Articles about pot

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

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

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

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

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

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

DeepCell Industries raises $410K to develop tech for cannabis-infused sugar

DeepCell Industries, a Seattle startup that helps develop technology for cannabis-infused products and brands, has raised $410,000 to fuel growth. DeepCell… Read More

Uber for pot? Seattle mayor voices support for legal marijuana delivery pilot program

Push a button, get some legal pot. This could soon be a reality in Seattle if a new bill makes its… Read More

Snoop Dogg’s new pot site has arrived and it’s called Merry Jane

You can call him the Doggfather of the legal cannabis business — Snoop Dogg announced his new lifestyle media site… Read More

Sidecar now delivers medical marijuana thanks to partnership with ‘Uber for weed’ startup Meadow

When asked if he thought Sidecar would be delivering weed in its third year of existence, Sunil Paul lets out a… Read More

Growth market: Legalized marijuana creates ‘huge possibilities’ for startups

Want weed? Welcome to Seattle. Tuesday is opening day for Washington’s first recreational marijuana shops. Yep, that’s right — anyone 21 years… 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

Ex-Microsoft manager acquiring medical cannabis dispensaries for national pot business

When he formally announced Diego Pellicer last December, Jamen Shivley said he wanted his marijuana business to be a “first-mover.” Now… Read More

The Bill Gates of bud? Former Microsoftie plans high-end marijuana business

This probably wasn’t the post-Microsoft career Jamen Shively envisioned. But now that marijuana will soon become legal in Washington state,… Read More