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david moorehead

T3 · host / generalist

David Moorehead is the Chief Investment Officer of Baylor University's $2.6B endowment. He focuses on velocity of capital over raw returns, uses convexity overlays for upside capture, and structures private allocations around VC, growth equity, and buyout via separate accounts to optimize risk/return.

26 calls·12 names·65% bull·last heard 11 days ago·20VC with Harry Stebbings
track record

no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY

top calls

highest conviction · one per company
1sthigh conviction
$ANTHROPICAnthropicposition

Baylor allocates 2.5% of endowment to Anthropic for AI exposure

Baylor holds Anthropic to generate excess returns from private investments needed to fund distributions amid declining enrollment.

20VC with Harry Stebbings2026-09episode →
2ndhigh conviction
$BIOTECHBiotechnology Sectorposition

Moorehead bullish on biotech impact, increasing research and considering larger allocation

Biotech will be more impactful over the next decade than the last; Baylor is actively researching the sector at conferences and debating whether to increase already-substantial exposure due to low correlation and curative science.

20VC with Harry Stebbings2026-09episode →
3rdhigh conviction
$DATA-CENTER-SITESData Center Sites (Permitted/Powered)position

Permitted, powered data center sites in Baylor portfolio up 50% in six months on local pushback

Permitting bottlenecks and community opposition to power/water usage have made already-permitted, powered data center land scarce and valuable; Baylor's sites have appreciated 50% in six months as utilities accelerate connections for permitted sites.

20VC with Harry Stebbings2026-09episode →

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  • $A16Z
26 total
$BROWN-UNIVERSITY
Brown University Endowment
MEDdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO
Baylor CIO admires Brown University endowment for superior returns
Baylor respects Brown University's endowment due to its strong team and superior historical returns compared to Baylor's own.
"I just have like a ton of respect for Jane and the team that they have um built there. I mean it's also the case that their returns are better than ours um at least over you know…"
72:31
$ANTHROPIC
Anthropic
HIGHdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO· position
Baylor allocates 2.5% of endowment to Anthropic for AI exposure
Baylor holds Anthropic to generate excess returns from private investments needed to fund distributions amid declining enrollment.
"We happen to have about 2.5% of the endowment in anthropic."
0:56
$BIOTECH
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Biotechnology Sector
HIGHdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO· position
Moorehead bullish on biotech impact, increasing research and considering larger allocation
Biotech will be more impactful over the next decade than the last; Baylor is actively researching the sector at conferences and debating whether to increase already-substantial exposure due to low correlation and curative science.
"I do think that uh biotech is going to be even more impactful over the next 10 years than it has been over the last 10 or 20 years. So, um we're spending more time on that. In fac…"
73:46
$SPCX
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SpaceX
LOWdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO· position
Baylor has zero SpaceX exposure; Moorehead cites it as velocity-of-capital exemplar
SpaceX is referenced as a benchmark for extreme capital velocity (5x in 5 months) but Baylor holds no position, highlighting the endowment's focus on compounding speed over headline returns.
"I guess that's SpaceX. We have no exposure to SpaceX. We've had no exposure to Open AI."
18:42
$ANTHROPIC
Anthropic
MEDdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO· position
Baylor endowment holds 2.5% in Anthropic via managers as VC diversification
Anthropic represents a meaningful but diversified venture position for Baylor, accessed through fund managers rather than direct investment, serving as a stage diversifier in the private portfolio.
"We happen to have about 2 and a half percent of the endowment in anthropic. We have no exposure to SpaceX. We've had no exposure to Open AI. But about 2 and a half percent of the…"
19:01
$A16Z
Andreessen Horowitz
MEDdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO
Moorehead links a16z platform model to large-endowment scaling challenges
The rise of multi-billion-dollar venture platforms like a16z is a structural response to the capital-deployment constraints faced by mega-endowments (Harvard, Yale) where small checks no longer move the needle.
"I think that that's a little bit of what the A16Z kind of thing is like tapping into, right? Exactly. Right. And so, yeah, I mean there's those that's what I mean is like at at ce…"
64:04
$DATA-CENTER-SITES
Data Center Sites (Permitted/Powered)
HIGHdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO· position
Permitted, powered data center sites in Baylor portfolio up 50% in six months on local pushback
Permitting bottlenecks and community opposition to power/water usage have made already-permitted, powered data center land scarce and valuable; Baylor's sites have appreciated 50% in six months as utilities accelerate connections for permitted sites.
"the data centers that have power and that have permits are becoming more valuable. So like like literally we have this situation in our book where our data center sites are up 50%…"
67:10
$PRIVATE-CREDIT
Private Credit
HIGHdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO
Moorehead calls private credit overhyped with skewed risk-reward
Private credit offers equity-like downside without equity upside, making the risk-reward profile unattractive; Baylor prefers direct equity exposure instead.
"I think effectively what is happening is that you have credit exposure in companies that looks and acts a lot like equity to the downside, but you don't have upside equity returns…"
71:44
$BENCHMARK
Benchmark
MEDdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO
Moorehead names Benchmark as the one fund Baylor would most like to access
Despite limited access to top-tier VC brands, Moorehead singles out Benchmark as the most desirable fund allocation, signaling high conviction in its franchise quality.
"Probably Benchmark. Yeah. Ton of respect there."
73:34
$NVDA
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Nvidia
MEDdavid moorehead·20VC with Harry Stebbings·11 days ago·How LPs Allocate to Venture in 2026: What They Want, What They Don’t | Baylor University CIO
Moorehead uses Nvidia to illustrate custom separate-account manager structure
Baylor negotiates separate accounts with GPs to control factor exposures, using Nvidia as a case study where they can accept or reject marginal additions based on existing portfolio concentration.
"Say we have Nvidia in the portfolio, right? And then the next marginal manager wants to add Nvidia to his or her portfolio. Well, we can look at the portfolio like the GP doesn't…"
6:51
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