https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/05/elon-musk-secures-7bn-in-outside-funding-for-twitter-takeover > Investors include Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, and Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal > Elon Musk has secured $7.14bn (£5.7bn) in funding for his $44bn takeover of Twitter from a group of investors that includes the Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, the crypto exchange Binance, and the asset management firms Fidelity, Brookfield and Sequoia Capital.