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VTG Fire Escape Chats (Meatpacking)
2018-04-04 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | Dentons – Meatpacking, 22 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY, 10014-1321, United States
Victor Boyajian hosts informal chats with key players in the global innovation economy from our Venture Tech Centre at Meatpacking office in NY as part of our video blog series.

This week’s guests: Dave Morgan of Simulmedia and Arlen Shenkman of SAP

VTG Fire Escape Chats (NY)
2018-03-27 14:00 - 14:45 UTC | Dentons – Meatpacking, 22 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY, 10014-1321, United States
Victor Boyajian hosts informal chats with key players in the global innovation economy from our Venture Tech Centre at Meatpacking office in NY as part of our video blog series.

This week’s guests: Joshua March of Conversocial and Lorne Brown of Sintec Media

Crypto Summit NYC- Day 2
2018-03-22 08:00 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | Dentons NY, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, 10020, United States
PluggedIn BD along with Wise Public Relations, Inc. are excited to announce the inaugural Crypto Summit NYC taking place March 21-22, 2018. Crypto Summit NYC was created specifically for those who want to expand their knowledge and understanding of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain with two days of engaging roundtables, panels and workshops and more.
Crypto Summit NYC will feature exciting industry keynotes from leading crypto experts and feature dozens of thought leaders, industry executives, founders, and innovators from leading companies and institutions sharing their knowledge and best practices. The first day of the summit will revolve around separating Fact from Fiction, Skeptic from Believer and explore what 2018 has in store. Day two will take a deeper dive into this rapidly changing industry covering everything from crypto exchanges, ICOs, the Blockchain, and more.
Schedule:
March 21, 2018
ZAG/S&W
1633 Broadway, New York, NY, USA
8:30-10:30AM
March 22,2018
Dentons
1221 6th Ave, New York, NY, USA
8:30-10:30AM

Confirmed speakers include:

Crypto Working Group: Richie Hecker, Chief Economist & Chairman
Sullivan & Worcester LLP: Joel Telpner, Partner
Afro Altcoin Group: Slayton Underwood, Founder
CentralBitcoins: R. Benson Evans, Founder & CEO
Hydrogen: Mike Kane, Co-founder
Shopin: Doron Wesly, CMO
Cointelegraph: Stephen Chase, VP Strategic Partnerships
Investing.com: Jamie Rakover, VP Sales
CoinDesk: Kevin Worth, CEO
Aquiline: Cole Riccardi, Crypto Lead
G2H2 Capital: Dean Patrick, Co-founder
CountUp.io: Nodar Janashia, Founder
CoinRoutes: Dave Weisberger, CEO
Celsius Network: Daniel S. Leon, Founding President & COO
Cryptalgo: Dan Goldman, VP BD & Exchange Partnerships
Portion: Jason Rosenstein, Co-founder
Dentons: Charles Gelinas, Partner

CryptoSummit is bringing to you the who-is-who in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space in 2 roundtables on back to back days. Join us for two days of insightful chats, debates, networking, and learning with industry leaders.
Visit CryptoSummitNYC for more information and secure your early bird tickets while they last.

Edlinks - SJF Ventures (NY)
2018-03-21 17:30 - 20:30 UTC | Dentons NY, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, 10020, United States
Participant: Alton Delane (New York)

Crypto Summit NYC- Day 1
2018-03-21 08:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | ZAG/S&W, New York, NY, United States

Chinese New Year Luncheon with clients from the venture tech and med-tech industries (Singapore)
2018-02-28 | Dentons Rodyk, 80 Raffles Place, #33-00 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore
Annual Chinese New Year celebrations with our clients in these industries.

Chinese New Year’s luncheon with Vertex Venture Management (VVM) and founders of startups funded by VVM (Singapore)
2018-02-26 | Dentons Rodyk, 80 Raffles Place, #33-00 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore
Annual Chinese New Year celebrations with our clients- VVM and 2 start-up founders, in which VVM invested and for whom we advised as well.

VTG Fire Escape Chats (NY)
2018-02-23 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Dentons – Meatpacking, 22 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY, 10014-1321, United States
Victor Boyajian hosts informal chats with key players in the global innovation economy from our Venture Tech Centre at Meatpacking office in NY as part of our video blog series.

This week’s guest: Josh Marsh, Convosocial

Chinese New Year’s luncheon with founders of successful startups (Singapore)
2018-02-23 | Dentons Rodyk, 80 Raffles Place, #33-00 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore
Annual Chinese New Year celebrations we host for clients with whom we have advised and assisted in their journey from start-ups to successful businesses.

ERA Pitch Night and Networking Reception - Japanese Startups (New York)
2018-02-15 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Dentons NY, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, 10020, United States
ERA will host a pitch event for five startups from Japan the week of February 12. They will be coached on pitch deck content, pitch style and be connected to relevant stakeholders in the NY tech ecosystem.
Dentons VTG will sponsor a pitch night and networking reception on the evening of February 15.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/era-global-japanese-startup-showcase-and-reception-tickets-42692618772?ref=enivte001&invite=MTM3OTYwOTkvYWx0b24uZGVsYW5lQGRlbnRvbnMuY29tLzA%3D&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invitemodernv2&ref=enivte001&password=[REDACTED]
Participants: Sara Werner and Callie Pioli

The Startup Station - Intro to ICOs (New York)
2018-02-07 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Dentons NY, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, 10020, United States
This class will give a comprehensive overview of the issues and a roadmap for how to issue your own ICO and how to determine if this is the right vehicle for you.

Event link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-icos-tickets-41532230018?aff=eac2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOYsmFQoaM4&t

Participants: Ira Kotel (New York), Charles (C.J.) Gelinas (New York), Kathryn Keen (New York), Brian Lee (New York), Sahar Shirazi (New York)

New Year's DEN Dinner (New York)
2018-01-25 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | Rogue Tomate Chelsea, 126 W. 18th St., New York, NY, United States
Dentons’ Venture Technology group is hosting a private dinner for founders from the New York tech community. No pitches. No presentation. Just great food and lively conversation.
Participants: Chris Errico (NY), Thomas Michael (LA)

Shortcut Your Startup - Book tour sponsored by Dentons Venture Tech (New York)
2018-01-25 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | WeWork Times Square, New York, NY
From the Reum brothers—former Goldman Sachs investment bankers, successful operators, and investors—comes Shortcut Your Startup, a practical playbook for both aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs. Courtney and Carter Reum have years of experience from investing in over 130 companies, including Lyft, Pinterest, Warby Parker, and ClassPass, to driving the success of their own liquor brand, VEEV Spirits.
Participants: Victor Boyajian, Alton Delane, Asher Bundlie, Thomas Michael and Chris Errico

Shortcut Your Startup - Book tour sponsored by Dentons Venture Tech (New York)
2018-01-24 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Human Ventures, New York, NY

Shortcut Your Startup - Book tour sponsored by Dentons Venture Tech (Los Angeles)
2018-01-23 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | WeWork Vine St, Los Angeles, CA
From the Reum brothers—former Goldman Sachs investment bankers, successful operators, and investors—comes Shortcut Your Startup, a practical playbook for both aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs. Courtney and Carter Reum have years of experience from investing in over 130 companies, including Lyft, Pinterest, Warby Parker, and ClassPass, to driving the success of their own liquor brand, VEEV Spirits.
Participants: Nick Pujji, Asher Bundlie and Stafford Matthews

Shortcut Your Startup - Book tour sponsored by Dentons Venture Tech (San Francisco)
2018-01-22 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | WeWork Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
From the Reum brothers—former Goldman Sachs investment bankers, successful operators, and investors—comes Shortcut Your Startup, a practical playbook for both aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs. Courtney and Carter Reum have years of experience from investing in over 130 companies, including Lyft, Pinterest, Warby Parker, and ClassPass, to driving the success of their own liquor brand, VEEV Spirits.

Pitch Night for VentureOut Healthtech w Medstartr
2018-01-17 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | Spark Labs Bryant Park, 14th FL, 20 W 39th Street, New York, New York, 10018, United States
Participants: Chris Errico

EU General Data Protection Regulation Workshop with Stripes Group and Octopus Ventures (New York)
2018-01-16 08:00 - 10:00 UTC | Stripes Group Office (New York), 402 W 13th street, New York, 10014, United States
Event link – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gdpr-workshop-tickets-41499035733

Victor Boyajian (New York), Todd Daubert (DC) and Marc Elshof (Amsterdam) are presenting.

ERA Launch Event (NYC)
2018-01-16 06:30 - 21:30 UTC | Dentons NY, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, 10020, United States
Participants: Sara Werner (New York)

Dentons and JP Morgan Heathcare Conference (San Francisco)
2018-01-09 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Wayfare Tavern – Bartlett Room, 558 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
Join us for an intimate cocktail reception and dinner gathering of clients and friends during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. We will be returning to Wayfare Tavern, celebrity chef Tyler Florence’s gourmet eatery.
Expect great food and even better company and conversation. We hope to see you there!
Key Participants: Jeffrey A. Baumel (New York), Victor H. Boyajian (New York), John L. Cleary (New York), Ira Kotel (New York), Stafford Matthews (Silicon Valley)
Please contact Krunali Parekh for more information.

Private tour of the Museu Picasso and client reception (Barcelona)
2018-01-03 19:45 - 23:00 UTC | Picasso Museu, Barcelona
Dentons Venture Technology and Relay Ventures invite you to experience an artistic treat during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Museu Picasso is home to one of the most extensive collections of Pablo Picasso’s artworks.

Join us for a private tour of the museum followed by a reception featuring traditional Basque-style pintxos and cocktails in the Finestres Courtyard. As in years’ past we will have a rich mix of global emerging growth companies and venture firms’ gathered together on the grounds of the 13th century medieval palaces in which the collection is housed.

This exclusive event is by invitation only and non-transferable.

Participants: Victor Boyajian (New York), Todd Daubert (Washington), Jan Willem van den Bos (London), Pascal Chadenet (Paris), Igor Ostrowski (Warsaw), Kelly Tymburski (Dubai)

For more information, contact Krunali Parekh at krunali.parekh@dentons.com.

VTG Fire Escape Chats (NY)
2017-12-05 15:00 - 17:45 UTC | Dentons – Meatpacking, 22 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY, 10014-1321, United States
Victor Boyajian hosts informal chats with key players in the global innovation economy from our Venture Tech Centre at Meatpacking office in NY as part of our video blog series.

This week’s guests: Alliott Cole, CEO, Octopus Ventures and Urs Cete, BDMI- Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Inc.

48 Hours in the Valley (C100)
2017-12-05 - 2017-12-07 | Silicon Valley, CA, United States
As a long-standing supporter and C100 Partner, Dentons Venture Tech members across Canada will nominate worthy late seed/pre-Series A startups that have demonstrated successful proof of concept, have exceptional growth prospects, and meet C100’s criteria, as candidates to participate 48 hours of mentorship, networking opportunities, investor meetings, and unparalleled access to C100’s extensive network in Silicon Valley. Good luck!

From Biotech to Techbio (San Francisco)
2017-11-30 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Dentons San Francisco, One Market Plaza Spear Tower, 24th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Biology has seen technology bring scientists powerful tools to deepen and accelerate discoveries as much as their deployment. Artificial intelligence, deep learning, and big data keep disrupting the industry. Biotech startups that are more technology companies than biology ones are emerging.

Join us to discuss how technology is impacting the biotech world and what trends we should see emerge in the coming years.

SaaS North Conference
2017-11-29 - 2017-11-30 | Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
As a long-term supporter of L-SPARK, Dentons Venture Tech team in Ottawa is pleased to be sponsoring SaaS North– Canada’s annual hub for SaaS founders, investors, and executives to network, grow and learn from experience, tactical content and actionable conversations delivered by global leaders in SaaS. Dentons Venture Teach team joins PwC to support the invite-only Investor breakfast. Hope to see you there!

Canadian Fintech Awards
2017-11-27 17:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | The Carlu, 444 Yonge Street, 7th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Members of Dentons Venture Tech team from Toronto and Ottawa will attend the 3rd Annual Canadian FinTech Awards to recognize and celebrate Canadian Innovation in Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence with 14 award categories for FinTechs, startups, scaleups, AI companies, banks, service firms, investors, lawyers, incubators & accelerators, thought leaders, tech companies and many more! Hope to see you there!

AI (Artificial Intelligence) World Forum
2017-11-27 - 2017-11-28 | The Carlu, 444 Yonge Street, 7th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Members of Dentons Venture Tech team from Toronto and Ottawa will attend this annual event that brings together top global thought leaders in AI and Machine Learning to advance the dialogue on the AI Revolution. North America is a leader in finance, technology and law – the key elements necessary to build an inclusive AI global ecosystem that supports responsible innovation. The Forum explores leadership trends in Machine Learning, Quantum Computing, AI, Robotics, Infrastructure, Health Care, Cyber-Security, Self-Driving Cars, Chatbots, Law & Ethics, Banking, Defense, Food Security and Diversity in AI and its impacts on the global economy. Hope to see you there!

CrowdTuesday (Berlin)
2017-11-21 15:30 - 19:00 UTC | Dentons Berlin, Markgrafenstraße 33, Berlin, 10117, Germany
CrowdTuesday is a small to medium sized event bringing together the crowdfunding and SME industry at local level. Characterized by an informal and welcoming atmosphere, CrowdTuesday is a perfect occasion for anybody interested to do some networking or to listen to interesting presentations on latest trends such as initial coin offerings, while having an after work drink. Participation is free of charge.

Participants: Robert Michaels (Europe)

SF Supper Club (San Francisco)
2017-11-15 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Quince Restaurant, 470 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94133, United States
Victor Boyajian, the global head of Dentons’ Venture Technology practice, and Kent Wakeford, former COO of Kabam, will be hosting a small private dinner gathering at San Francisco’s acclaimed Quince Restaurant. This intimate affair will bring together interesting folks from the tech scene as well as the worlds of diplomacy, philanthropy and the arts.
Participants: Victor Boyajian

VENTUREOUT ISRAEL (NY)
2017-11-15 10:30 - 12:30 UTC | Dentons – Meatpacking, 22 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY, 10014-1321, United States
The VentureOut Israel program focused on connecting the best up and coming Israeli startups to New York’s finest and most respected members of the startup and technology communities. These include leading venture capitalists such as ff Venture Capital and Gotham Ventures and partners such as Google, Etsy, NY Tech Meetup, the Mayor’s Office of New York and many others. Through VentureOut, startups with the brightest futures, the best leadership, and the strongest products will have access to New York’s VC market and will meet with influencers in the tech community. The program will be intense, exhausting, and full of meetings, but will be a game-changing opportunity for any startup that is ready for explosive growth in the biggest market in the world.
Participants: Chris Errico
