Dubai, UAE, 12 November 2015:

TVM Capital Healthcare Partners hosted its third TVM Capital Healthcare Investors conference today in Dubai.

Dr Helmut Schuehsler, CEO of TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, commented: “We have enjoyed robust conversation today from distinguished panellists and guests with discussion around the healthcare economy in the region, opportunities within healthcare in emerging markets and the need for stronger corporate governance. We are operating in a region where private equity has outperformed the public markets, however where the scale of emerging market private equity remains relatively small.

The common theme was around opportunity – the healthcare sector forms a critical part of a diversified portfolio from international and domestic investors alike.”

Dr Schuehsler added: “I believe that these types of forums trigger debate, discussion and proactive collaboration. The stimulating dialogue today was driven by a shared goal to continue to educate, enthuse and cooperate for the benefit of a more advanced healthcare environment in the Middle East and North Africa.”

Sponsors of the TVM Capital Healthcare Conference 2015 included Morgan Lewis, PwC and Al Tamim & Co.

TVM Capital Healthcare Partners is working with several global institutional investors to deploy capital in healthcare in the region, and has invested in five portfolio companies since 2010, exiting its first investment of a specialty clinic, ProVita International Medical Center, in June this year. The private equity firm has helped to forge international partnerships for the companies, including with U.S. specialists Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Joslin Diabetes Center.

About TVM Capital Healthcare Partners

TVM Capital Healthcare Partners established its presence in Dubai in 2007 and was incorporated in 2009. The firm is as part of TVM Capital Group, an affiliation of globally acting venture capital and private equity firms with an operating track record of 30 years, and has since then been led by Chairman & CEO, Dr. Helmut M. Schuehsler. TVM Capital Group has financed more than 130 healthcare and life science companies and has documented its success as a growth capital investor through 45 initial public offerings from its portfolio.

The firm is focusing on making highly specialized growth capital and small buyout investments in healthcare companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and India that are or target to become leaders in their regional markets. The firm has assembled a strong team of investment professionals who are supported by a group of healthcare operators as executives-in-residence in its accelerator company, TVM Operations Group, and TVM Healthcare Advisors, which provides healthcare focused research and advisory services.

Collectively, this team has developed an ability to conceptualize and develop business opportunities that provide investors with completely proprietary deal flow and investment opportunities. TVM Capital Healthcare Partners has broken new ground with four portfolio investments to date in specialized services that were either non-existent or drastically undersupplied, e.g., long-term care, rehabilitation, home care and world-class fertility treatment. A fifth investment focuses on the area of medical device development and manufacturing.

TVM Capital Healthcare Partners operates out of the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) and is licensed and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).