Active thesis · Automation, controls & engineered components
Emko partners with founders of operator-critical industrial tech — precision components, automation, controls, and engineered systems with high switching costs — where customers depend on your product every shift, not every few years.
01 — Why Emko
Industrial tech businesses are sticky for a reason: application know-how, install base, and engineering that competitors can't casually recreate. We price that moat properly, protect the technical team that holds it, and push growth without breaking the customer relationships you spent years earning.
02 — Where we invest
We look for highly engineered components and systems where customers redesign around you — automation, controls, precision parts, and connected equipment that sits deep in the production process.
Tight-tolerance machined and fabricated components for demanding industrial programs.
Automation cells, robotics integration, and turnkey production systems.
Industrial instrumentation, sensing, and control systems that run the line.
Connected equipment and data layers that turn hardware into recurring value.
Technical distribution with engineering, kitting, and integration services.
Parts, retrofits, and service contracts that compound through the installed base.
03 — By the numbers
Platforms
05across the portfolioTransactions
15+completed to dateYears Investing
09operating since 2017Employees Supported
1000+across the platformSq/ft Manufacturing
800K+production capacity04 — For owners
We've sat in your chair.
Most of our partners have built and run industrial businesses themselves. We know what it feels like to weigh decades of work against what comes next — for your family, your engineers, and the customers whose lines depend on you.
Every conversation is confidential, direct, and free of investment-bank theater.
05 — What to expect
A direct call with a partner — no analysts, no decks. We listen, you decide if we should keep talking.
Within 2–3 weeks of receiving basic financials, we share a clear, written view on value and structure.
Focused, respectful diligence run by our team — not outsourced. We protect your customers and key relationships throughout.
Funded from committed capital, certainty to close. Day one, your team, customers and production continue uninterrupted.
06 — News
07 — Engage
If you own an industrial technology business and are thinking about what's next, send a note. Every message reaches a partner — usually with a reply within 48 hours.