October 25, 2023: New Episode: Timing the market, more raises we care about, and upcoming events

TechTO Quick Takes returned with a brand new episode, breaking down the recent news, chatter, trends, and analysis from the past few weeks in Canadian Tech.

Quick Takes is a bi-weekly series that reviews the recent breaking news stories, top trends, story features, opinions, and takes on everything that’s happening across the Canadian Tech Ecosystem.

This episode features opinions and discussions on:

• Money is still coming for AI

• Timing the market and what we can learn from recent raises

• How other companies are attracting investor buzz

• Why you don’t need to be in the main “tech hubs” to reach fundraising goals

• Raises we think are interesting for you

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