Two important qualitative differences from Theranos:
- Spinoff from battery research program at a University, not a bachelor degree dropout
- Investors are technical
So no, Theranos did not have any "serious" investors if using the definition of "serious" as those that are technically competent/know how to evaluate the technology. It's possible of course that it's all still a scam like Theranos, but more likely if this doesn't pan out it's going to be some limitation with the underlying tech, market adoption, competence running the company rather than outright fraud.
- Spinoff from battery research program at a University, not a bachelor degree dropout
- Investors are technical
So no, Theranos did not have any "serious" investors if using the definition of "serious" as those that are technically competent/know how to evaluate the technology. It's possible of course that it's all still a scam like Theranos, but more likely if this doesn't pan out it's going to be some limitation with the underlying tech, market adoption, competence running the company rather than outright fraud.