Last week, in Part 1 of our series The Artemis Approach: Day 0, we discussed transactions and transitions by touching on the natural caution with which business owners can often approach the process, highlighting the M&A community’s role in the apprehension of sellers, and explaining how Artemis navigates transactions and transitions to ensure that the business is prepared to...

In the lower middle market, Private Equity firms, VC funds, and strategic buyers are most often working with founder or family-owned businesses in search of new synergistic technologies, differentiated products, and financial growth. While this may be a routine aspect of capital investing, it is an incredibly unique and serious time in the life of a business owner. Most of these...

BOSTON, Feb. 16, 2022 — Artemis, the leading Industrial Tech private equity firm, has announced the promotion of Olly Forrer to Principal. Forrer joined Artemis in 2018 and most recently served as a Vice President.   According to the Firm, Forrer’s dual-track development – including both investment and portfolio responsibilities – is reflective of Artemis’s hybrid value-creation...

BOSTON, Jan. 20, 2022 — R.M. Lucas, an Artemis portfolio company and leading manufacturer of coatings, sealants, and adhesives – contributing to a more sustainable, productive, and safe commercial and industrial infrastructure – announced today that Jim Cottington has been appointed CEO, effective January 17, 2022. Mr. Cottington brings over 30 years of dedicated and distinguished...