Sunset Capital Assets Acquires Aphex BioCleanse Systems

Gauge Capital Acquires Aphix from Caltius Equity Partners

August 21, 2025

Environmental Services

Gauge Capital has acquired Aphix, LLC, a commercial landscape services provider in the southeastern United States, from Caltius Equity Partners. The transaction represents an exit for Caltius and positions Gauge to continue scaling Aphix's regional footprint and recurring service platform.

Pacific Biosciences Acquires Apton Biosystems

August 2, 2023

Biotechnology

Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) has entered into an agreement to acquire Apton Biosystems, a Pleasanton, California-based developer of high-throughput short-read sequencing instrumentation, to accelerate development of a next-generation, high-throughput short-read sequencer. The all-stock deal provides approximately $85 million upfront (≈6.3M shares) plus up to $25 million in additional consideration contingent on achieving $50 million in revenue, valuing the transaction at up to ~$110 million.

CleanCapital Acquires BQ Energy

June 29, 2022

Energy

CleanCapital has acquired 100% of BQ Energy (BQE), a U.S. developer specializing in landfill and brownfield solar development. The acquisition brings BQE’s pipeline—more than 300 MW of late-stage and 700+ MW of mid-stage solar projects—into CleanCapital to expand its development and construction capabilities in brownfield renewable energy.

Eypex Corporation Acquires JustLight

March 28, 2023

Medical Devices

Eypex Corporation has acquired all assets and IP of JustLight, including the Sunflower Smart Light Therapy lamp and related Smart Light Therapy and UV germicidal disinfection technologies. JustLight will be reorganized to operate independently under Eypex as the company expands from automotive lighting into consumer health and wellness products, with additional product commercialization planned over the next 18 months.

Caltius Equity Partners Invests in APHIX

November 15, 2022

Environmental Services

Caltius Equity Partners has made a significant growth investment in APHIX, a founder-owned commercial landscaping services provider operating in Kentucky and Tennessee. The capital will support APHIX's organic growth and platform build, with Caltius planning to pursue add-on acquisitions to expand maintenance revenue and market footprint.

Big Cypress Acquisition Corp. Completes Business Combination with SAB Biotherapeutics

October 20, 2021

Biotechnology

Big Cypress Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition company, received shareholder approval to complete a business combination with clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company SAB Biotherapeutics. Upon closing, the combined company will be named SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc. and its common stock and warrants are expected to trade on Nasdaq, providing SAB with public-market capital to advance its antibody immunotherapy platform and clinical programs.