New York—Dentons, the leading global law firm having a premier global boutique venture technology and emerging growth companies practice, today unveiled a newly launched series of snap conversations with prominent global leaders in the technology sector at its uniquely vibrant Venture Tech Centre in the heart of New York's Meatpacking district.

"A Silicon Valley State of Mind" is the first conversation in the "Fire Escape Chats" series, featuring Kevin Talbot, co-founder and Managing Partner of Relay Ventures, a venture fund located in Menlo Park and Toronto, and Victor H. Boyajian, Global Chair of Dentons' Venture Technology group. (To view the 3.5 minute video, click here.)

Upcoming chats will feature a selection of venture capital investors, founders, tech giants and visionaries, offering a chance to eavesdrop on insightful conversations with industry authorities in this unique urban tech setting. New conversations are anticipated to be released monthly throughout 2018.

"Our goal is to change things up and capture the entrepreneurial ethos of our clients and other disruptors across the tech ecosystem in an innovative urban setting," said Boyajian about the series.  "We designed the series to cover a range of cutting-edge topics and issues in a condensed, snackable format.  This is yet another way we work to innovate in the marketplace and drive content leveraging our unique world view."   

Dentons' Venture Technology group is a top-ranked global boutique focused in technology, medical devices and life sciences with a core focus on artificial intelligence, mobile, adtech, digital health, data privacy and fintech.  The team works with startups and later-stage venture and private equity-backed emerging growth companies with big global aspirations as they execute their strategic growth plans and drive to exit. With resources for emerging growth companies spanning the globe in tech centers from Berlin, London, Vancouver, Palo Alto and New York to Sydney, Singapore and Shanghai, the Venture Technology  Group is uniquely positioned to meet clients' strategic needs.  This is particularly so, through its collaboration with Techstars and other market leaders.

In addition to the Fire Escape Chats, the Venture Technology group also offers a variety of resources and services for startups, including:

• Incubator space in Silicon Valley and other offices
• Stand-alone Venture Tech Centre at Meatpacking, New York City
• Startup resources at dentonsventurebeyond.com
• Venture Connection™ program connecting opportunity with capital
• Fixed-fee startup packages

About Dentons

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