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Software and services investor Hg has made a significant investment in Pirum Systems (Pirum), a provider of post-trade automation and collateral management technology for the global securities finance industry. Hg will share joint control with Pirum’s current backers Bowmark Capital, the technology and services investor, which invested in the company in 2019. The Pirum management team will also retain a significant stake in the business.
Dragoneer has led a USD75 million Series B funding round in Rho, ​​a corporate spend and cash management company.  New investors including DFJ Growth, and existing investors including M13, Inspired Capital and Torch Capital also participated in the equity financing. Rho has grown 10x in under 12 months, driven by constant innovation and product delivery, including the launch of its integrated accounts payable product in January 2021 and its corporate card in May 2021.
Private equity firm Copley Equity Partners (Copley) has completed a full buyout of Perkins Biomedical Services (Perkins). Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Perkins will utilise Copley’s investment to assist in the company’s strategy to build a market-leading laboratory equipment service business. Perkins will serve as Copley’s platform investment in the laboratory equipment service industry and is actively pursuing other complimentary investments as part of the investment strategy. Copley Equity representatives Peter Trovato and Andrew Miller will participate on the Perkins Board of Directors.
Main Post Partners, a private equity investment firm, has invested in Guided Practice Solutions (GPS Dental or GPS), a dental service organisation. Main Post is partnering with the founders and several partner-doctors in the transaction. Andy Graham, an executive with decades of DSO experience, will be joining the Board of Directors as Chairman.
Garnett Station Partners, LLC (Garnett Station), a New York-based investment firm, has made a growth investment in Las Vegas carwash brand WOW Carwash (WOW), through its GSP 3.0 Fund, LP. GSP’s investment will be used to accelerate the growth of WOW Carwash, which was founded in 2015 by Todd Bender and Scott Wainwright and builds and operates eco-friendly, tech-enabled express car wash operations.
Cassini Systems, a provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, has completed a USD20.5 million growth financing round led by Ten Coves Capital. Existing investor Mosaik Partners also participated in the round with the proceeds set to be used by Cassini to accelerate its product development. Cassini’s fully integrated platform enables asset managers to assess and optimise the liquidity and carry cost of their diverse trading strategies across the trade lifecycle from pre-trade, to intra-day to post-trade.
Bain Capital Credit, LP (Bain Capital Credit), has agreed a funding line of up to EUR183 million for Linus Digital Finance AG (LINUS), a publicly listed real estate fintech business, as part of a broader strategic partnership.  The proceeds will be used to further accelerate LINUS’ financing operations in the UK and Germany, focusing on the mid-market real estate segment. There are significant deployment opportunities for LINUS and its investors as European construction activity continues to grow at a rate of about 7 per cent per annum, according to Eurostat, from a total annual volume of approximately EUR800 billion last
Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm, has made a significant investment in Entersekt, a specialist in device identity and authentication solutions headquartered in Cape Town. The investment will enable Entersekt to accelerate its roadmap, hire top talent and fuel expansion into new markets. Founded in 2000, Accel-KKR has invested in over 300 mid-market software and technology-enabled services businesses around the world. 
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund (SEQI), the FTSE250 specialist economic infrastructure lender, has made a GBP60 million investment in LightSpeed Broadband, the Internet Service Provider.  The new investment will accelerate the construction of LightSpeed’s FTTP multi-gigabit broadband network to 25 towns across the East of England, with the company’s aim of becoming the region’s leading provider. It builds on LightSpeed’s original GBP55 million backing from AtmosClear Investments, Kompass Kapital and Thesaurium bringing total funding to date to GBP115 million.
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 has led a USD25 million Series A funding round in Atom Learning, an adaptive learning edtech platform.

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