- CEO
- Holly Gagnon
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Shell Companies
- Address
- 3310 East Corona Avenue Phoenix AZ United States of America 85040
- IPO Date
- Sep 30, 2021
- Business
- Artemis Strategic Investment Corporation Artemis Strategic Investment Corporation (ARTEU) operates as a blank check company, or special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), whose primary purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses, with a focus on the gaming, hospitality, and entertainment industries; select target sectors include live events, family entertainment, casino gaming, sports, sports betting, social and casual mobile games, iGaming, distributed gaming, gaming technology and equipment, lodging, restaurants, fitness and wellness, and live entertainment, as well as transformational technology and business-to-business platforms supporting these verticals, predominantly in the U.S. market with potential international opportunities. The company offers no current products or services beyond its SPAC structure and sponsor support for pursuing and structuring transactions. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, it completed a $201.25 million initial public offering in September 2021, with Class A common stock, units, and warrants trading on Nasdaq under the symbols ARTE, ARTEU, and ARTEW, respectively, led by co-CEOs Holly Gagnon and Philip Kaplan, who bring extensive experience in gaming operations, entertainment venues, and value-maximizing deal structuring. In August 2023, the company entered a merger agreement with Danam Health, Inc., valuing the pro forma entity at approximately $200 million enterprise value, but mutually terminated it in October 2023 due to failure to meet deadlines, leading to full liquidation and dissolution effective October 26, 2023, with redemption of all public shares from the trust account and expiration of warrants; no subsequent mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, funding, expansions, or operational changes have occurred, and the company is marked as liquidated with securities potentially delisted.