Superloop is an Australian telecommunications company and

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. It was founded in 2014 by

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History

Superloop was founded by Bevan Slattery in 2014 when Slattery spun off the dark fibre infrastructure assets from his Megaport business. Superloop was listed on the

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(ASX) in June 2015. In October 2015, Superloop acquired Apex Networks for $5.8 million followed by Cinenet Systems for $3 million in November. In September 2016, Superloop acquired

BigAir BigAir is a telecommunications company in Australia that was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange ( ASX). The company was acquired by Superloop, with the last day of trading of Big Air shares being 9 December 2016. BigAir manages one of t ...

. In June 2021 Superloop acquired Internet service provider

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for $110 million in cash and shares. In October Superloop announced it would sell its Hong Kong subsidiary and certain assets in Singapore to Columbia Capital and DigitalBridge Investment Management for $140 million. The sale was completed in April 2022. In May 2022 Superloop acquired white label business Acurus for $15 million. In September that year, Superloop acquired VostroNet for $35 million in cash and shares. After

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decided to exit the Australian market in December 2022, customers were migrated to Superloop. In August 2023, Superloop announced its intention to acquire Symbio but it was eventually outbid by

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