Investment Focus

Blackthorn Strategic Advisors is actively building a portfolio of growth restaurant brands. We are providing growth capital, operational advice and technology expertise to high potential brands to help facilitate substantial, yet sustainable, growth.

Investment Criteria:

High quality management team, constantly learning and improving
Strong unit economics
Proven capability to select good locations for expansion
Ideally, the menu, experience and brand are on trend (but not trendy)
Management is interested in staying at the forefront of restaurant technology
Aligned on the pace of growth - balancing growth with strong operational performance and guest experience