Cap desk administration agency Carta made headlines in 2020 when its former advertising VP Emily Kramer filed a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination and retaliation.
That case was settled in 2023. But since then, Carta has settled two different lawsuits filed by girls who labored on the agency and alleged sexual harassment and discrimination, authorized filings seen by TechCrunch present.
On January 9, 2025, Carta settled a 2023 lawsuit from former gross sales supervisor Alexandra Rogers, who alleged that Carta’s CRO Jeff Perry groped her thigh and her leg on two separate events. She was fired lower than 2 months after reporting the alleged sexual harassment to HR, the criticism alleges.
Carta and Perry — who was personally named in Rogers’ criticism — have strongly denied any wrongdoing. Perry filed a defamation counter criticism in October 2023 in opposition to Rogers. That case is now absolutely dismissed following the settlement. Carta confirmed to TechCrunch that the matter has been confidentially resolved with none admission of legal responsibility.
“Carta has all the time been dedicated to equality within the office and truthful therapy of all its workers,” Carta VP Communications Amanda Taggart advised TechCrunch. Rogers’ legal professionals didn’t reply to a request for remark from TechCrunch.
The Rogers case marks the third time Carta settled a lawsuit from a former feminine worker in San Francisco’s Superior courtroom.
Carta additionally settled a criticism from a former account govt named Amanda Sheets in November 2023, in response to one other authorized submitting, TechCrunch is reporting for the primary time.
In her criticism, Sheets claimed she was fired for attempting to work remotely regardless of affected by persistent migraines, whereas a few of her male co-workers had been allowed to make money working from home with none points. Sheets alleged she was denied lodging for her incapacity and was the topic of intercourse discrimination.
Sheets’ criticism (like Rogers’) named Perry personally, primarily based on him allegedly engaged on her distant request and asking her to fill out a brand new type. Carta, which denies Sheets’ claims, strongly disputes Perry’s inclusion within the swimsuit and filed a movement to have Perry dismissed from the case altogether, it advised TechCrunch.
However, earlier than a ruling on that movement was made, all events agreed to settle. Sheets’ legal professionals didn’t return a request for remark.
Carta has beforehand come below scrutiny for the way girls and others are handled on the firm.
In 2020, present and former workers advised The New York Times they’d been sidelined, demoted, or given pay cuts after voicing issues about the way in which the corporate is run. In 2023, Business Insider reported that Carta had employed somebody in 2020 to scrub up a “poisonous, boys membership” tradition on the agency (in that worker’s phrases.)
But Ward went on the offensive in 2023, publishing a Medium submit implying he’s been focused by formidable reporters who need to construct up their careers by exposing “unhealthy habits” at firms. His submit was criticized for inadvertently alerting individuals to unhealthy press about Carta.
