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Marijuana

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

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

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

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

Nielsen for marijuana? This startup just raised $12.1M for its pot-focused data and analytics tools

Since Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use in 2012, the number of retailers, processors and… Read More

Dragon and Starliner

NASA reviews safety at SpaceX and Boeing after Elon Musk smokes pot on video

NASA has ordered a review of workplace safety at SpaceX and Boeing, the two companies developing spaceships to ferry its… Read More

TLDR: Nest secretly buys digital health startup

Today’s featured stories Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis Backed by Seattle… Read More

Backed by Seattle firm, Canadian pot company Tilray sees value soar to $20 billion after IPO

A Seattle-based marijuana investment firm and a well-known Silicon Valley venture capitalist are seeing dollar signs this week as shares… Read More

Elon Musk

Bummer, dude: Tesla stock drops after Elon Musk smokes weed on talk show and executives leave

Tesla share prices took a hit amounting to as much as 10 percent today, after billionaire CEO Elon Musk took… Read More

Marijuana plants

Seattle startup SORO aims to boost legal weed industry with intuitive sales and analytics apps

Growing and selling legal pot isn’t like most other businesses. There are the state regulations, which require rigorous tracking of… 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

‘Salesforce of pot’ CRM software startup Baker acquires Seattle-based Grassworks Digital

Denver-based Baker, a 3-year-old startup that develops marketing software for marijuana dispensaries, today announced that it has acquired Grassworks Digital,… Read More

Briteside

Oregon-based marijuana delivery service creates parody commercial that will give you the giggles

Even if you’re at work and not currently high, there’s a good chance you’re going to have a laugh while… Read More

Fast-growing marijuana investment firm Privateer Holdings raises another $58M to fuel expansion

Privateer Holdings is raising another big investment round to fuel rapid growth of its marijuana-related subsidiaries as more governments legalize… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Grassworks Digital makes technology for the burgeoning pot industry

It had been about a year since retailers in Washington state began selling recreational marijuana when Ryan Porter, a vet… Read More

T-Mobile rolling papers

Smoke and jeers: T-Mobile’s 4/20 gimmick, rolling papers included, slams ‘half-baked’ Verizon

Being served with papers has never been this fun. T-Mobile, ratcheting up its ongoing desire to harsh the mellow of… Read More

legal marijuana sales

Sean Spicer says recreational pot may come under legal fire, igniting backlash from cannabis industry

The Northwest’s cannabis industry is reeling from comments that White House press secretary Sean Spicer made today, suggesting that the… Read More

Seth Shostak

Marijuana fans mix with space fans at The Goodship Company’s Seattle SETI salon

Is Seattle’s Goodship Higher Education Series about bringing together cannabis users? Or is it about deep subjects like the search for… Read More

Seth Shostak

Far out, man! SETI astronomer will explain the search for aliens to potential potheads

You don’t have to be stoned to appreciate SETI scientist Seth Shostak’s perspective on the search for extraterrestrials – but… 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

Expert panel cites marijuana’s medical benefits and calls for more research

For years, drug experts have issued warnings about marijuana, but an authoritative report issued today acknowledges its potential benefits – and… Read More

Jeff Sessions

Hearing hints at clashes over immigration, pot and cyber issues with Jeff Sessions as attorney general

Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions faced a wide range of questions during today’s Senate hearing on his confirmation as attorney… 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

The Martha Stewart of pot? Seattle entrepreneur JJ McKay launches cannabis lifestyle brand ‘The Fresh Toast’

JJ McKay and an impressive suite of investors believe there’s serious demand for a cannabis lifestyle brand that’s decidedly more Martha… Read More

This Seattle startup wants to bring price transparency to marijuana

In 2014, you could walk into a medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle and pick up a gram of cannabis. Then, you… Read More

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