DW Healthcare Partners

I had a great time discussing deal origination and business development at the 22nd ACG Capital Connection with Brandon Beadow, CFA (Director, Mid-Market M&A, RBC), Josh Share, CPA, CA, CFA (Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development, George Weston), and Ruby Williams (Partner, M&A Advisory, Deloitte). We discussed everything from approach towards proprietary vs competitve processes, M&A strategy, investor value proposition and differentation, valuation expectations and trends across both the US and Canada. Thank you you to Mike Fenton - C.F.R.E. and ACG Toronto Chapter for organizing this great event!

DW Healthcare Partners will be attending The MedTech Conference here in Toronto next week. Please shoot me a note if you plan on attending, it would be great to connect.

Day 2 at BIO International in San Diego. It's been fantastic meeting with all the pharma and biotech service providers. DW Healthcare Partners has a long history of partnering with founders and owners to help grow their businesses. Please reach out if interested in learning more.

I'll be in San Diego next month for BIO International meeting with companies offering solutions in product development, contract research and contract manufacturing. Please shoot me a note if you plan on attending, it would be great to connect.

We hosted our Annual Investor Meeting yesterday in Toronto. The event featured presentations by our partners and company executives providing updates on DW Healthcare Partners' enhanced value creation drivers and outcomes across our portfolio. At DWHP, we are focused on accelerating growth and building shareholder value across our portfolio companies by providing strategic guidance through organic and acquisitive strategies. We would like to thank our LPs for their continued support and are looking forward to another fantastic year.

I'm excited to announce the sale of our portfolio company, DermLite, a manufacturer of dermoscopy tools, to FotoFinder Systems GmbH, a portfolio company of EMZ Partners. This represents our first investment out of our Founders Fund in 2021. Huge congratulations to Gabe Becher, Ronan O'Keane, Irvin Choo, Brody Wong and Scott Attwood. I'd also like to congratulate John Bottjer, Thorsten Trotzenberg and the rest of the DermLite team. Looking forward to your continued success. Full press release below.

SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) starts next weekend in Boston. I'll be there with Ronan O'Keane and we would love to connect if you're in town. Please shoot me a message.