Emerging Enterprises

We partner with entrepreneurs and innovators at every stage of growth, providing strategic legal and business counsel that drives opportunity and long-term success.
Key Contacts
Burns StephenEidinger MarshallLim Kwang
Startup office setting

Overview

At Bennett Jones, we transcend the transactional. We champion the vision of entrepreneurs and innovators to offer a true partnership that extends from blueprint to buyout and every legal need in between

Understanding that the journey of a business is a continuum of evolving needs, we advise businesses from the beginning of a new venture through to growth and exit. We position ourselves not just as legal advisors to early-stage, scale-up and emerging enterprise clients, but as team members committed to nurturing your growth at every stage.

Founders have unique profiles and business objectives. We recognize that one size does not fit all, working closely with founders and entrepreneurs to achieve key milestones, grow and ultimately execute successful exit strategies. We keep the long term always in view, staying with founders, innovators and other companies in the sector throughout their full lifecycle.

Bringing Companies and Capital Together

True Partner in Client Growth

At the Forefront of Innovation

The Bennett Jones Difference

,,[Bennett Jones'] swift and detailed responses, coupled with their precise legal expertise, have made them an invaluable partner for our transactions.,,

What Clients Say

Client Work

BioForm Solutions

in connection with general corporate matters and its Friends and Family round for CA$2.25 million, subsequent Friends and Family SAFE offering for CA$970,000 and a seed round investment of up to US$5 million from Suzano Ventures

OnDeck Fisheries AI

in connection with the company's corporate, technology and intellectual property matters

Carbon Removal Partners

in connection with its Series Seed Preferred Share investment for an undisclosed amount in CO280 Solutions

Xontogeny

as lead investors in Light AI's Series A financing

District Ventures

with the formation of District Ventures CPG-1

Jeneration Capital

as lead investor in Avidbots' US$70 million Series C financing

Melius MicroBiomics

in connection with its Seed Round financing for an undisclosed amount

AllegisCyber Capital

as lead investor in SkyHive Technologies' Series A financing

Solve FSHD

as co-lead investor in Vita Therapeutics US$31 million Series B financing

Solve FSHD

in connection with its Series Seed Preferred Share Investment for an undisclosed amount in Armatus Bio
A technology-led medical aesthetics company, with operations in Canada and the US, in connection with its Series Seed Preferred Share financing for an undisclosed amount

BlackBerry Partners Fund (including Royal Bank of Canada, Thomson Reuters and Research In Motion)

with the formation of Fund I and Fund II

Lightship Works

in connection with its Series A financing for US$5.5M by specialist business technology investors

Priveq, Ventures West, VenGrowth, McLean Watson and others

formation of private equity/venture capital funds

Recognitions

Chambers Canada

Corporate and M&A
Employment & Labour – Alberta
Intellectual Property
Investment Funds
Private Equity: Buyouts
Tax

Chambers Global

Banking & Finance
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
International & Cross Border Transactions
Tax

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Corporate Commercial Law
Corporate Tax
Intellectual Property

Legal 500 Canada

Corporate and M&A
Banking & Finance
Intellectual Property
Labour and Employment
Tax

IAM Patent 1000

Transactions

International Tax Review – World Tax

Tax
Transactional Tax

Stephen D. Burns

Partner, Trademark Agent

Kwang Lim

Vancouver Managing Partner

Blog

The Life Sciences Boom: H2 2026 Outlook

May 26, 2026
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Aaron E. Sonshine
Blog

Fintech in Canada Q1 2026

April 21, 2026
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Andrew Bozzato, Matthew Flynn & Simon Grant
Blog

AI-Powered Cyber Threats Are Changing the Risk Equation—Are Your Vendors Ready?

April 15, 2026
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Stephen D. Burns, J. Sébastien A. Gittens & David Wainer

At the centre of market-shaping deals and high-stakes disputes, Bennett Jones delivers clarity, strategy and results. Our cross-border teams turn complexity into progress, always focused on what drives your success.

The Bennett Jones Story

At Bennett Jones, legal solutions are our starting point. What drives us forward is knowing our clients inside and out—their ambitions, obstacles and success metrics.

For more than a century, we have shaped outcomes that matter in business, in law and in the broader Canadian landscape. And our commitment extends beyond legal matters: we invest deeply in the communities in which we live and work.