Theranos' Biggest Investors

steven_simmmons

The purpose of this discussion is to better understand who were the biggest investors in Theranos, and what role they played in the company's success or failure.I'm curious to know who the biggest investors were in Theranos, and what role they played in the company's success or failure. Did they provide the necessary funding? Did they have any say in how the company was run? Did they have any insider knowledge of what was going on?

Joshua763

Theranos had many notable investors, including Rupert Murdoch, Larry Ellison, and Timothy Draper. Draper was one of the earliest investors in the company and was a big supporter of Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos' founder and CEO. Murdoch and Ellison both invested through their respective companies, News Corp and Oracle.

Whitegorilla

Theranos was initially funded by private investors, including family and friends of founder Elizabeth Holmes. Later, the company raised money from venture capitalists, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kleiner Perkins, and Sequoia Capital. In 2014, Theranos raised $100 million from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and $120 million from the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group.