Launching a technology business is a challenge. You face formidable challenges ranging from accessing capital to protecting your intellectual property, from recruiting and retaining top talent to relentlessly pursuing your first market-validating sale. With demonstrated expertise in areas such as company formation, equity structures, corporate and cross-border financings, and technology transactions, Dentons' Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies Group has acquired a reputation as one of Canada’s top legal advisors to growth-oriented technology companies, from start-up to exit, whether by IPO or mergers and acquisitions, as well as to venture capital investors.

Our team understands your challenges of taking an idea and evolving it into a mature and successful business. With a number of our lawyers having worked as in-house counsel to both private and public technology companies, you benefit not only from our legal expertise, but also from our unique understanding of evolving industry trends and emerging market opportunities.

In addition, tap into Dentons' unparalleled resources for startups and emerging growth companies, including our newly expanded ventureBeyond microsite.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor or technology company, you gain access to a strategic partner with the relationships developed as an active participant in the Canadian and global venture capital community and technology industry.

Insights

Episode 76: Scaling impact through entrepreneurship in food and hospitality

May 21, 2025

Canada: Join Heather Barnhouse, Partner in our Edmonton office, as she explores women in leadership and entrepreneurship, and the ecosystem that supports them. In episode 76, Heather is joined by Jennifer Keith, Co-Founder of EPIC Market. Jennifer delves into her transition from a career in human resources to co-founding a community-focused food hall that equips local chefs to open restaurants with less risk and greater impact.

2025 Global Guide to Autonomous Vehicles

May 14, 2025

As the technology underlying autonomous vehicles (AVs) continues to evolve, so too does the legal and regulatory landscape governing the testing and deployment of AVs within the United States and across the globe.

Episode 75: From idea to impact: The power of storytelling in startup growth

May 7, 2025

Canada: Join Heather Barnhouse, Partner in our Edmonton office, as she explores women in leadership and entrepreneurship, and the ecosystem that supports them. In episode 75, Lauren Epstein, Venture Partner at Storytime Capital and Senior Advisor and Vice President at Epstein Enterprises, shares her journey from law to venture capital and her passion for working with early-stage startups.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons expands footprint into Kitchener-Waterloo’s tech startup ecosystem through strategic alliance with Pulse Law

March 26, 2025

Dentons, Canada’s Global Law Firm, is pleased to announce a new strategic alliance with Pulse Law, a new and innovative firm based in Kitchener-Waterloo, a powerhouse of Canada’s tech startup ecosystem.

Dentons welcomes Rick Pawluk as a partner in the Corporate group in Calgary

February 18, 2025

Dentons, Canada’s Global Law Firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Rick Pawluk as a partner in the Corporate group in Calgary.

Chambers and Partners recognizes Dentons in the 2025 Canada Guide

September 25, 2024

Chambers and Partners has once again recognized Dentons in Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2025. As Canada’s Global Law Firm, we capitalize on our expansive geographic reach and national strength to provide a tailored experience for our clients to help them grow, protect, operate and finance their business.

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