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Pulley Is Shutting Down December 8 — Carta Is the Named Landing Pad, Not a Buyer
Pulley’s homepage says the YC W20 cap-table company will cease operations on December 8, 2026 and has an exclusive Carta partnership for customer migration. Business Insider reported more than $50 million raised from Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Stripe, and 8VC. No purchase price for Pulley itself. YC’s directory still said Active on September 16.
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Pulley is shutting down. The homepage says it will cease all operations and services on December 8, 2026, and that it has entered an exclusive partnership with Carta so existing customers may qualify for assisted migration. Last verified September 16, 2026.
Unexpected truth: this is not a priced Carta acquisition in any source we retrieved. It is a wind-down plus a named landing pad. Business Insider (September 15) reported a customer email: movers to Carta keep Pulley pricing for the first year, and Carta credits unused Pulley subscription amounts.
Pulley is YC W20 (Y Combinator directory). That page still said Active on September 16. Treat it as stale versus the homepage banner.
Five-minute decision
| If you need… | Verdict |
|---|---|
| What happened | Shutdown announced. Cease ops Dec 8, 2026. |
| Buyer | None printed. Carta = migration partner. |
| Raised (press) | >$50M (BI, attributed to Pulley). Round-by-round unknown. |
| Named backers (BI) | Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Stripe, 8VC |
| YC | W20. Directory still Active on Sep 16. |
| Founder next step | Wu LinkedIn via BI: work with Carta now; no new company named. |
Investigate further when: you have a Pulley ledger and a December 8 cutoff — export, then decide whether Carta is the destination.
Wait or pass when: you need an acquisition price, a last 409A, or YC’s directory to have caught up.
What is actually known
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Company | Pulley (pulley.com); San Francisco; YC W20; Yin Wu, Grant Oladipo |
| Notice | Homepage banner retrieved Sep 16; BI dated Sep 15 |
| End date | December 8, 2026 |
| Carta | Exclusive partnership / assisted migration. No Pulley purchase price |
| Offer (BI / email) | First-year price match + credit for unused Pulley sub |
| Lifetime capital | >$50M is BI, not a Form D we retrieved |
Wu’s LinkedIn line, via BI: the team has no intention of riding off quietly, and the immediate job is taking care of customers with Carta. That is not a product roadmap.
Vs Clerky → Stripe: Clerky agreed to join and did not print a price. Pulley is stopping, and Carta is catching customers, not (in these materials) buying the equity.
US search on pulley cap table still points at the live product homepage and Carta-vs-Pulley listicles. The job this page owns is the December 8 cutoff, not a buying guide.
Entities: Pulley, Carta. Day index: September 15–16.
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