David Parson

David Parsons is a founding partner of Focus Acquisition Partners, a Hanover, New Hampshire-based buy-side M&A advisory firm founded in 2007. At Focus, he develops private equity relationships, works with clients across a broad range of acquisition interests, and sources proprietary deal opportunities for the firm's clients.

Before launching Focus, Parsons co-founded and held senior executive roles in financial services and money-management firms. Those firms specialized in modeling and executing trading and investment programs, with emphasis on futures and options investing. His firm biography also describes him as a veteran entrepreneur and active private investor with extensive experience raising and managing institutional capital.

Parsons earned a BS in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Northwestern University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. Focus states that he is also a published author on commodities trading and money-management concepts. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.

• Focus is not a seed-stage angel fund; it is a buy-side M&A advisor that sources and evaluates acquisition opportunities for private equity groups, family offices, and strategic acquirers.
• Focus says it typically sources "high quality, profitable family or founder owned companies" that can benefit from partnership with its clients and where management has meaningful financial participation going forward.
• The firm most often works on majority recapitalization or full buyout opportunities, but it has also sourced companies for clients seeking minority investments.
• Focus evaluates targets using both quantitative and qualitative factors, including revenue of at least $10M, EBITDA of $3M-$25M, consistency and growth in historical performance, sustainable competitive advantages, and market position.
• Focus describes its role as sourcing, structuring, and executing buyout, recapitalization, and growth equity transactions in the lower middle market.
• Current and recent search activity shows interest in food and beverage manufacturing, nutritional supplements, physical therapy and rehabilitation services, addiction treatment and behavioral health, power-generation inspection and monitoring services, enterprise data storage, frozen food manufacturing, and sauces/condiments.