New York, Dubai, UAE, 10 November 2015:

U.S. investors should take a more nuanced view of the Middle East, and explore opportunities in growth sectors such as healthcare, Hoda Abou-Jamra, Founding Partner at TVM Capital Healthcare Partners told a conference of high profile women investors in New York this week.

Speaking at the 7th Annual Women's Alternative Investment Summit, Abou-Jamra said that U.S. investors were often overly swayed by perceptions of political risk, and may not appreciate the size, diversity and economic opportunity across the Middle East and North Africa region.

"I'm really passionate about opening people's minds about the Middle East, and the global investment community is the perfect platform because investors look at hard facts," Abou-Jamra said during a session on perception and reality of building portfolios in the Middle East.

"In the MENA region, we are experiencing relatively strong economic growth rates, youthful and growing populations are driving demand, and there are large gaps in the provision of key goods and services. At TVM Capital Healthcare, we have a singular focus on identifying these gaps, and innovating in the regional healthcare provision, while working very closely with local authorities and international partners. It has proved to be a successful recipe."

Abou-Jamra added: "As a founding partner of a healthcare private equity fund I am extremely proud that we have women representing the Board at all of our portfolio companies, bar one.  This matters a lot - research suggests that more women on the management floor equates to improved returns."

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 into 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. 

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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).

www.tvm-capital.ae  or  www.tvm-capital.com

Media Contact
Brunswick Gulf on behalf of TVM Capital Healthcare Partners
Dominic Whiting +971 2 2344 603
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