The fledgling cannabis industry is full of wide-eyed claims about what pot can do. Outperform your favorite energy drink? Maybe. Cure cancer? Worth a try. The biggest believers and entrepreneurs make the plant sound almost magical.
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Eaze is Moving Into Recreational Marijuana Delivery With New Funding
The cannabis industry has lit up in the last year, including weed delivery startup Eaze, which just raised $27 million in Series B financing and claims a 300 percent year-over-year increase in gross sales.
Marijuana Dispensary Stocks Will Soon be Thanking Secretive VR Firm
If these headsets make ordering marijuana easier, which would in turn increase sales, this technology will be another boon for marijuana dispensary stocks.
Cannabis Gets Platform at San Diego Startup Week
Cannabis startups among other entrepreneurs are receiving a big platform to represent the emerging marijuana industry at this year’s San Diego Startup Week.
Startups Focused on Growing Cannabis Industry
These people quit their day jobs to capitalize on the growing marijuana industry by building their own cannabis related business
Fiscal Challenges for Medical Marijuana Company in New York
Bloomfield Industries, one of the five organizations licensed by the state of New York to cultivate and distribute medical marijuana, is facing “financial constraints.”
Israeli Leaf Raises $2 million for Cannabis Growing System
Cannabis cultivation need not be disorganized or dirty. And yes, this gives a whole new meaning to a “seed round.”
CBD Incorporated to Build “Liquid Gold Factory,” Offers Investment Opportunity
CALABASAS, Calif., July21, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — CBD Incorporated, a Southern California-based startup, has been formed to capitalize on the exponentially growing cannabis market by focusing on what the company believes to be the most promising compound in cannabis.
Marijuana Startup LeafLine Hunts for Another Big Round of Funding
Medical-marijuana startup LeafLine Labs has begun an effort to raise $21 million, according to a regulatory filing.
Start Up Offers Cannabis Subscriptions
A new company in Sacramento is offering a cannabis subscription-box service.
Raising Capital: Meadow Evolves with Cannabis Landscape
On April 5, 2016, Meadow, a medical cannabis delivery and software company based in San Francisco, announced that it had closed a $2.1 million round of seed funding.
Start-up Launches Crowdfund Campaign, Bringing Hemp Foods and Jobs to America
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 11, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — Kentucky-based Start-up Hemp Foods America announced today that it has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to purchase viable seed, soil amendments, and other necessary implements needed to bring hemp into organic rotation in Kentucky.
Soon Hemp May Be A Tradable Commodity With Startup Seed CX
You can trade gold and pork belly futures, why not hemp?
WoahStork, The World’s First Machine Learning Cannabis Marketplace
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — In true “unicorn” startup fashion, online cannabis ordering platform WoahStork owns no commercial grow operations, employs no fleet of delivery drivers, and doesn’t stock a single gram of marijuana.
3 Critical Benefits of Regulation A+ for Potential Issuers
While financing a regular startup is challenging, financing a cannabis-related startup is even more difficult. Regulation A+ could be a game changer for the legal cannabis industry by letting everyday cannabis consumers financially support the companies they love.
International Summit for Accelerating Cannabis Innovation Tel Aviv, March 7-8, 2016
TEL AVIV, Jan. 17, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — Innovative Israeli researchers and scientists, high tech experts and “Start-Up Nation” entrepreneurs have fused their knowledge and skills to develop cutting edge expertise that will be on display at Israel’s first International Summit for Accelerating Cannabis Innovation.
Growth Prompts Tradiv to Hire Todd Palmieri as New CEO
On Jan. 12, 2016, Tradiv, an emerging online cannabis wholesale marketplace, announced that Todd Palmieri would succeed founder Aeron Sullivan as Chief Executive Officer and serve on the company’s board.
Bye Bye Baggies: Apothecarry Case Preserves Cannabis in Style
Shouldn’t everything in your life be top shelf? That is the question posed by cannabis accoutrement startup The Apothecarry.
Arcview Calls for Innovative Cannabusinesses to Pitch to ‘Arc-Tank’
The Arcview Group, perhaps the country’s best known cannabis investor group and the number one source of deal flow for the industry, has announced a new entrepreneur pitch session for Feb. 1-2, 2016.
MJIC Inc. Launches Gateway to Success With First California Cannabis Business Incubator
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 20, 2015 /Weed Wire/ — Backed by MJIC, Inc., Gateway Incubator LLC California’s first cannabis company incubator is opening its doors in Oakland.
GetHempButter.com: One Year After The Marijuana Show
Kyla Hill, Chief Hemptress, Creator and CEO of GetHempButter.com, took the last of her startup capital and flew to Denver to audition for The Marijuana Show. This was October 2014.
Dirty Laundry in the Public Cannabis Company Soap Opera
An early-stage company may have to clean house as it grows, but make sure the drama has a good ending for the shareholder and the company, and not just for the financiers.
What’s Next for Green Bits?
Green Bits, the San Francisco TechCrunch Disrupt first runner up, brings point-of-sale software services to the world of legal retail marijuana.
Tide Turning at TechCrunch
DENVER, Sept. 29, 2015 /Weed Wire/ — The marijuana startup CannaRegs has been selected to compete at the TechCrunch Disrupt Pitch-Off on October 1st.
CannaPitch Ready to Educate at Marijuana Investor Summit
CannaPitch is coming to the Marijuana Investor Summit on September 16, 2015, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Moderated by Dooma Wendschuh, co-founder of ebbu, the event will feature fresh faces in the world of cannabis startups.
The New Market of Marijuana Money Management
While marijuana and its related products have been for sale in Washington state for over a year now, the financial aspect of the business is still a bit on the hazy side.
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Printed Marijuana Garden Grow?
3Dponics has launched a new entrant to the rapidly growing, no pun intended, array of 3D printed devices used by marijuana consumers.
How Companies are Trying to Bring Marijuana Ads Online
Yes, cannabis can. It has been a landmark time for marijuana, with entrepreneurs rushing into the Wild West of the budding industry. They’re not just growers and sellers, but forward-looking tech experts who have seen pot’s bright digital future.
A Case Study in the Risks of Marijuana Biotech
There is no profit without risk, and it is well for those who would invest in this field, either capital or entrepreneurial energy or both, that they recognize the risk.
Science Crowdfunding Startup Launches Cannabis Cancer Cure Research Campaign
Science crowdfunding startup Walacea is helping Madrid’s MedicalCannabis Bike Tour to raise the final €85,000 it needs to conduct an independent clinical trial into the effect of cannabinoids on brain tumours.
New E-Commerce Startup Glasshous Launches To Change The Way People Buy Cannabis Accessories
BOULDER, Colo., June 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — With brick and mortar retailers across America languishing and ecommerce flourishing, Glasshous.com is introducing modern consumers shopping online for cannabis accessories a superior experience.
Outsmart Regulatory Barriers with Entrepreneurial Engagement
Less than a year ago, Canary, a mobile marketplace startup, was referred to as the “Uber for marijuana.” The company was founded to cater to medical marijuana patients who were not always in close proximity to a dispensary, or who had trouble getting around due to illness.
Startup Jumping into Pot Testing Industry
For the president of a food and animal testing lab, the marijuana industry is starting to look like a good investment.
Sidecar’s Newest Cargo: Weed Deliveries
The next time you hop into a car from ride-hailing service Sidecar, your co-passenger might be an eighth of weed.
MassRoots Too Disruptive for Disrupt NY
Disruptive technology isn’t meant to please complacent companies, it is meant to displace them and create new entrepreneurial belief systems that have the potential to change our world and the way we interact with it.
DisposaBowls Crafting Convenience for Consumers
Let’s face it: it is hard to be a cannabis consumer on the go. Federal prohibition makes it difficult to travel with your cannabis pipes; and even if it was legal on the federal level, would you trust your pipe with the TSA? Most people wouldn’t, and neither would Lauren Ely, CEO of disposaBowls.
Women Cannabis Entrepreneurs Come Together in Portland
The legalization of marijuana – no matter how sticky the parameters – will undoubtedly bring the people behind the scenes of a billion-dollar industry to the forefront.
The Word on Weed: Where Pot Investors See the Biggest Opportunities Now
As marijuana laws undergo serious change in the U.S., new pot-related startups have sparked up all over the place. But what will separate the pretenders from the contenders in what’s becoming an extremely crowded space?
9 Things A Cannabusiness Startup Needs To Consider That Other Startups Don’t
Starting a new business is complicated enough – company founders have to find a place to set up shop, hire great employees, manage cash flow, market their goods or services and sometimes hire experts to help.
CannaRegs Launching Regulatory Database in May
Amanda Ostrowitz, attorney, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of CannaRegs Ltd, winner of last fall’s Marijuana Tech Startup Competition, has announced that it will launch its web-accessible database of medical, retail and hemp regulations in late May 2015.
Advisory Firm Analyzes Colorado Market Dynamics
The inception of the recreational marijuana market has caused medical sales to decrease significantly in Colorado, according to a new report published by GreenWave Advisors.
‘Entourage’ Film to Feature Vape Pen Subplot
The upcoming “Entourage” film is set to feature a subplot concerning comic relief sidekick Turtle, played by Jerry Ferrara, investing in a successful startup that distributes the popular devices.
HerbFront Creates a Cannabis-Realty Niche
Sometimes it isn’t easy to occupy a “niche” in the business world. The niche doesn’t present itself for occupation, it has to be found, or created, by the ingenious.
No Green Thumb? Your 7 Best Legal Cannabis Startup Opportunities
Some may not like it, but legal cannabis is big business already — a $700 million business last year in Colorado alone, Viridian Capital & Research reports.
Thursday Things are Happening
Cannabis stocks started the day off with an interesting press release out of Surna (OTCQB: SRNA) announcing that its CEO Tom Bollich will be stepping down.
GrowBuddy
GrowBuddy is a cannabis software company aiming to empower cannabis cultivators with an application that allows them to record every aspect of the cultivation process.
GrowBuddy Streamlines Cannabis Cultivation
If you grow cannabis, then odds are you keep a journal to record your grow operation. Journals can be incredibly helpful tools, but they can be a bit of a mess as far as organization goes.
Portland Startup Seeks $2M to Map the Genome … of Cannabis
Phylos Bioscience, which is mapping the cannabis genome, has raised $250,000 in equity, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Anatomy of a Capital Raise: ebbu Seeks Venture Funding
ebbu LLC is looking to make waves in the growing marijuana market, but first it will have to navigate the tricky waters of venture capital funding in its home state of Colorado.
Weed is the Word for Tech Real Estate Startup
It was only a matter of time before the emerging business of legalized marijuana became a tech play—and a real estate play.