UK online pharmacy companies Pharmacy2U and ChemistDirect.co.uk have merged in a GBP40 million deal backed by GBP10 million of investment from Business Growth Fund (BGF), creating a business with a 1.5 million customer base.   The merger follows the opening of Pharmacy2U’s brand new GBP3.5 million dispensing hub in Leeds –

United Flexible, (United Flexible), a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, is to acquire Kreisler Manufacturing Corporation (Kreisler) for USD18.00 per share.  Headquartered in Elmwood Park, NJ, Kreisler is a manufacturer of precision metal components and assemblies for use in commercial and military aircraft engines as well as industrial gas

Polynt and Reichhold are to combine their businesses to created global coating and composite resins operation with over EUR2.1 billion (USD2.4 billion) in revenues.   Polynt-Reichhold will be invested into equally by Investindustrial and Black Diamond Capital Management (Black Diamond). Credt fund manager GSO Capital Partners is providing the debt

Investment bank GCA Savvian Corporation and financial advisory group Altium are to merge to form  an independent international investment bank focused on growth companies with an extensive global network, cross-border capability and track record of industry-shaping transactions.  The combined company will operate under the names GCA Altium in Europe and

Noerr has advised Payleven Holding on the merger of the Payleven group with the SumUp group, both mobile payment providers. The combined company will operate under the name SumUp. The merger is intended to accelerate the international growth of both businesses. All former shareholders in SumUp and Payleven will remain

Virtual Instruments, a specialist in real-time infrastructure performance management, and storage performance analytics provider Load DynamiX are to merge to create the industry’s first end-to-end infrastructure DevOps platform. To accelerate joint innovation in the multi-billion-dollar IT infrastructure market, HighBar Partners will lead a new USD20 million investment round into the

Wealth management firms Mercer Advisors and Kanaly Trust are to merge to create a combined company will assets exceeding USD8 billion under management, making it one of the largest independent wealth managers in the United States.   Terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. The combined company will

NovitasPartners and FTCL, two fintech sector boutique corporate finance firms, are merging to meet growing demand for from clients within the payments, data, financial software, market infrastructure, business process outsourcing, and securities services subsectors. NovitasFTCL provides M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory services. With over 45 years of combined experience