Mergers, Acquisitions & Investments

Posted September 4, 2026

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 ingrediant brand.

Posted September 1, 2026

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.

Posted July 22, 2026

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. 

Posted July 22, 2026

OLATHE, Kan. (BRAIN) — Garmin acquired TrainingPeaks and TrainHeroic platforms. Financial terms of the acquisition announced Wednesday will not be disclosed.

Posted June 30, 2026

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.

Posted June 30, 2026
Brompton bikes to be sold in 'Brompton corners' in some Decathlon stores.
Will Butler-Adams, Brompton's CEO. Photo courtesy of Brompton.

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.

Posted June 26, 2026

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.

Posted May 5, 2026

SHIREBROOK, England (BRAIN) — Frasers Group acquired financially struggling kids' brand Frog Bikes, which will now be sold through Evans Cycles.

Posted April 29, 2026

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.

Posted March 16, 2026
Life EV assembly facility in Fort Lauderdale.

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.

Posted March 6, 2026

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Life Electric Vehicles completed the court-approved acquisition of Rad Power Bikes, the Florida-based e-mobility company said Thursday.

Posted February 18, 2026
Accell Group logo.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (BRAIN) — After leading a group that purchased Accell Group in 2022 for approximately $1.77 billion, US-based investment giant KKR has stepped away from the troubled Dutch bicycle conglomerate, as a new ownership group led by its lenders takes over.

Posted February 5, 2026

LONDON (BRAIN) — Head Group has acquired the London-based cycling apparel brand Le Col from Puma Growth Partners, which has invested at least 14.4 million pounds ($19.5 million at today's exchange rate) in the brand since 2018. 

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