How I Invest with David Weisburd

E79: Mike Maples on How to Return 100X+ on Seed Investments

E78: Fmr. CIO of CalPERS on Private Markets Investing

E77: Justin Pollack on PineBridge’s ($168 Billion AUM) Investment Thesis

E76: How FirstLook Picks the Top 10% of Venture Funds

This interview podcast features David, the host, speaking with Josh, a venture capitalist at FirstLook, a hybrid multi-strategy venture capital firm. The conversation covers FirstLook's investment strategy, focusing on co-investments in emerging managers and their portfolio companies. Josh details their rigorous dilig...

E75: Insight Partners’ Direct and Fund of Funds Strategy

This podcast episode features representatives from Insight Partners, a venture capital firm with a 25-year track record. They discuss their investment strategy, which focuses on software companies and includes actively sourcing unique investments through their outbound team. Insight Partners distinguishes itself by off...

E74: How the $4B Kresge Foundation Invests into Venture - Venus Phillips

E73: John Merrill on GroveStreet’s $10.5 Billion Investment Strategy

This podcast episode explores the benefits of separately managed accounts (SMAs) and GroveStreet's successful approach to solving their clients' challenges in the private equity market. GroveStreet specializes in lower mid-market buyouts, venture capital, and co-invests, and offers highly customized portfolios that pro...

E72: Investing in Top Emerging Managers with Jamie Rhode

E71: Interview with RAISE Global Summit & Akkadian Founder Ben Black

E70: How VC Fund of Funds Work with Alex Edelson

This podcast episode explores the trade-offs between investing in a single fund versus a fund of funds in the venture capital space. It discusses factors that influence this decision, such as access to great funds, time constraints, allocation difficulties, and the benefits of a fund of funds for exposure to top decile...

E70: Les Baquiran on Building LP Relationships Globally

This podcast episode explores the role of family office capital in decision-making, the competition in the placement agent business, the dynamics of LP-GP relationships, the LP ecosystem in different regions, the benefits and limitations of family offices as investment partners, the challenges faced by LPs in the fundr...

E69: How Texas Municipal Retirement System Deployed $1B into Venture Capital

This podcast episode explores the process of building a billion-dollar venture capital portfolio. It delves into the concept of alpha generation and how diversification can affect it. The episode also discusses the hub-and-spoke approach to building a venture book, highlighting the advantages and challenges of this str...

E68: The Smithsonian Institution’s Venture Capital Edge

This podcast episode explores the importance of venture capital in asset allocation, emphasizing its historically high returns and the need for cautious capital allocation. It also discusses the significance of consistent capital allocation and diversification in endowment investing. The episode highlights the prioriti...

E67: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta CIO - Muthu Muthiah

E66: Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures on Investing in VC - Erin Harkless Moore

E65: CEO of Bitwise on How Institutions Access Crypto

E64: How Startups Can Access $13 Trillion in Retirement Capital - Eric Satz

This podcast episode explores the story of Peter Thiel's Roth IRA investment and its implications on investing savings in businesses. It discusses the ability to invest retirement funds in non-public vehicles and introduces Alto as a platform for self-directed investing. The episode emphasizes the importance of integra...

E63: Chris Rizik on The Rise of Midwest LPs

E62: Babson College's $700M Endowment on Venture Capital

E61: Erik Iverson and Mike Partsch on WARF’s $3B Endowment Strategy