Launching a technology business requires dexterity. 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—a tall order that must be addressed in a fast-paced marketplace. To evolve your idea from inception to mature business, you need a legal and strategic advisor experienced in this terrain.

Collaborate with the lawyers at Dentons who address your specific goals with confidence. You gain legal insight, creative solutions and nimble strategies to drive your business throughout its lifespan from startup to exit. Together, we anticipate critical issues so that you can respond with lightning speed. We are entrepreneurs representing entrepreneurs.

Leverage Dentons’ network of global venture capital and investment banking relationships to pave your way forward. Build your emerging growth company alongside advisors who embrace your ideas and work tirelessly to guide them to fruition by leveraging our relationships across the ecosystem.

In addition, tap into Dentons' unparalleled resources and venture tech lawyers for startups and emerging growth companies, by visiting our newly expanded ventureBeyond microsite.

With global reach from offices in key technology markets around the world, including Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, Vancouver, Toronto, London, Berlin and Hong Kong, Dentons offers a unique perspective on evolving industry trends and emerging market opportunities. Whether you’re a company or an investor, you gain access to a strategic partner with the relationships and knowledge to power your success.

Recognition

Partner Nick Pujji recognized in Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys by Los Angeles Business Journal

January 21, 2025

The Los Angeles Business Journal recognized partner Nick Pujji in its 2025 Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys issue, which highlights the city’s most influential minorities in the field of law.

New York Law Journal honors partner Chris Errico as a Rising Star

August 21, 2023

The New York Law Journal selected Dentons partner Chris Errico as a Rising Star. Errico was honored as an emerging leader in New York’s legal community.

PitchBook ranks Dentons among top 10 in 2022 Q3 league table rankings

November 28, 2022

PitchBook once again recognized Dentons in the top 10 in its Q3 2022 Global League Tables. Notably, the Firm ranked No. 6 globally for venture capital deals with 87 deals this quarter – moving us up one spot and further evidence Dentons is competing successfully against Silicon Valley firms and expanding the brand globally.

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Insights

PISCES: 10 key points to note about the UK's new trading platform for private companies

May 23, 2025

United Kingdom: The UK is introducing an innovative new form of regulated trading platform for private companies, known as PISCES. With many companies choosing to stay private for longer, the primary objective of the new platform is to increase the liquidity of shares of participating companies, offering new investors easier access to growth companies pre-IPO and allowing early-stage investors and other shareholders, including employees, to realise their investments.

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.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons Advises Fulgur Ventures and Framework Ventures in the $40 million Series A Financing of Meanwhile

April 29, 2025

Dentons is pleased to announce that it has advised both Fulgur Ventures and Framework Ventures as co-lead investors in the $40 million Series A financing of Meanwhile, a Bermuda-based life insurance startup offering Bitcoin-denominated policies.

Dentons represents iCAD, Inc. in its definitive merger agreement with RadNet, Inc.

April 18, 2025

Dentons announced today its representation of long-time client, iCAD, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICAD), in its definitive merger agreement with RadNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT).

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.

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