Startups Weekly: Founders may be raising less, but deals haven’t been lacking

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week showed more optimism among startups than in other corners of the world, with entrepreneurs feeling confident enough to acquire other companies, raise fresh funding, and even say no to more money. Most interesting startup stories from the week Image Credits:Hinge Health Not quite four weddings and a funeral, but almost. Hinged: Hinge Health, a virtual physical therapy startup that uses technology to help treat chronic musculoskeletal conditions, filed to go public and is hoping to raise up to $500 million through this offering. Fervor: Fervo Energy, a well-funded startup that is working with Google on a first-of-its-kind geothermal power plant, is reportedly planning to IPO in the next two years. Picked: Peak.ai, a startup founded in Manchester, England, that builds “decision-making” AI, was acquired by UiPath, the now ... Read full article.