Artemis Technologies is an applied technologies spin off from the successful

Artemis Racing Artemis Racing is a professional sailing team founded in 2006 by businessman and sailor Torbjörn Törnqvist, named after Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess. Timeline * 2007: won the MedCup circuit, then called Breitling Medcup, and the TP52 Wo ...

America’s Cup The America's Cup, informally known as the Auld Mug, is a trophy awarded in the sport of sailing. It is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one fr ...

team. It is named after

Artemis In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Artemis (; grc-gre, Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity. She was heavily identified wit ...

, the ancient Greek goddess. The company is developing the

Artemis eFoiler The Artemis eFoiler is a zero-emissions hydrofoil boat currently being developed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Artemis Technologies. The boat will be used by Condor Ferries on a route between Belfast and Bangor from 2024. The hydrofoil enable ...

electric hydrofoiling boat.

History

Iain Percy Iain Bryden Percy (born 21 March 1976) is an English sailor and double Olympic champion for Great Britain. Olympics Percy competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class.

is the CEO of Artemis Technologies. The 13-partner Belfast Maritime Consortium, of which Artemis Technologies was the founder, in May 2020 won a competitive bid for the

UK Research and Innovation UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom that directs research and innovation funding, funded through the science budget of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Str ...

’s flagship Strength in Places Fund. In October 2020,

Nus Ghani Nusrat Munir Ul-Ghani (born 1 September 1972) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wealden in East Sussex since 2015. She is serving as Minister of State in the Department for Business, Energy ...

was announced as a non-executive director of the firm, which promised to "revolutionise the future of maritime transport" by winning "the multi-million pound UK government innovation grant... to develop zero-emission ferries in

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

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