# 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

### [The investment thesis: Your fund’s strategic blueprint](/content/uk/en/learn/private-funds/management/portfolio-management/investment-thesis/index.html)

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.

### [The anatomy of a modern fund structure](/content/uk/en/learn/private-funds/structures/index.html)

Learn about fund structures for private investment funds, including the key entities, the flow of economics, and the legal agreements that govern them.

### [How to start a venture capital firm](/content/uk/en/learn/private-funds/venture-capital/index.html)

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.

### [Fund management](/content/uk/en/learn/private-funds/management/index.html)

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.