Last month, in Part 3 of our series The Artemis Approach: New Product Development, we walked through one of the most critical steps in New Product Development (“NPD”) initiatives, the challenges of NPD in founder-owned manufacturing businesses, and how Artemis fuels innovation at our Industrial Tech portfolio companies. In this fourth and final piece on the Artemis Approach, we...

Artemis is proud to announce that Lukas Buckley will be joining the team as an Associate. He brings with him a distinct perspective and background that will serve the company well. His team-first mentality and competitive spirit will undoubtedly make him an exciting addition to Artemis and its portfolio companies.Artemis Managing Director, James Ward, said of Lukas, “One (among...

Brattleboro, VT (May 4, 2022) – Omega Optical Holdings, LLC, ("Omega” or “the Company”), a leading precision optics platform backed by Artemis Capital Partners (“Artemis”), today announced that Ms. Debbie Gustafson (“Ms. Gustafson”) has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Gustafson not only brings decades of executive leadership at the forefront of photonics...

Last month, in Part 2 of our series The Artemis Approach: Legacy, we discussed the way in which the legacy of a Business Owner goes beyond the capital or time they have invested in their companies, the way in which culture affects business performance, and how Artemis seeks to preserve the legacy of founders as the business transitions into its next generation of growth. In this...

In the Engineering Tomorrow series, Artemis highlights many of our portfolio company products by outlining key aspects of the technologies, industries, and end markets within which the business operates. In this article, we explain the fundamentals of Radio Frequency and Microwave (“RF/Microwave”) technologies, talk to the mission-critical nature of their end-markets and...

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...