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Chris Beals oversees all aspects of WM Technology’s business and is also a member of the company’s board of directors. Prior to becoming CEO, Chris was WM Technology’s President and General Counsel. Previously, Chris was with Colbeck Capital, Deutsche Telekom, Covington & Burling and Davis Polk.

Alpine IQ empowers the legal cannabis industry by providing customer-focused technology to help retailers and cannabis brands of all sizes resolve growth challenges and generate revenue. The company provides customers with the industry’s most extensive suite of tools to protect, segment, and promote all in-store and online operations. I spoke with Nick and West on 4/20 during the Benzinga Capital...

Bespoke Financial CEO George Mancheril discusses the company's background, products, customer success stories, and growth plans. Bespoke provides clients access to working capital by offering short term lending options to fuel business growth in the legal cannabis industry, reducing cash flow cycles and providing cannabis companies greater financial flexibility.

AeroPay provides alternative payment processing solutions to state legal cannabis businesses, offering a convenient and contactless digital payment option.

Prior to launching Pilgrim Soul, Founder and CEO Shawn Gold started his career as CMO, Head of Marketing & Content for MySpace, where he spearheaded the development and implementation of marketing initiatives and campaigns for MySpace during its growth from 25 to 110 million users worldwide. Following MySpace, Shawn then became the CMO of Lowell Herb Co. Shawn was additionally the CMO at TechS...

Brooks Lustig is the CEO at Seed & Smith , a Colorado-based cannabis cultivator and dispensary operator (Denver and Louisville). A native of Boulder, Colorado, Lustig witnessed the rise of craft beer and herbal tea ( Celestial Seasonings ), and set his hopes on normalizing adult-use cannabis as a similar societal staple. Seed & Smith started in early 2014, focused on two things—creating ex...

Since 2016, Pelorus has originated 59 commercial real estate loan transactions and deployed $244M to cannabis-use real estate owners, comprising nearly 2 million sq. ft. in eight states across the U.S.

Max and I chatted through his background, the company’s early days, raising his $20M Series A, his LinkedIn presence, growth plans for Green Flower, and much more.

The accessories sold by the Company seems to be on everyone's gift list. I caught up with Brett to talk through the company's history, current markets (IL, MA), why it seems to be so popular with celebrities, luxury smoke shops, and more.

The Company started out writing application & consulting before stepping in to acquire these assets, which is ongoing. Though MariMed is a Tier III MSO, it has margins and a cash position that stands out vs. peers. The podcast covers listing on the CSE, recent performance, markets of interest, product roadmap, and more.

I spoke with Morgan Paxhia last week to revisit their funds & performance, fundraising, the recently launched Poseidon AdvisorShares Poseidon Dynamic Cannabis ETF, Mastermind, and more.

Flowhub announced a $19 Million Series B (what I’m categorizing it as) round last month led by Headline (Series A Lead), with participation from Poseidon , Massive and Jay-Z . I caught up with CEO, Kyle Sherman , to revisit the early days, funding, and the company’s growth plans, among other things. Notes: Seed (May 2015 through April 2017) — multiple rounds to raise ~$8M from Arcadian, Altitude I...

- Started in 2014 serving - Pivoted in 2016 after seeing two Cannabis retailers on the platform spend 5-10x more than other retailers on the platform - Raised $3.2M Seed (December 2017) led by Mike Gamson ( Next Play Ventures ), Green Acre Capital and HALLEY Venture Partners also invested - Raised $5M Series A (December 2018) led by Altitude Investment Management , where they targeted only two Can...

How the idea for Jane Technologies came about, Building a Cannabis Tech company in Santa Cruz, Raising the $6M Series A, Product Offerings, Cannabis Markets

Investing in Tier 1 & 2 MSOs, Multiple Expansion, Management teams

Matt is also Managing Partner at Entourage Effect Capital. We discuss M&A, Rerating, California, Verticalization, and Investing.

Bob Groesbeck talks about the Superstore vs. Neighborhood Stores concept, entry into CA, FL, and IL, House Brands, Wholesale, and M&A.

Jonathan Sandelman talks about the company's most recent quarter, it's trading discount to peers, recent acquisition of LEVIA, cutting down to three core brands, and why he recently joined twitter.