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nemo44x on Nov 11, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Safeway, Theranos Split After $350M Deal Fizzles

I'm not even sure it's her fault or the fools who gave a 20 year old billions of dollars to startup a healthcare company. What could go wrong?

adventured on Nov 11, 2015 [–]

It should be pointed out that she never got billions of dollars to start Theranos.

She was 21 or so when Theranos got a $5.8m A round. She's now 31.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/theranos

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