You’re reading a copy of this week’s edition of the New Cannabis Ventures weekly newsletter, which we have been publishing since October 2015. The newsletter includes unique insight to...
Leafly To Go Public Through Business Combination With Merida Merger Corp I Transaction Enables Leafly to Execute Growth Strategy and Expand Leading Content-First, Community-Driven Cannabis Discovery Marketplace Leafly is...
2019 Leafly Readers Choice Awards ranks top cannabis products in Canada, as chosen by consumers Company receives four awards and five acknowledgments, including Top Pre-Roll (Edison El Dorado), Top...
Leafly’s Bruce Barcott and Beau Whitney of Whitney Economics have published a detailed look at cannabis job growth, Special Report: Cannabis Jobs Count. The report breaks down the 296,000 jobs...
Leafly Appoints Former Amazon Executive Tim Leslie as New CEO to Lead World’s Leading Cannabis Information Resource and Technology Company SEATTLE, March 4, 2019–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leafly, the world’s leading technology...
Top cannabis database will now offer live menu updates through Headset’s POS integrations SEATTLE, Oct. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Headset, the leading business intelligence platform for the cannabis industry,...
Leafly Announces Update to California Listings February 07, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–After careful consideration of California’s new cannabis regulations, Leafly has informed customers that the site and app will...
Privateer Holdings Closes $100+ Million Funding Round, Announces $5 Million Equity Pledge to Help Communities Harmed by Cannabis Prohibition Firm’s founders pledge $5 million worth of their personal equity...
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leafly, the world’s largest and fastest-growing cannabis technology company, today announced that accomplished startup executive Chris Jeffery has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer. As...
Leafly Canada Advocates for Cannabis Education Ahead of Legalization From the world’s largest strain database to the latest lifestyle trends, Leafly.ca is the go-to cannabis education resource for half...
Leafly Launches German-Language Edition Leafly.de is a medical cannabis information resource and knowledge portal BERLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leafly, the world’s cannabis information resource, has arrived in Germany with the launch of...
In early 2016, Dr. Jim McRae, founder of Straight Line Analytics, roiled the Washington cannabis industry with allegations of rampant cheating by licensed cannabis testing labs who were boosting...
Note: We published a follow up to this article Leafly’s Bruce Barcott has uncovered some actions taken by GW Pharma (NASDAQ: GWPH) that appear to be part of an...
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festivals, a major gathering in Austin, TX that will celebrate its 31st anniversary this year, is known for allowing attendees to discover the...
Reuters reported that cannabis-focused private equity firm Privateer Holdings has launched a $100mm capital raise, closing on the first $40mm. The firm last raised capital in early 2015, attracting...
The state-by-state proliferation of medical and legal cannabis has opened up the industry to outsiders looking to capitalize on its growth. One group that has shown considerable interest is...
Cowen and Company released an extensive report on the cannabis industry today, suggesting the recreational market could grow to $50 billion by 2026. While this isn’t the first time...
On the heels of Weedmaps having the authenticity of its reviews questioned by the L.A. Times, David Drake, CEO of Cannabis Reports and recently named to Marijuana Venture’s “40...
Earlier this week, MassRoots (OTC: MSRT) revealed that it is targeting competitors Leafly and Weedmaps with the introduction of its Dispensary Finder service. The company introduced the offering with a discounted...
Cannabis convenience through delivery is a popular option in California, but most markets don’t yet permit it. In fact, even in California many cities are opposed. The City of...
Data analytics provides the legal cannabis industry a great opportunity to learn more about its customers and to run more efficiently, but it’s an area where mainstream companies haven’t entered,...
Bruce Barcott reviewed portions of the impressive intellectual property portfolio of GW Pharma (NASDAQ: GWPH), which the company summarized in its annual filing: Our intellectual property portfolio at September 30,...
Bruce Barcott interviewed Shaleen Title of THC Staffing, an activist who was heavily involved in the Colorado legalization and then moved to Massachusetts to open Vicente, Sederberg’s office. Title...
Last week, Leafly, which bills itself as the “world’s largest cannabis information resource,” suddenly locked out developers in the cannabis industry from its application program interface (API). The API gave access...
Cannabis companies have been increasingly under attack by Instagram and Facebook. Clay Dillow describes the recent Facebook fiasco for Dixie Brands, which lost 11K followers in an arbitrary instant....
