an equity management platform, assisting businesses in the management of cap tables, shareholder registries, and employee stock options. Since 2015, its co-founders Martin Damhus and Mikkel Boje helped transform the company’s platform from a smart alternative for spreadsheets into an equity management tool. In August 2022, Carta, Inc. acquired Capdesk ApS The company provides a Software-as-a-service (Saas)-based equity management platform that enables enterprises to register and track employee equity awards, file reports with financial authorities, track transactions, access data ownership, create market liquidity, and centralize portfolio management.

The company accelerates its customer's company growth by eliminating admin time to focus on core business tasks. It streamlines equity management by automatically updating cap tables, statutory registers, and various modelings. Digital end-to-end share issuance transfers, splits, consolidations, and cancellations can also be performed on the platform. With the equity information stored on the company’s platform, clients can align stakeholders by giving them easy access to ownership information, share certificates, option vesting schedules, investment amounts, and the latest values.

Capdesk Aps provides a subscription-based platform costing GBP 50 per month for the startup package for 1-19 stakeholders. It also has a growth package for 20-100 stakeholders and a scaleup for more than 100 stakeholders. The acquisition enables Capdesk to expand globally and integrate equity management with Carta’s platform.