How I Invest with David Weisburd is a podcast that interviews the world's leading institutional investors. Previous guests include The Ford Foundation, Northwestern University Endowment, CalPERS, Stepstone, and other top limited partners.
307 episodes transcribedWhat happens when a private equity firm refuses to chase every new opportunity and spends 30 years getting better at one thing? David sits down with...
David sits down with Byron Ling of Twelve Below to unpack the judgment required to invest at the earliest stages of technology. After roughly 30,000 f...
What can 32 years as a university CIO teach you about identifying exceptional investors before everyone else does? David sits down with Scott Malpass...
David sits down with Bryon Hargis, co-founder of Castelion, to unpack why rebuilding America’s defense manufacturing capacity has become a national se...
Why do so many GPs misunderstand what institutional LPs actually care about? David sits down with John-Austin Saviano, an Backing & Building Challeng...
What if the biggest edge in private equity isn’t finding better deals, but designing better incentives? In this episode, I sit down with Jack Purcell...
What if the biggest AI investment opportunity isn’t AI companies, but the infrastructure required to make AI possible? David sits down with Stuart Wa...
Venture capital was designed around a relatively simple model: invest in a startup, help it grow, and eventually exit through an acquisition or IPO....
Most venture firms think AI is another productivity tool. David sits down with John Melas-Kyriazi co-founder and CEO of Standard Metrics—the AI-nativ...
Most investors spend their careers trying to eliminate risk. David sits down with Alec Litowitz the founder of Qstar Capital, founder and former CEO...
Why do the largest investment firms keep getting bigger? David sits down with Joel Holsinger, Co-Head of Ares Alternative Credit, to discuss why scal...
For years, defense investing was considered off limits for most venture capital firms. Today, billions of dollars are flowing into defense startups a...
For decades, fundraising was driven by relationships. Today, it increasingly starts with AI. David sits down with Lex Suvanto, Global CEO of Edelman...
Most venture firms are experimenting with AI. Footwork rebuilt the entire firm around it. David sits down with Nikhil Trivedi, Co-Founder & General P...
AI isn't just changing technology—it is reshaping how investment firms create value, evaluate managers, and generate alpha. David sits down with Thom...
Most venture firms are using AI to save time. Earlybird is using it to generate alpha. David sits down with Andre Retterath, General Partner at Early...
Consumer startups may grab the headlines, but some of the most valuable companies are built by solving mission-critical problems for businesses. Davi...
Most investors chase what's exciting. Jason Koenig built a $6.5 billion firm by investing where almost nobody was looking. In this conversation, Jaso...
Venture capital isn't about avoiding losses. It's about owning the handful of companies that change everything. Scott explains why HarbourVest has bu...
Venture capital has never been more competitive. Aram Verdian argues it has also never been more concentrated. Drawing on Accolade Partners' research...
