The Artemis Approach: Legacy
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...
The Artemis Approach: Day 0
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...
Artemis Announces Promotion of Olly Forrer to Principal
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...
R.M. Lucas Hires New CEO
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...