Investors include Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, and Saudi prince Al Waleed 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 Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, the crypto exchange Binance, and asset management firms Fidelity, Brookfield and Sequoia Capital.

The Saudi Arabian investor Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, who had initially opposed the buyout, also agreed to roll his $1.89bn stake into the deal rather than cashing out, the filing showed.

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