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Stories naming John Hartman. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Firmus withdrew its ASX listing after weak investor demand. The explainer covers the data centre developer's history, its Nvidia and Blackstone backing, prior raises, and why the float collapsed.
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Firmus, the Nvidia-backed data centre developer, pulled its planned ASX listing after weak investor demand and will instead seek private capital. Explaining its background, backers, valuation history and why the float failed.
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Analysis tracing Oliver Curtis from an insider trading prison term to his central role in Firmus's planned $7.2 billion Australian sharemarket listing, with Blackstone and Nvidia among its existing backers.
Tattarang, Andrew Forrest's investment firm and R.M. Williams parent, has put $26.8m into Natural Fiber Welding's Series B; the US materials startup's Mirum leather substitute may reach the bootmaker's vegan lineup.
Dark fibre provider FibreconX has secured investment from Andrew Forrest's private investment group Tattarang, supporting planned network expansion into Melbourne and Brisbane; Tattarang previously backed telco NodeOne in 2020.
Andrew Forrest's family investment firm Tattarang has taken a majority stake in payments startup Azupay and invested in GLX Digital's Series A alongside Woodside Energy and Shell Ventures, while also backing telco NodeOne.
Western Australian fixed wireless provider NodeOne received investment from Tattarang and CVC to expand its network and business offering; the Forrest family also previously took a stake in Swoop.
Tattarang, the Forrest family's investment group, has taken a majority stake in Azupay, an Australian payments fintech whose instant PayID-based service is being rolled out by the NSW Government.
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