Mergers, Acquisitions & Investments
BELLUNO, Italy (BRAIN) — MVC Group, the parent company of CastellI and Sportful, has acquired the U.K. bikepacking brand Tailfin. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
OLATHE, Kan. (BRAIN) — Garmin announced Wednesday the acquisition of Applied Ballistics, a software company specializing in precision-aiming solutions for long-range shooting and hunting, that's built into Garmin tactical watches.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (BRAIN) — Sweden-based holding company Röko AB has acquired Italy's CyTech S.r.l., the parent of the Elastic Interface cycling short pad ingredient brand.
SAN MATEO, Calif. (BRAIN) — GoPro and privately held optical-photonics company Starman Optical Inc. will merge with the action camera brand's approximate $92 million debt being repaid by year's end at closing.
BRISTOL, U.K. (BRAIN) — Kelsey Media, a U.K. publisher that owns a variety of consumer media titles, has acquired three cycling titles froM Our Media> the Bike Radar digital brand and the print brands Cycling Plus and MBUK.
OLATHE, Kan. (BRAIN) — Garmin acquired TrainingPeaks and TrainHeroic platforms. Financial terms of the acquisition announced Wednesday will not be disclosed.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (BRAIN) — Rad Life Mobility announced Monday night that it has acquired QuietKat, an e-bike brand tailored for hunters and anglers. Terms were not disclosed.
SHEFFIELD, U.K. (BRAIN) — Decathlon Pulse, the investment unit of the French sporting goods retailer Decathlon, and BA Capital, a Shanghai, China-based venture capital firm, have each acquired shares in Brompton, the UK folding bike brand.
FRANKFURT (BRAIN) — Rad Life Mobility is exploring purchasing QuietKat, a development which comes three months after the subsidiary of Life Electric Vehicles Holdings acquired Rad Power Bikes.
SHIREBROOK, England (BRAIN) — Frasers Group acquired financially struggling kids' brand Frog Bikes, which will now be sold through Evans Cycles.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (BRAIN) — Zwift purchased real routes online platform Rouvy in an acquisition labeled as a strategic cooperation in which each will maintain independent operations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (BRAIN) — Life Electric Vehicles CEO Rob Provost has high expectations for Rad Power Bikes after officially acquiring the beleaguered brand for $13.3 million March 5. And he's looking farther ahead.

