[smsm42]

> We're talking about limited liability companies, not people. They're separate entities.

I know, but this still doesn't validate the logic "I am curious about it therefore I must be given rights to access any information I want".

> I'm talking about 'useful' to people doing business with that company.

This makes even less sense. Nobody checks the list of shareholders of Walmart each time they go to buy milk. And you definitely are not "doing business with" the investors - you're at most are doing business with the management and the line workers. Surely, for mom-and-pop shops those are the same people, but for any company of decent size, and for pretty much any startup company out there, you never "doing business with" the investors - they at most advise the management, but they do not actually run things.

> You don't want to go in to business with a company that's about to go under.

That has nothing to do with the list of investors. The same investors could invest in a wildly successful and completely failing businesses, at the same time, and knowing the list of investors gives you zero information about whether or not the company is about to go under.