Leafly asked Steve Kemmerling to share his perspective on banking the cannabis industry. Kemmerling, a former mergers and acquisitions investment banker, is the founder of MRB Monitor, a consulting firm that...
On Friday, January 8th, Bruce Barcott gave a closing keynote speech “Everyday Wisdom From An Extraordinary Industry” at the Washington Cannabis Summit. Barcott, author of “Weed the People: The...
HelloMD CEO Mark Hadfield discussed his company, which helps connect medical cannabis patients with doctors and dispensaries, and the general idea of applying telehealth services in an interview. When...
Leafly, known for its strain reviews, has posted a fantastic summary of some of the successes and the several stumbles among several efforts of Native American tribes to enter...
The Wall Street Journal continues a recent trend towards mainstream coverage of the legal cannabis industry, exploring its push towards innovation as it transforms. The article begins with a discussion of Eaze,...
This week, New West Summit takes place in San Francisco at the Parc 55 Hotel. The two-day conference, which begins Friday, is taking a different approach from the many other...
The New York Times has been a great advocate to the cannabis industry ever since it called for legalization in the summer of 2014. Most of the coverage has...
KIND Financial Unveils Agrisoft 2.0 with Direct Integration to Leafly Platform KIND launches Agrisoft version 2.0, the most advanced seed to sale technology for the Cannabis Industry. LOS ANGELES,...
The Guardian takes a look at technology companies set to cash in on the changes ahead in the California medical marijuana market that could also potentially go fully legal...
Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Seattle-based private equity firm Privateer Holdings, one of the fifteen “marijuana money managers” profiled at New Cannabis Ventures and a pioneer investor in the cannabis industry, spoke at...
Jodie Emery and her husband, Marc, define the cannabis culture in Vancouver and perhaps all of Canada. The couple own and operate the aptly named Cannabis Culture website along with...
Hilary Bricken, a lawyer at Harris, Moure PLLC in Seattle and part of its Canna Law Group practice and who is deeply entrenched in the cannabis industry, takes a look at...
One of Canada’s largest newspapers, The Globe and Mail, took a look at the rapidly evolving approaches to marketing cannabis and its ancillary products in an increasingly legal environment. While...
Chicago Inno, a division of Streetwise Media, published a piece that speculates on which cannabis company might be the first to be worth $1 billion. The industry is so...
New Cannabis Ventures is excited about the emergence of what we call the “Marijuana Money Managers,” a group of financial organizations that aim to help bridge the gap between...
Many edible companies start small. And while “handmade” can still be a great selling point to customers, in practice it can be an impediment to the growth of a cannabis...
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...
Cannabis companies and those providing ancillary products and services face many obstacles due to federal illegality. We are all familiar with the challenges of banking, but one impediment perhaps...
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...
Cannabis Basics, which is owned and operated entirely by a female staff, just received one of the first trademarks ever for a company that specializes in cannabis and hemp-infused...
Recreational cannabis shops in Southwest Washington are seeing an increasing demand for products with medical properties, such as high CBD edibles and cannabis-infused topicals for pain. Store managers and...
More states are legalizing recreational and medical marijuana, and that means a new industry is emerging. Unfortunately for companies doing business in this industry, it has been difficult to...
This month we initiated coverage of BlazeNow, Cashinbis, WebJoint, WeedDepot and WeedEverWorld. Dave, DispensaryWeed, IMarijuanaAuctions, Kush World and Sesh App were eliminated from our list because their accounts could...
Cy Scott, Scott Vickers and Brian Wansolich started Leafly about five years ago, when cannabis was not a topic discussed at cocktail parties, getting money from investors was an...
After five years, the founders of marijuana strain and dispensary database Leaflyare moving on to their next cannabis-related startup. Cy Scott, Brian Wansolich, and Scott Vickers — who...
