2004 · Seed
Would you have funded Theranos?
Hundreds of blood tests from a finger-prick
A 19-year-old Stanford dropout says her company will run many lab tests from a few drops of blood, cheaply, in retail stores.
- Raised $6 million by the end of 2004
- Technology not independently validated
Show what happened
💥 Bust
Theranos It raised more than $700 million and reached a $9 billion valuation, then collapsed amid fraud; it dissolved in 2018.
Investors put in more than $700 million over the years.
Sources: Theranos (Wikipedia)
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