Key deals of the week (August 10 - 16)
Market activity is recovering. Startups, even from the affected industries, are seeing an increase in demand. For example, the Getaround car-sharing service, which fired 250 workers during the pandemic, saw a sharp rise in demand in May-June. The company's revenue in the United States (YTD) is 40% higher than a year ago. Sonder, a rental startup, fired or sent 417 employees on unpaid leave in March. Three months later, the company announced that it had resumed growth and woul