NEW YORK—Regal Healthcare Capital Partners, a New York-based health care private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in health care services companies, said Thursday that it has formed a partnership with Ryan Williams and his executive team to form InFocus Eyecare. Based in Jacksonville, Fla., InFocus Eyecare will seek to create a market-leading eyecare company focused on providing high-quality and accessible optometric and vision services. Regal will invest in InFocus Eyecare from its $415 million third committed private equity fund. The size of the investment was not disclosed.

Formed in April, the new practice management organization “will partner with high-quality eyecare providers to create a clinically focused optometric and vision care business that puts patient care, accessibility, and convenience first,” the announcement on Thursday noted. The group did not have any practice locations listed on its website on Thursday.
 
Ryan Williams, a veteran eyecare services executive with more than 20 years of experience in building eyecare businesses, will serve as the chief executive officer of InFocus Eyecare. Prior to partnering with Regal, Williams was the chief operating officer of West Point Optical, where he helped grow the largest Pearle Vision franchisee from 10 locations to more than 80 locations through buy-and-build strategies, according to the announcement.
 
"We are excited to partner with Ryan and his team in building an eyecare platform that adopts a patient-first approach to delivering high quality eyecare,” Dr. David Kim, co-founder and general partner of Regal Healthcare Capital Partners, said in the announcement.
 
“Ryan's background and breadth of experience in the eyecare industry makes him an ideal partner for Regal,” added Jon Santemma, also a co-founder and general partner of Regal Healthcare Capital Partners.
 
According to the InFocus Eyecare website, Geoff Rimshas is the chief operating officer of the new organization. He has 25 years of industry experience with numerous optical brands, including D.O.C., Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Target Optical, LensCrafters and Pearle Vision Franchise at West Point Optical.
 
“Our approach is to enhance operations and preserve the legacy of our affiliated practices while increasing the focus on growing our scope of patient care and services,” Williams said. “Regal's exclusive focus on health care services and its track record of building high quality health care companies makes it the perfect partner as we look to build InFocus.”
 
Regal Healthcare Capital Partners is a leading growth equity and buyout firm with over $1 billion of assets under management.