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UK lender targets care sector with new fund

A UK lender with a focus on small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) says it is turning its attention to lending opportunities across the healthcare sector with the appointment of a new director, and the creation of a new fund.

Esperi Care acquired by creditors

Troubled Finnish nursing home operator Esperi Care has been acquired by its creditors. Growth at the group is now on hold, and its new owners say they will be looking for a new buyer. We speak to the chairman of the board of Esperi's new holding company.

Mini dialysis device maker raises $40m

We talk to the CEO of AWAK, a Singaporean medtech group that has developed a portable peritoneal dialysis device, which just raised $40m to accelerate its development and commercialisation in the US and internationally. What does it say about investor appetite for dialysis, considering the slow Diaverum sale process?

Orpea founder sells his shares

Founder and ex-chairman of global nursing home operator Orpea, Jean-Claude Marian, has sold his stake in the company, potentially pocketing €450m.

Ex-Abraaj Lagos hospital’s imminent opening a ‘game-changer’ for market

Nigeria's largest city will have a new international-standard hospital when the 160-bed Evercare Hospital Lekki, part of what was the Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund, opens in Q1/Q2 this year. An advisor tells HBI local hospitals might struggle to compete with the country's first facility backed by big American private equity.

Interview: Thierry Chiche, CEO, Elsan

HBI talks to the CEO of Elsan, France's second-largest private hospital group and the largest private equity-owned one by revenue outside of the US, as it approaches its sixth - and possibly final - year of ownership by CVC. In this wide-ranging interview, Chiche discusses the group's strategy, the French market and exclusively reveals its latest acquisition.

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