To open the ACA Summit, Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta, delivers a data-driven keynote on the state of the innovative economy and what it means for angel investors today. Peter will be introduced by John Harbison, TCA Ventures.

Learning objectives:

- Understand the default pathways for young companies to raise initial funds (SAFEs, Notes, terms, etc)

- Explore the concentrated impact AI has on key fundraising metrics

- Dive into how founders are building their early teams and dividing equity among the initial cap table economy

Peter Walker: 

Peter Walker is the Head of Insights at Carta, where he focuses on discovering key narratives across the private capital ecosystem. Before joining Carta, he was the Head of Marketing for the media analytics company PublicRelay and led the data visualization team at The Atlantic's Covid Tracking Project. His work at Carta has been instrumental in providing valuable insights and data-driven signals to the private capital markets. 

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