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DevvStream Holdings to List on Nasdaq Via Business Combination with Focus Impact Acquisition Corp.

Social Forward Company

Meaningful alignment of business model, leadership, investment in its employees or commitment to its community.

FOCUS has created the “Social Forward” concept as a response to stakeholders’ demands for companies to deliver both financial and societal value.

Social Forward Company

Meaningful alignment of business model, leadership, investment in its employees or commitment to its community.

FOCUS has created the “Social Forward” concept as a response to stakeholders’ demands for companies to deliver both financial and societal value.

WHAT WE DO

How Are We
Achieving Our Mission

We have formed Focus Impact Acquisition Corporation, a blank check company targeting investing in a high growth company that is meaningfully aligned with one or more of four UN SDGs that reflect people-related impact. While we may pursue a business combination in any industry, we have mapped these SDGs to the industries and companies below where we are primarily targeting opportunities. We believe there is extraordinary economic opportunity for companies in these sectors that are direct enablers and / or employers addressing these SDGs.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Target Sectors

Health & Wellbeing

Opportunities to expand
access to healthcare

Education

Essential to the
future of work

Financials

Creating new opportunities for the under and un-banked

Business, Consumer & Manufacturing Services

Changing the way
we work

BIPOC & Women Led or Focused

Under-valued leaders
and consumers

Our
Mission

Our mission is to amplify social impact by elevating the profile of Social-Forward Companies in public markets.

We believe that in conjunction with traditional methods of value creation, businesses can incrementally increase economic value by intentionally pursuing social impact and generating positive outcomes for their stakeholders.

Our Mission

As such, we are seeking partnership with those companies actively or intending to become meaningfully aligned with UN SDGs Three, Four, Eight and Ten in their business models, leadership, investment in employees or commitment to community.

We intend to achieve our mission by identifying and investing in a target that drives an increase of attention and equity capital towards this company specifically and similar companies in general.

Our Mission
Our aim is to become a model for other corporate leaders regarding how to capitalize on opportunities to create social good and financial progress.
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VALUE WE BRING

Focus in Action

Driving value creation through proactively and rigorously applying the “S” in ESG

We plan to bring value to our target company post-business combination through combination of private equity and social forward leadership.

Traditional PE Playbook

Experienced Leadership Team + Engaged Advisory Board

We plan to deliver value to our target company through the significant corporate, ESG and capital markets expertise of our leadership team, supported by our diverse Advisory Board affording a unique and powerful blend of executive, investment, corporate strategy, talent development, sales and marketing, corporate finance and social impact experience.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

The Right Fit

We are focusing our search primarily on fundamentally strong businesses in our target industry verticals that are or seek to be positioned as social forward companies, exhibiting the following criteria:
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Exceptional Leaders and Teams

Companies led by strong teams that combine vision and execution.
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Scalable Business Fundamentals

Companies with repeatable and scalable business models with attractive economics.
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A Solid Growth Plan

Companies that have established a solid trajectory, strong thesis & supportable future growth game plan.
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Capital as a Catalyst

Companies with the ability to utilize capital from public markets as a catalyst for continued growth.
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Belief in Alignment between Shareholder & Social Value

Management teams that share belief in long-term alignment between people values & financial success.
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Values Motivation

Appreciate the value of supporting health & well-being, quality education, reducing economic inequality & promoting decent work in the United States.
WHO WE ARE

Management Team

We are led by an experienced team that includes Chairman Wes Moore, Chief Executive Officer Carl Stanton, Chief Investment Officer Wray Thorn, and Chief Financial Officer Ernie Lyles. We are also supported by our institutional partner, Auldbrass Partners, and Howard Sanders, their Founder and Managing Member.

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