# Rita Astoor

Rita Astoor is the Director of Carta’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Business Development team. She also teaches a course on Venture Funds at UC Berkeley School of Law. Prior to joining Carta, Rita was a practicing investment fund attorney.

## Latest from Rita Astoor

*Investors*  
*March 2026*  
**The investment thesis: Your fund’s strategic blueprint**  
A fund investment thesis is the blueprint for your fund's strategy, guiding everything from fundraising to daily fund management. Learn how to write an investment thesis to develop a winning fund strategy.  
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*Investors*  
*December 2025*  
**The anatomy of a modern fund structure**  
Learn about fund structures for private investment funds, including the key entities, the flow of economics, and the legal agreements that govern them.  
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*Investors*  
*December 2025*  
**How to start a venture capital firm**  
Learn the essential steps for launching a venture capital firm, from developing an investment thesis and structuring your fund to managing the complete fund lifecycle.  
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*Investors*  
*January 2025*  
**Fund management**  
Understand the key components of fund management for private equity and venture capital funds. We'll cover how fund management works throughout a fund's lifecycle—from capital allocation, risk management, portfolio company oversight, asset management, and fund administration.  
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