This month California became the largest U.S. state to sell recreational marijuana. As sellers pop up all over America, business opportunities are also developing.
Florida tech firm Spring Big builds customer loyalty program software for pot shops, many in California.
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Get a Pencil: California Marijuana-Tracking System Not Used
California’s legal pot economy was supposed to operate under the umbrella of a vast computerized marijuana-tracking system to track from seed to storefronts, ensuring that plants are followed throughout the supply chain and don’t drift into the black market.
Is the Cannabis Industry Repeating Silicon Valley’s Worst Mistakes?
One oft-cited statistic about the cannabis space claims that women hold 36% of leadership positions in the industry, higher than the 22% average across all U.S. businesses.
IBM Touts Blockchain to Track Pot Industry From ‘Seed to Sale’
IBM Corp., one of the bluest of U.S. blue-chip companies, is touting blockchain as the supply-management tool of choice for an unusual industry — cannabis.
Tech Company Looks to Make Marijuana Dispensaries Safer
A new tech company has set it sight on making the growing marijuana industry safer. The main goal is to reduce the amount of cash transactions.
Freedom Leaf, Inc. Accepts Invitations to Present At Financial Conferences in Oakland and Las Vegas, Building On Success With WallStreetResearch Plans Major Outreach To Financial Community In October 2017
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 26, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — Freedom Leaf, Inc.™ (OTCQB: FRLF), The Marijuana Legalization Company ™, will be making presentations at two major financial conferences in October, at the New West Summit in Oakland (Oct. 13, 14, 15), and at the Alternative Asset ReLeaf Summit (Oct. 23) in Las Vegas, Freedom Leaf’s hometown.
Weedmaps Sets Up Shop in Boston, Joins Chamber of Commerce
Weedmaps, one of the country’s larger and more established marijuana firms, is going all-in on Massachusetts and its new recreational pot market.
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.
The ‘Limitless Future’ of a Weed Extract That Doesn’t Get You High
CBD—a purified weed extract that won’t get you stoned—is used to treat everything from breast cancer to stress relief, epilepsy to aching joints. VICE met up with David Bonvillain, who runs the CBD company Elite Botanicals, for an inside scoop on the extract’s “limitless future.”
This Precision Weed Cooker Helps You Make Edibles in a Flash
When it comes to edibles, ovens and crock pots cook cannabis pretty inconsistently, wasting weed and lowering the quality. With this in mind, entrepreneur Shanel Lindsay created her own science-savvy device that perfectly cooks pot every time you use it, leaving you ready to sprinkle it on your favorite foods in just one hour.
Big-Name Tech Investors Pour Millions Into Marijuana
The storied Silicon Valley venture firm Benchmark Capital has launched a slew of tech companies: Twitter, Uber, Snapchat, Instagram. Now its search for the next big thing has led it to … pot.
Tech Sector Fertile Ground for Cannabis Funding
LOS ANGELES, March 13, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — As cannabis replaces tech as the fastest growing industry in the U.S., legal marijuana is getting a big boost from tech’s past success.
Marijuana Locating App Wants to Hire Massachusetts College Students
Weedmaps has placed 80 billboards throughout Massachusetts, and is also hiring at several Massachusetts colleges and universities.
Marijuana’s Patent Spree Puts the ‘High’ In High Tech
These filings cover everything from proprietary hybrid strains of cannabis, to “clean and efficient growing systems, software-based analytics and monitoring, and packaging and distribution infrastructure.”
Marijuana Deliveries Are Expected to Spike on New Year’s
Weed deliveries have been in high demand throughout the holidays. On Dec. 23, pot deliveries jumped by 23% from the average on Fridays throughout the year, and they bumped up by 6% on Christmas Eve.
Monday Revisits Highs
Cannabis stocks begin a new month with a long awaited new ticker, Indoor Harvest (OTC Pink: INQD). Despite the new shiny toy, the market remained quiet.
Tech, Capitalists Happily Bankrolling Modest Drug Reform. Will They Pay To Legalize Marijuana?
Drugs bring people together. So does shoplifting, petty theft and other small-time crimes. An uncommon cadre of well-heeled individuals have coalesced over the crimes mentioned.
With Reddit Deal, Snoop Dogg Moonlights as a Tech Investor
Snoop Dogg has been a rapper, an actor and, more recently, a purveyor of virtual stickers.
Denver’s First Marijuana Tech Startup Competition
It’s 2014, and for two states, it’s the first year of marijuana legalization. As a result, 2014 is a year for a number of firsts in the cannabis industry. This past weekend was the first-ever Marijuana Tech Startup Competition in Denver.
Marijuana and Technology to Collide This Weekend in Denver at the Marijuana Tech Startup Competition
DENVER, Sept. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Tonight, more than 200 developers, investors and entrepreneurs will kick-off the inaugural Marijuana Tech Startup Competition, a hackathon devoted to developing products and services for the cannabis industry.
Pot and Technology to Collide at Marijuana Tech Startup Weekend in Denver
It was just a matter time before Denver’s budding tech startup community publicly hooked up with Colorado’s nascent marijuana industry.