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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

Elizabeth Holmes’s partner reportedly raises millions for blood-testing startup

a formally dressed woman and man walking together
Ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes with her partner, Billy Evans, after a hearing on 17 March 2023 in San Jose, California. Photograph: Philip Pacheco/Getty Images

Elizabeth Holmes’s romantic partner – the father of her children – reportedly has raised millions of dollars to start up a new blood-testing company that is strikingly similar to the one that landed the Theranos founder in federal prison.

The fundraising comes as Billy Evans, an heir to a hotel fortune, is pitching his new company, Haemanthus, to potential investors, according to the New York Times. Evans’s pitch: a health-testing company that can make diagnoses from users’ blood, urine and saliva.

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