Sector News Marijuana E-commerce Startup Jane Technologies Has Raised $100M by Sophia Vida August 25, 2021 A TechCrunch report has revealed that cannabis e-commerce startup Jane Technologies has raised $100 million. This week the company announced a $100 million Series C financing round, bringing the total amount raised since its fo...
Sector News Cory Booker’s Partner Rosario Dawson Joins Board Of Marijuana Business by Sophia Vida August 20, 2021 While Senator Cory Booker is pushing for marijuana reform in D.C., his actress partner, Rosario Dawson, has joined the board of a California-based marijuana beverage company. According to the actress, she is impressed by the di...
Sector News Canada’s Bonify Shutting Down Amid Illegal Marijuana Sales Scandal by Sophia Vida August 18, 2021 Privately held Canadian marijuana cultivator Bonify Holdings Corp. is shutting down only 2.5 years after its sales license had been suspended. The suspension came after the company sold illegally sourced marijuana into the regu...
Sector News California-based Marijuana Company HERBL in Talks to Go Public by Sophia Vida August 15, 2021 HERBL, a weed supplier based in Santa Barbara, California, is in talks to go public via a SPAC merger according to sources in a Reuters report. The company would go public by merging with blank check company BGP Acquisition, at...
Sector News WeedMaps Has Added In-App Cannabis Purchasing for iPhone Users by Sophia Vida August 12, 2021 With Apple loosening its App Store restrictions, WeedMaps, a leading technology and software infrastructure provider to the cannabis industry, is now letting users purchase cannabis within its app. Weedmaps users will now be ab...
Sector News Maine Adult Use Marijuana Sales Soar 45% in July For This Reason by Sophia Vida August 10, 2021 July was a good month for recreational cannabis sales in Maine. The state saw sales jump 45% last month to hit $9.4 million. According to David Heidrich, the Office of Marijuana Policy's director of engagement and community ...
Sector News Leafly is Going Public Via a SPAC Merger by Sophia Vida August 09, 2021 Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafy is headed to Wall Street. The company is going public via a SPAC merger that values the company at $385 million. Leafly plans to go public through a deal with New York-based Me...
Sector News Some Missouri Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Roll Out Home Delivery by Sophia Vida August 06, 2021 Missouri residents will now be able to order their medical marijuana online or on their phone for delivery. "That's actually some of the biggest hang-up, people not knowing the access they have to it or having the transportatio...
Sector News Former NFL Player Calvin Johnson Wants to Help People Through Cannabis by Sophia Vida August 05, 2021 Calvin Johnson, former Detroit Lions wide receiver, is changing the conversation about cannabis and wants to help improve people’s lives with the plant. Johnson and former Lions teammate Rob Sims are the founders of Michigan-...
Sector News Actor Seth Rogen Talks Cannabis Legislation to Forbes by Sophia Vida August 04, 2021 In an exclusive interview with Forbes, Hollywood comic actor Seth Rogen, known for his love of marijuana, talks about cannabis legislation. Out of his Los Angeles home, Rogen told Forbes, "I don’t make any illusions as to how...
