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Was Theranos really a unicorn? I'd barely heard of them until this story broke.

• minimaxir 10y ago
  Theranos had received a $9 Billion valuation at its peak. https://www.forbes.com/sites/roomykhan/2017/02/17/theranos-9-billion-evaporatedstanford-expert-whose-questions-ignited-the-unicorn-trouble/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/roomykhan/2017/02/17/theranos-9...
• dpiers 10y ago
  Yes, they raised $350MM at a $9 billion valuation, and Holmes was hailed as the next Silicon Valley wunderkind.
  • Nanite 10y ago
    Bit more actually, closer to $700M.
    • Nanite 10y ago
      Why is this downvoted? it's true : https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/theranos#/entity https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/theranos#/entity