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Podcast: Candesic in conversation with Sam Gray, Managing Partner of Apposite Capital

5 August 2026

Sam Gray, Managing Partner at specialist healthcare investor Apposite Capital, chats with Candesic about the forces reshaping healthcare investment and the future of the sector. In a wide-ranging and candid discussion, he explores topics including:

• Why specialist healthcare investors approach businesses differently from traditional private equity, and the role private capital should play alongside the NHS
• Where investors and operators can make the biggest difference as healthcare demand outstrips available funding
• What the latest wave of international capital means for UK healthcare investors
• Apposite’s latest fund, what sets it apart and where Sam sees the biggest investment opportunities
• What is holding the NHS back from adopting proven technologies
• The barriers facing healthtech businesses selling into the NHS, and what needs to change
• Why AI adoption remains surprisingly slow despite the growing number of approved tools
• The investment implications of GLP-1 drugs, including where the biggest opportunities and risks lie
• The healthcare innovations being overlooked today that could look obvious in 20 years

This is recommended listening for healthcare operators, private equity investors and anyone interested in where the next generation of healthcare growth will come from.

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