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Leafly

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

Tech Moves: Outreach adds ex-Microsoft talent; Leafly hires a chief product officer; and more

— What do you do with a billion-dollar valuation? Seattle’s newest Unicorn, sales automation startup Outreach, is celebrating by staffing… Read More

Leafly inks new HQ lease in Seattle as marijuana information platform rides cannabis wave

Leafly is moving into a bigger headquarters in Seattle as it expands headcount amid a fast-growing cannabis industry. The marijuana… Read More

Tech Moves: Leafly hires Amazon Prime Video vet as CEO; Former F5 CEO joins ExtraHop Board

Marijuana review and discovery platform Leafly has a new CEO in Tim Leslie, who was previously VP of Amazon Prime… Read More

Leafly removes CEO Chris Jeffery, less than one year after he joined marijuana review startup

Seattle-based marijuana strain and dispensary review startup Leafly says it removed CEO Chris Jeffery on Monday. Privateer Holdings, the Seattle marijuana investment firm… Read More

Marijuana strain and dispensary resource Leafly opens Baltimore office

News Brief: Seattle-based marijuana strain and dispensary resource platform Leafly just opened an office in Baltimore, where it already employs… Read More

Marijuana investment firm Privateer Holdings raises $60M, total funding eclipses $200M

Investors are seeing green when it comes to the future of the marijuana industry. Seattle-based marijuana investment firm Privateer Holdings… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence seeks director for Semantic Scholar search engine

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has been working on an intelligent search engine for the past two years.… Read More

‘Yelp for marijuana’ website Leafly lays off 15 employees

Leafly, a marijuana strain and dispensary resource platform, has laid off 15 employees. The Seattle startup confirmed the cuts to… Read More

Tech Moves: POP creative agency names new CEO; Marijuana database startup Leafly taps CEO; and more

POP, a creative agency that works with some of Seattle’s most prominent tech companies, announced Monday that longtime CEO and… Read More

Headset raises $2.5M for marijuana retail business data intelligence and analytics startup

As more states pass laws legalizing the sale of cannabis, new retail stores are generating revenue. Just like any business,… Read More

legal marijuana sales

Marijuana investment firm Privateer raises another $40M to fuel expansion in U.S. and abroad

It’s a big month for marijuana legalization, both in the U.S. and abroad. Privateer Holdings is getting ready. The Seattle-based investment firm… Read More

GeekWire 200 August update: Impinj graduates with a rare IPO — who’s next?

Commencement season has passed, but Impinj, one of the top companies in the GeekWire 200, has graduated from the list after… Read More

The NW’s fastest-growing private companies: Which startups made Inc.’s annual list

Leafly is the fastest-growing privately held company in the Pacific Northwest, according to Inc. magazine’s annual ranking. The Seattle startup,… Read More

Interview: ‘Silicon Valley’ star T.J. Miller on startup culture, women in tech, Uber, Elon Musk, and weed

When T.J. Miller starts talking about the tech industry, it’s worth a listen. For one, as an actor on HBO’s hit… Read More

Leafly founders depart, raise cash for new marijuana business intelligence startup

After five years, the founders of marijuana strain and dispensary database Leafly are moving on to their next cannabis-related startup.… Read More

Seattle marijuana investment firm Privateer closes $75M round to build global cannabis brands

Privateer Holdings is well on its way to becoming one of the country’s top marijuana investment firms. The Seattle-based holding… Read More

Navigate New Year’s like a pro: 5 tips for using Uber and other unsolicited advice

It’s truly one of the most loathsome evenings of the year. But if you insist on going out, don’t let… Read More

Bob Marley’s family launches global marijuana brand, with help from a Seattle company

Throughout the past century, there are few people that publicly supported the legalization of marijuana more than the late Bob… Read More

Mobile ad startup SinglePoint now has a marijuana payment solution subsidiary

With both Washington and Colorado allowing people to sell legal recreational marijuana, pot-related entrepreneurs — from growers to processors to retail… Read More

‘Yelp for marijuana’ startup Leafly places full-page ad in Sunday New York Times

Welcome to 2014, where you can buy legal marijuana and pot-related startups are advertising in the New York Times. Seattle-based Leafly, a… Read More

Seeing green: Seattle marijuana investment company raises $18M of $75M series B round

Business is certainly budding for the folks at Privateer Holdings. The Seattle-based marijuana company has raised $18.6 million, which is part of… Read More

On opening day for pot sales, Leafly sponsors food trucks

What better place to connect with pot consumers than a taco truck, next to a head shop? That’s the very logical marketing… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: The story of Leafly, and the market for marijuana-related startups

One of the big winners at this week’s GeekWire Awards was Leafly, the marijuana dispensary and strain review app that… Read More

This marijuana startup is looking to raise $50M to help people find, purchase pot

For Brendan Kennedy, Michael Blue and Christian Groh, raising money a few years ago was a real slog. The reason… Read More

This app helps you find the perfect marijuana strain

You may know what whiskey tastes like and how tequila affects your state of mind, but what about Blue Dream?… Read More

Budding entrepreneurs pitch marijuana-related startup ideas to 60 investors in Seattle

In both Washington and Colorado, you’ll soon be able to walk into a store, purchase some pot and light one… Read More

Budding business: Startup lights up with $7 million to grow the Yelp of medical marijuana

Business is budding for Privateer Holdings Inc., a Seattle company that just reeled in $7 million in a series A… Read More

Business budding for marijuana startup as investors change attitude after legalization

With the former president of Mexico beside him high up in Seattle’s tallest skyscraper, Diego Pellicer founder Jamen Shivley announced to the… Read More

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