How I Invest with David Weisburd

What if the most compelling private equity opportunities aren’t brand-new deals, but the ones other investors have already “vetted” and are leaving on the table?

In this episode, I sit down with Michael Woolhouse, Head of Continuation Vehicles at TPG Capital, to explore how he approaches the rapidly growing single asset continuation vehicle (CV) market—a space where sponsors can roll their most successful companies into new structures, creating liquidity while maintaining upside potential.

What does it take to build a world-class private equity portfolio for an 800-year-old institution?

In this episode, I sit down with Sam Sturge, Head of Private Equity at the University of Cambridge endowment, to discuss how he rebuilt the program with a mandate to generate inflation plus 5% returns for generations. Before joining Cambridge, Sam worked at Morgan Stanley and Partners Capital, and today he oversees a concentrated portfolio of buyout and venture relationships within the university’s £4.5 billion endowment.

What changes when wealth stops being about building and starts being about preserving?

In this episode, I sit down with Jonathan Dane, CIO and Founder of Defiant Capital, to explore how family offices think about portfolio construction after a major liquidity event. Drawing on his experience at Goldman Sachs and Jefferies, Jonathan explains why independent advice matters and how families navigate the transition from wealth creation to long-term preservation.

What if one of the most overlooked $700 billion pools of capital in the U.S. is quietly shaping private markets?

In this episode, I sit down with Jennifer Mink, President of Investment Performance Services, an investment consulting firm overseeing roughly $70 billion in assets under advisement, to discuss how Taft-Hartley pension plans approach long-term investing. Jennifer shares how IPS designs portfolios that balance public and private markets, using disciplined asset allocation and diversification to improve overall portfolio efficiency and manage risk across market cycles.

Why are private markets still managed in spreadsheets when hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake?

In this episode, I sit down with Ryan Eisenman, Co-Founder and CEO of Arch, a platform supporting more than 550 clients and over $405 billion in alternative assets. Arch is building an operating system for private markets that helps investors manage the operational complexity of alternatives across private equity, venture, hedge funds, credit, and more, bringing modern infrastructure to a part of the financial system that has historically relied on manual processes and fragmented data.