Anthony Macdonald

pitching process to a whole new level.

So we call them non-deal roadshows.

As the name suggests, they're not about a deal so much as just going out and meeting investors.

Normally, they happen with a couple of dozen one-on-one meetings and a few lunches held inside stockbrokers' offices over the course of a week, and it's all good.

But firmness is, like I said, it's at a whole new level.

So their lunch on Monday was at the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel.

They had to book a big room in a hotel, you know, 100, 150 seats just to fit everyone in.

The stockbroker's offices weren't big enough.

And there's just so many people that want to hear this story.

And why?

Because investing is all about the thrill of the chase.

It doesn't matter whether you're a retired seven-year-old making a few trades once a month on Comsec or whether you're the biggest investor in Sydney or Melbourne.

It's all about the thrill of the chase, finding the next big thing.

Firmus could be the next big thing.

I mean, we know that because of the money it's been able to raise in the past six months ahead of its IPO.

It's raised nearly $2 billion in Australian terms in the past six months.

That's huge.

That's more than any listed company has raised in the past six months in terms of equity.

That $2 billion, that's all real money.

Like that's not up for dispute.