NYSE and Carta Forge Strategic Partnership Amid IPO Resurgence

The New York Stock Exchange has entered a strategic partnership with Carta, the leading platform for private companies, designating NYSE as Carta's preferred public listing venue. This collaboration arrives as the IPO market shows robust signs of recovery, with 183 filings year-to-date—a 28.9% increase from 2023.

Analysts project the fastest pace of deal activity since 2021, anticipating 40-60 U.S. IPOs raising approximately $10 billion before year-end. Carta's dominance in late-stage private markets positions it at the epicenter of this trend, servicing 84% of U.S. unicorns and nearly 1,000 growth-stage companies.

The alliance combines NYSE's public market expertise with Carta's IPO-readiness tools, offering pre-IPO liquidity solutions including company-sponsored tender programs. This institutional endorsement signals deepening maturation in capital markets infrastructure as private companies prepare for public debuts.