Top startups news to follow this week:

-  The Research and Development (R&D) tax credit lets businesses deduct R&D expenses up to $250,000 per year from payroll tax, or an unlimited amount against income tax if your startup qualifies. Over several years, this credit could save you millions of dollars.

- Indian startup Meesho, which counts Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and SoftBank Group’s Vision Fund 2 as its investors, is aiming to go public in early 2023, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

- Amid biotech downturn, Atlas raises $450M to build new drug startups, a retrenchment that’s constrained the options of private drug companies seeking to make the jump to public markets.

- Voltage Finance, formerly FuseFi and a cutting-edge, all-in-one decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on Fuse Network closes $3.4M private round, releases details of token launch, reports CoinTelegraph

- The D’Amelio family, including TikTok stars and digital creators Charli D’Amelio and sister Dixie, are formalizing their investments in startups with the launch of a new VC fund, 444 Capital to invest up to $25M in high-growth startups.

- MedTech CMO market valued at $53.6 billion in 2021, is growing at a healthy rate of 5% during the forecast period.

-French startup Lisaqua picks up €4.9 million to launch sustainability-focused land-based shrimp farm, reports EU-Startups

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