Weekly startups: The founders may be lower, but the deals were not lacking

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This week has shown more optimism among startups more than other angles in the world, as entrepreneurs feel sufficient to gain other companies, collect new financing, and even say no for more money.

The most interesting startup stories of the week

Not four wedding parties and funeral, but almost.

Articulated: Hinge Health, an emerging virtual physiotherapy company that uses technology to help I came to the public Hope to raise up to $ 500 million through this offer.

enthusiasm: Fervo Energy, a good start -off start with Google at the first ground energy station of its kind, Planning for public subscription In the next two years.

to choosePeak.ai, a startup founded in Manchester, England, adopting “decision -making” artificial intelligence, It was obtained by UIPATHNow public automation automation company (RPA). PEAK raised $ 121 million, including a $ 75 million tour backed by Softbank in 2021.

Butterfly: Manus, “Agentic” AI platform launched by the Chinese butterfly effect, is Getting a ton of tannahAlthough some of the first users have warned that it is not a cure, the newly appointed AI editor at Techcrunch. But the butterfly effect is still present: use the browser, one of the tools that operate Manus, It will also be viral.

the endSwedish batteries Northvolt It was submitted to bankruptcy In Sweden this week. I have already applied for the bankruptcy of Chapter 11 in the United States in November.

The most interesting VC news and funding news this week

Many deals, but also another week in which the round will not tell you the round speech.

As alreadySan Francisco, based in San Francisco A series of $ 82 million collected When evaluating $ 462 million to make sure that corporate customers can access data on edge devices even when the connection is unstable.

Good vine: Nirvana, artificial intelligence insurance platform uses Telematics data to create and manage insurance policies for truck drivers, The financing round of the C series raised $ 80 million Rating 830 million dollars after money.

Dualism: Omni, a business intelligence platform that helps institutions to analyze their data better, closed a 69 million dollars from the B series B.. The company also expects its repeated annual revenues to three times this year, as it rose from about $ 10 million.

fifthPentera, a cyberspace security company established in Tel Aviv, but is now based in Boston, I grew up Series of 6 million dollars d Evaluating more than a billion dollars. It plans to use the financing of integration and purchase and product development.

Zolved problemZolVE, a new bank for high skills who move to the United States without the date of credit, 51 million dollars in stocks For a series B tour. She also got $ 200 million in debt and plans to enter a new geography.

New name, new moneyEstonia -based Blackwall, which was previously known as Botguard, Rifaat A. 45 million euros tour (About 49.2 million dollars) to protect small and medium -sized companies from online malware through the host hosting platforms and service providers.

Prediction maintenance: The start of the Indian operation is countless, which helps the factories improve the use of equipment thanks to a solid -based maintenance maintenance solution, I collected a 3 $ 35 million financing tour of the series To expand in the United States and other markets.

Italians do it better? VC Italian Italian Italian Vento is The launch of a fund worth 75 million euros To support the founders of Italian startups, including those who live abroad. This is the second Vento Fund; Its portfolio actually includes about 100 startups.

Last but not least

The last experimental day of Y Combinator pointed to the “Vibet’s transformation”, according to a regular presence. Tyrence Rohan, an investor other than that, has indicated an investment in Y Combinator since 2010, that it is now common to see the founders collecting less money – not because of the lack of VC interest. This discussion raised Whether it is a good idea.