# Carta Blog

## Featured

In Q2 2024, the venture ecosystem showed modest signs of improvement.  
[Read more](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/uk/en/data/state-of-private-markets-q2-2024/)

[Generate legal agreements and issue interests seamlessly with Carta's tools for LLCs](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/uk/en/product-updates/llc-legal-agreeements-new-tools/)  
  
[Introducing Carta Total Compensation for non-Carta cap table customers](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/uk/en/product-updates/expanding-ctc/)  
  
[State of Startup Compensation, H1 2024](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/uk/en/data/startup-compensation-h1-2024/)

## Latest

Effective management due diligence (MDD) can give private fund investors the much-needed edge in winning a must-have asset. Learn what MDD covers, how the process works, and how to prepare for evaluation.  
[Read more](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/uk/en/learn/private-funds/management/deal-flow/due-diligence/mdd/)

Entity management keeps your fund entities compliant, audit-ready, and organized across every jurisdiction. This guide provides everything fund managers need to know.  
[Read more](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/uk/en/learn/private-funds/structures/entity-management/)

Plus, the SEC goes digital, and the Senate loses a giant.  
[Read more](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/uk/en/policy/policy-weekly-07-17-26/)

Portfolio companies submit data once per reporting period—and Data Collection pre-fills all matching requests automatically.  
[Read more](https://fund-forecasting@carta.com/uk/en/product-updates/one-to-many-reporting-data-collection/)