Armory Capital

Armory Capital is a family investment office founded by Jacob Ambrose, Rusty Freeland and Greg Lykins, in association with the August C. Meyer, Jr. family. Armory has a legacy of more than 50 years of investing in private businesses. Unlike traditional private equity groups, Armory is funded with permanent capital. This unique funding structure means that the firm’s decisions are not driven by the limited life of a particular fund. Armory holds investments based on the merits of the opportunity and the needs of its management partners.

Jacob Ambrose

Managing Partner

Brett Bean

Partner

Greg Lykins

Partner

6 past transactions

IFSI

Private Equity Round in 2017
IFSI is a sweet corn seed company, breeding, testing, producing and distributing market-leading sweet corn inbreds and hybrids for customers worldwide. IFSI also develops and distributes high value foundation seed for customers in the commercial corn industry.

MicroD

Private Equity Round in 2016
MicroD is a technology partner in the home furnishings industry who has led the way for over 20 years with innovating online product presentation, eCommerce and website solutions for retailers, manufacturers, and designers. We focus on the customer journey by tying the entire online experience together with consistent data and seamless connections using an omnichannel approach that increases the customer experience. With four core offerings: our OmniVue website platform with eCommerce integration and room planner, product catalog data management with over 300 brands, interactive product visualization, and electronic data interchange (EDI) solutions, MicroD highlights a smarter and faster way to generate traffic and increase sales.

FE Moran Security Solutions

Private Equity Round in 2016
FE Moran Security Solutions provides an integrated electronic security offering – from design to installation and from maintenance to alarm monitoring – and focuses on commercial clients in several Midwestern states across the U.S.

Envisage Technologies

Seed Round in 2014
Envisage develops SaaS products that automate the full spectrum of training and compliance operations for local, state, and federal agencies spanning corrections, criminal justice, emergency management, fire service, homeland security, law enforcement, military, and other government services. The company’s flagship SaaS product, the Acadis Readiness Suite, is a training and compliance ecosystem for high-risk, high-liability public safety and other government agencies. In addition, Envisage’s FirstForward SaaS training platform helps public safety departments and individual first responders stay safe and ready for duty by making hundreds of courses, paperless training records, and exposure tracking accessible from any location. It also provides professional tools for departments to manage training, compliance, policy documents, and performance reviews in one system.

Horizon Hobby

Acquisition in 2014
Horizon Hobby develops, markets, and distributes radio control (RC) hobby products; model trains; and a wide range of educational, toy, and other hobby products. The company manufactures parts, batteries, and other accessories for airplanes, multirotors, helicopters, cars and trucks, boats, radios, and cameras. Horizon Hobby’s proprietary technologies include SAFE (Sensor Assisted Flight Envelope), AVC (Active Vehicle Control), AS3X (Artificial Stabilization – 3-aXis), Spektrum DSSS, and Bind-N-Fly. Its air brands include Blade, E-flite, HobbyZone, Hangar 9, and ParkZone. Losi, Vaterra, Team Losi Racing, ECX, Dynamite, and Pro Boat are its surface brands. Evolution and ZP are its engine brands and Athearn is its train brand. Horizon Precision Systems is a part of the company that specializes in the development of small unmanned aerial systems for agricultural use. Horizon Hobby is based in Champaign, Illinois. It operates global websites in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Europe, and China and Asia.

Jim's Formal Wear

Private Equity Round in 2013
Jim’s Formal Wear is the world’s largest wholesale formalwear rental company.Jim’s Formal Wear employs more than 600 people and operates seven regional service centers located across the United States.
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