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Adventure Ready Brands, which markets a range of first aid, insect repellent and outdoor recreation products, has acquired LuminAID, maker of a variety of solar-powered lighting and charging solutions for the outdoors and emergency use.  Adventure Ready Brands, which markets a range of best-in-class first aid, insect repellent and outdoor recreation products, announces the acquisition of LuminAID, maker of a variety of solar-powered lighting and charging solutions for the outdoors and emergency use. Adventure Ready Brands, which markets a range of best-in-class first aid, insect repellent and outdoor recreation products, announces the acquisition of LuminAID, maker of a variety of
Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising mid-market companies, has partnered with RefrigiWear, a provider of industrial workwear for subzero environments.  Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. RefrigiWear makes cold temperature protective industrial workwear for indoor and outdoor use in sub-freezing temperatures and inclement weather environments. RefrigiWear’s products include outerwear, coveralls, bibs, pants, and protective handwear and footwear that are designed to keep users warm, safe, and productive.  RefrigiWear has deep, long-standing relationships with its customers in the food manufacturing, food distribution, and construction and other outdoor end markets. Over the past several years,
Private investment firm Littlejohn & Co has acquired American Health Staffing Group (AHSG), a provider of healthcare talent and technology solutions.  As part of the transaction, the senior management team, led by CEO and founder Mark Smith, will continue to lead the Company and will be supported by an experienced team of industry veterans. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   Founded in 2010, AHSG is dedicated to meeting the needs of healthcare facilities and positively affecting patient outcomes. The Company provides travel nursing, allied health, pharmacy, dialysis, interim leadership, managed services, non-clinical and SaaS technology solutions in thousands
Turquoise, a UK merchant bank specialising in energy, environment and efficiency, has announced its 13th deal for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 (LCIF2) – a GBP300,000 investment in Weeding Technologies.  LCIF2 led the GBP890,000 equity round, which included Calculus Nominees and SFC Nominees as co-investors.   Weeding Technologies sells market-leading, herbicide-free weed control machines to municipal organisations. Their technology – Foamstream – uses organic-certified foam and hot water to kill weeds, providing an effective alternative to chemical herbicides, which are alleged to be carcinogenic and have been subject to both over USD10 billion in sucessful compensation claims and to
Godspeed Capital Management (Godspeed Capital), a lower middle-market Defense & Government services, solutions, and technology focused private equity firm, has acquired Ascent Engineering Group (Ascent), an Engineering & Consulting firm that specialises in the engineering and design of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems for K-12, Higher Education, Healthcare, and State & Local Government clients.  Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 1959 and headquartered in Roanoke, VA, Ascent is a prominent MEP Engineering & Consulting firm with over six decades of experience supporting its public and private sector clients. The Company produces plans, specifications,
Funds managed by Apollo affiliates are to acquire a 50 per cent stake in Broad Reach Power (Broad Reach), a utility-scale energy storage and renewable energy platform in the US, from EnCap Energy Transition Fund I (EETFI).  The Apollo Funds will acquire the stake from existing investor EnCap Investments LP (EnCap) and its co-investment partners Yorktown Partners and Mercuria Energy. EnCap and its co-investment partners will retain the other 50 per cent stake and, together with the Apollo Funds, commit to invest up to USD400 million of additional equity to fund Broad Reach’s continued expansion and growth pipeline.   Broad
MGC Diagnostics Corporation (MGC), a global medical technology company dedicated to cardiorespiratory health solutions, and a portfolio company of Altus Capital Partners (Altus), has acquired Lemon Medical, a medical technology company, headquartered in Hammelburg, Germany.  Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Lemon Medical, a German Limited Liability Company, founded in 2009, specialises in the design, development, production, and distribution of single-patient use disposables. These include viral and bacterial filters designed to protect patients, medical personnel, and diagnostic instruments against cross contamination during cardiorespiratory function testing. The usage of these protective products is experiencing significant growth because
Trilantic Europe, a private equity firm focused on mid-market transactions in Europe, has invested in Denver, a manufacturer of bicycles and e-bikes for large European retailers.  Michele and Giuseppe Beraudo, the two co-founders of Denver, will remain as minority shareholders. Based in Dronero (Italy) and founded more than 20 years ago, the company offers a wide range of products such as: e-bikes, city bikes, mountain bikes, leisure bikes and children’s bikes. The company sells more than 800,000 bicycles per year in Europe (with Italy and France currently being the core markets) and revenues are evenly split between traditional bicycles and
Cyber Manufacture Co, a narrative-based Web3 platform behind the next generation NFT project GAMA, has closed a USD6 million pre-Series A funding round led by Synergis and Collab+Currency. 
ScaleUp Capital, a specialist in investing in and supporting scaling B2B digital businesses with revenues of GBP1 million to GBP10 million, has closed a GBP4 million investment round in Sifted. The investment will enable the media outlet to continue scaling the definitive resource for insights on the European startup ecosystem. It will use the capital raised to expand its existing team of 40 employees to double that number next year, adding to its editorial, commercial, marketing and tech and data teams. The editorial team already consists of 15 journalists in London, Stockholm, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona, with plans to expand

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