Focus Impact Partners

Focus Impact Partners is a private investment firm providing capital and strategic expertise to "socially forward" companies, accelerating their growth and amplifying positive outcomes. The firm offers comprehensive capital formation, M&A knowledge, and data-driven business solutions. It also functions as a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), facilitating public market entry for aligned businesses.

Co-founded by Wray Thorn and Ernest Lyles around 2021, Focus Impact Partners emerged from the insight that impactful profits can be generated alongside significant social good. Thorn, an experienced investor, and Lyles, a private equity firm founder, established the firm to bridge capital and expertise for mission-driven businesses, amplifying their positive societal contributions.

The firm primarily serves "socially forward" companies demonstrating positive impacts for employees or customers. Focus Impact Partners enhances the growth and development of these businesses. Its vision is to integrate strong financial performance with measurable social good, fostering a portfolio of companies that successfully "do well while doing good."