KAYO'S 3RD ANNUAL

healthcare investing summit

June 23-24, 2027 | Washington, D.C.

#1 Event for Women in Healthcare Investing

Join 250+ investors, operators, lenders, and advisors in Washington, DC – the nation’s policy and healthcare capital – for an event featuring best-in-class content, curated networking, and Kayo’s signature collaborative atmosphere. Attendees will leave with actionable insights on healthcare private equity market trends, regulatory shifts, and innovative deal structures – plus the meaningful connections that power healthcare investing.

KAYO is one of the few conferences where the quality of the conversations matches the quality of the attendees...

2026 Attendee

What to Expect

50+

speakers across fireside chats and panels, sharing insights on regulatory shifts, market trends, and innovative deal structures shaping healthcare investing. 

250+

attendees that form a thoughtfully-designed, warm, and inclusive setting where meaningful conversations happen naturally. Meet the people you want to connect with most, organically.

2 days

of networking through thoughtfully designed experiences such as the Meeting Hall, Wind-Up Walk and Meet the Speakers. Kayo's secret sauce is intentional introductions that create opportunities.

Takeaways from 2026

"Kayo brought together an exceptional group of women investors, operators, and advisors — and built in real time to actually connect. Substantive panels, meaningful relationships, and two days well spent. A must for anyone in healthcare services."

Basak Ertan, Graham Partners

2026 Speakers

View the full line up of speakers for 2026 here.

Past Attendees

Get the introductions to the people you want to connect with most. View the past attendee list here.

Professionals at private equity firms, venture capital firms, and REITs actively investing in healthcare companies.

Past participating firms:

  • Bain Capital

  • Frazier Healthcare Partners

  • GI Partners

  • HarbourVest Partners

  • Iron Path Capital

  • OMERS Private Equity

  • Palladium Equity Partners

  • Shore Capital Partners

  • Vistria Group

  • Webster Equity Partners

Debt providers financing healthcare private equity transactions through private credit and commercial lending.

Past participating firms:

  • AB Private Credit Investors

  • Bank of America

  • Blackstone Credit

  • Capital One

  • Citigroup (Citi)

  • CRG

  • MidCap Financial

  • MUFG

Advisors and intermediaries executing healthcare M&A and capital markets transactions.

Past participating firms:

  • Baird

  • Bank of America

  • Cain Brothers

  • Citigroup (Citi)

  • Goldman Sachs

  • Houlihan Lokey

  • Harris Williams

  • J.P. Morgan

  • MUFG

  • Piper Sandler

Institutional investors including endowments, foundations, pensions, OCIOs, and family offices allocating capital to healthcare and private markets.

Past participating firms:

  • Karabel Family Office

  • Marquette Associates

  • MPowered Capital

  • Municipal Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago

  • Tufts University Investment Office

  • Vanderbilt University

  • Wilshire Advisors

Leaders from healthcare services, provider platforms, and innovative operating companies.

Past participating firms:

  • Advanced Medaesthetic Partners
  • ATI PT
  • Celmatix
  • Lexitas
  • SimpliFed
  • Wellvana Health

Service providers supporting healthcare investors and operators with legal, accounting, consulting, and risk management expertise.

Past participating firms:

  • Alvarez & Marsal
  • Bass, Berry & Sims
  • CAC Specialty
  • Forvis Mazars
  • FTI Consulting
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • LBMC
  • Marwood Group
  • McGuireWoods LLP
  • RSM US LLP

It was special to have like-minded women from across the country gather in one place to collaborate on such a specialized topic -- healthcare private equity.

- 2026 Attendee