Phyto Partners is investing at the intersection of big data and Big Bud. The Boca Raton, Fla., firm has entered into a partnership with Frontier Financial Group Inc., a...
One of the better attended panels at the National Cannabis Summit in Denver was yesterday’s “Opportunities for Accredited Investors to Invest in Private Cannabis Startups.” Brendan Kennedy, the CEO...
Tim Strombel of Cashinbis meets up with Frank Marino, CEO of the Marijuana Investment Company, while at the Cannabis World Congress and Business Exposition in LA. MJIC is one...
First Harvest Financial Announces Licensing Agreement for Cannabis-Related Products with Jimi Hendrix Partners First Harvest Financial Announces Licensing Agreement for cannabis-related products with Rockin Artwork LLC and Purple Haze...
MJIC Inc. Invests in Willie’s Reserve Offering, Becomes Limited Partner NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Oct. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — MJIC Inc., a private holding company focused exclusively on the legal...
Steve DeAngelo, Founder of Harborside Health Center and Co-Founder of The ArcView Group, is really a person who needs no introduction. Steve has four decades of advocacy and activism...
A “Shark Tank” type pitch fest for marijuana businesses opened at the L.A. Hotel Downtown Tuesday, attracting a number of budding local entrepreneurs. The two-day event, hosted by Oakland...
Meet Brendan Kennedy, ceo of the private equity firm Privateer Holdings. He arrives at our meeting carrying a bowl of nuts. He’s been up with his nine-month-old daughter since...
“There is always a boom somewhere,” said a famous investor long ago. If that sage had been living today, he would be focused on the world of cannabis and...
In “Episode 11” from Investing in Cannabis Podcast, Brandon David interviews Morgan and Emily Paxhia, the brother-sister co-founders of Poseidon Asset Management. Founded in late 2013, their cannabis hedge fund...
The Marijuana Investor Summit delivered quality educational sessions to more than 200 entrepreneurs and investors at the recent Cannabis World Congress & Business Expo held at the Los Angeles...
The cannabis industry is the latest trend that Silicon Valley companies are investing in, and for good reason. Venture capitalists, or private investors who provide venture capital to promising...
Like the industry itself, employment and investment in cannabis businesses are rising. Yet, it remains true that special risks apply to cannabis enterprises beyond what is seen with “conventional”...
Ten entrepreneurs from across the country recently completed a 12-week mentoring program at Canopy Boulder, a mentorship and seed-stage investment program focused on the cannabis industry. It’s risky, unproven...
Hawaii’s new medical cannabis program has people across the country seeing green in the Rainbow State. What’s got so many stoked even though Hawaii has had legal cannabis since 2000?...
While enormous fanfare currently surrounds hot and developing marijuana markets already in play, like Oregon, Nevada, New York and California, East-coaster Maryland has begun to come into its own a bit more...
Willie Nelson and Tuatara Capital, L.P. are pleased to announce their partnership to establish Willie’s Reserve, a premium cannabis lifestyle brand. Tuatara Capital will lead an investor group that is financing...
Investors of all varieties are starting to look at marijuana as less of a stoner’s fad and more of a serious business venture. The industry totaled $2.66 billion in...
Lori Ferrara wasn’t deterred when she walked into her first ArcView meeting and found herself the only female investor among 80 men. She recalls being a little intimidated but...
Just a decade ago, if you tried to make money selling marijuana you’d likely wind up behind bars. But with legalization on the rise, marijuana deals are coming off...
The global media frenzy surrounding the opening of Colorado’s legal marijuana market in early 2014 set off a bull market of magnitude that is rarely seen. By my measure,...
I am really excited about a material change that has positive implications for the cannabis industry, as several new companies have formed that will invest in the cannabis industry...
As of early August, CanopyBoulder Spring Class companies have raised nearly $3 million in seed financing, and more is on the way. But don’t think that raising money or...
Patrick Moen worked for the Drug Enforcement Agency for 10 years before he accepted a job at the most heavily-funded legal marijuana startup in the United States, and probably...
Healthy Headie Lifestyle was one of 10 nascent companies chosen from more than 100 applicants for the first class of CanopyBoulder, a new-business accelerator that’s the first of its...
