# 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.

Rita Astoor is the Director of Carta’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Business Development team. She also teaches a...

## 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.  
[View](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/sg/en/learn/private-funds/management/portfolio-management/investment-thesis/)

**Investors**  
**December 2025**  
**The anatomy of a modern fund structure**  
Thinking of starting your own venture capital fund? Learn the legal vocabulary of VC fund structures, including LPs, GPs, LPAs, and VCCs.  
[View](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/sg/en/learn/private-funds/structures/)

**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.  
[View](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/sg/en/learn/private-funds/venture-capital/)

**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.  
[View](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/sg/en/learn/private-funds/management/)