What “scale” means in a world where startups require less capital and fewer people to get started.

Economic buoyancy will bring an increasing focus on very large private equity firms, which have substantial operating resources and an indifference to capital structure, according to Mounir Guen of MVison Private Equity Advisers.

Despite getting a record $115 billion back from their GPs last year, LPs have been slow to plow that money back into the fundraising market, according to Michael Elio of ILPA and Andrea Auerbach of Cambridge Associates.

Carlos Rangel explains that W.K. Kellogg Foundation has a serious gifting mandate, and to support this it has a 20 percent allocation to private equity.

For the past year-and-a-half, John Ruffolo, CEO of OMERS Ventures has run a program that directly invests the pension fund’s capital in early and growth-stage situations.

Chris Arsenault, Managing Partner of iNovia Capital, expects crowdfunding to disrupt the traditional VC model.

Rakesh Saraf, head of private investments at the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund, shares his implementation strategy and observations on communicating with GPs.

What is it like to transition from a national buyout firm to a regionally focused investment firm? Jason Duzan details how Glencoe Capital changed its business model to focus on investing in Michigan-based companies.

Mike Rogers on the main findings of EY’s recent PE Global Capital Confidence Barometer report.

Why are LPs focused on “growth equity” as a distinct strategy?

Jason Cheng of Kerogen Capital on the private equity fundraising opportunity in global energy.

A Privcap conversation with Joe Burkhart of Saratoga Partners on financing opportunities in the lower-middle market.

David Hellier tells Privcap how applying the “Bertram High Five” has allowed Bertram Capital to put its 10 platform companies on the path to exceptional growth.

Richard Jaffe, a partner at Duane Morris LLP, says that PE firms are entering perilous times on three fronts: enforcement, regulation and fundraising negotiation.

What’s the real impact of the private equity overhang, just how big is it, and how worried should investors be? Expert analysis with professionals from ILPA, Cambridge and Independence Capital.

Michael Rogers, Global Deputy Sector Leader at EY, on what drove the momentum for private equity IPO exits in the first quarter of 2013.

Private equity funds will need to go where the money is, which increasingly means America’s massive defined-contribution retirement plans, writes Privcap CEO David Snow

How do you know if an investment has the potential to overtake a market? Mike Duda of Consigliere Brand Capital explains.