Apollo Endosurgery (APEN) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our report dated March 1, 2018, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in redeemable preferred stock and stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the "consolidated financial statements"), incorporated herein by reference.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Austin, Texas

March 6, 2018