Articles about cannabis

Cannabis company POSaBIT calls off plans to acquire three compliance software firms

POSaBIT announced Friday plans to abandon its acquisition of three cannabis compliance software firms after a third-party proposal resulted in… Read More

Leafly lays off 21% of workforce amid potential delisting from Nasdaq

Editor’s note: This story was updated with information from Leafly’s fourth quarter earnings report and an internal email sent from… Read More

Publicly traded cannabis fintech POSaBIT acquires three compliance software firms

POSaBIT has reached a deal with Akerna to acquire three cannabis compliance companies in an all-cash deal, broadening the suite… Read More

Seattle cannabis marketplace Leafly to cut 56 jobs

Leafly, the Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace, is cutting 56 positions, or 21% of its workforce, the company announced this week.… Read More

Uber partners with Leafly for marijuana delivery in ‘milestone’ for cannabis industry

Uber is partnering with Seattle-based company Leafly to deliver cannabis in Toronto. It’s the first time cannabis delivery is available… Read More

Please and thank you: Cannabis startup Polite sells science-backed products to treat yourself

The co-founders of Seattle-based cannabis and hemp product company Polite have multiple explanations for their startup name. It’s about self… Read More

Dutchie lays off 8% of workforce, citing ‘dramatic market shift,’ in latest cannabis tech company cuts

Dutchie, a Bend, Ore.-based software startup that serves cannabis retailers, has laid off 8% of its workforce. GeekWire confirmed the… Read More

Seattle startup raises $9.7M for clinical trial to test inhaled CBD as anxiety treatment

Seattle startup Receptor Life Sciences has raised $9.7 million to move its CBD-based therapeutic candidate for acute anxiety through clinical… Read More

‘This is huge for us’: Interview with Leafly CEO as cannabis company goes public in SPAC merger

Leafly arrived on the public markets Monday, setting a milestone for not only the Seattle company but the cannabis industry… Read More

Cannabis marketplace Leafly closes SPAC merger deal and will go public on Monday

Nearly six months after announcing plans to go public via a SPAC merger, Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly has sealed the… Read More

Cannabis analytics startup Headset, led by Leafly founders, raises more cash

The news: Cannabis analytics company Headset on Tuesday announced that it raised $8.6 million in funding. That includes $3 million… Read More

Cannabis tech startup Dutchie raises $350M to double valuation to $3.75B in less than a year

Dutchie is rolling in the green. The Bend, Ore.-based creators of technology to help facilitate legal cannabis orders has raised… Read More

Agtech startup Dewey Scientific raises $3.2M to further advance cannabis industry innovations

Dewey Scientific, the Pullman, Wash.-based agtech startup that is leveraging genomics, data science and more to improve the quality and… Read More

Leafly to go public via SPAC merger that values Seattle cannabis marketplace at $385M

Leafly is joining the SPAC party. The Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace plans to go public through a deal with New… Read More

Seattle marijuana startup Leafly raises $23M as recent legalization boosts cannabis market

Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly has closed $23 million in new funding, GeekWire confirmed with the company. The fresh cash infusion… Read More

Marijuana data platform Headset raises $1.8M to expand into recently legalized markets

Seattle startup Headset, which provides a business intelligence platform for the legal cannabis industry, announced $1.8 million in new funding.… Read More

Food tech startup SōRSE raises cash to further scale its science used in CBD-infused products

New funding: Seattle-based SōRSE Technology has raised $2 million to further innovate and scale its water-soluble emulsion technology used to… Read More

Cannabis retail tech startup Dutchie valued at $1.7B after raising $200M

Dutchie, the Bend, Ore.-based creators of an e-commerce platform that helps cannabis dispensaries facilitate online orders, has raised $200 million… Read More

Headset raises $3.2M to grow marijuana data platform as cannabis sales surge amid pandemic

Seattle startup Headset just raised an additional $3.2 million as the 5-year-old company expands its business intelligence platform used by… Read More

Cannabis e-commerce startup Dutchie raises $35M from Howard Schultz, Snoop Dogg, Kevin Durant

Dutchie, the Bend, Ore.-based creators of an e-commerce platform that helps cannabis dispensaries facilitate online orders, has raised $35 million… Read More

Geek of the Week: Jordan Zager uses plant science to make cannabis more environmentally efficient

Jordan Zager grew up on the eastern slope of the Sierras, admiring the work started by John Muir and Jeanne… Read More

Shield Compliance nabs $5M for cannabis banking platform

New funding: Seattle-based Shield Compliance raised $5 million in Series A funding to build out its platform that helps pot… Read More

Cannabis testing lab Confidence Analytics raising cash to expand to California

Confidence Analytics, the self-proclaimed first cannabis lab to test a sample under Washington state’s legal recreational marijuana law, is raising… Read More

Marijuana review startup Leafly raises $2.3M, dials down hiring amid broader industry cutbacks

Seattle-based marijuana strain and dispensary review startup Leafly is raising cash, but not with breakneck growth mind: the startup is simultaneously… Read More

Washington State Univ. spinout Dewey Scientific raises $1.25M to cultivate better cannabis buds

Dewey Scientific, a new startup that spun out of Washington State University, has taken in $1.25 million in seed funding… Read More

‘Leafly Cannabis Guide’ uses data and design to help people better understand marijuana effects

Leafly, the Seattle-based cannabis information resource, is aiming to do more to help people understand the effects of marijuana. The… Read More

NBA star Kevin Durant, Snoop Dogg back marijuana startup Dutchie as part of $15M round

Dutchie, a Bend, Ore. startup that makes an online platform for customers to order from cannabis companies, raised $15 million… Read More

Good news for card-carrying potheads: Seattle startup raising funds so you don’t have to use cash

Seattle-area financial tech company POSaBIT is raising a fresh round of funding to make it easier for cannabis companies and… Read More

Infusing marijuana with data: Cannabis industry vets aim to clear the haze in a booming industry

Cy Scott, Brian Wansolich, and Scott Vickers had just sold their popular cannabis directory Leafly to Privateer Holdings. As they… Read More

Leafly CTO Paul Barry on the fast growing cannabis industry and how to talk to kids about pot

Leafly is a leading source of information on cannabis products, explaining everything from the type of high experienced from Blue… Read More