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Weekly Deal Watch: Capital raises in hemp sector spike in first part of 2019

Investors are keying in on the hemp sector, raising more than 10 times the amount raised last year…

News April 18
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Multistate cannabis operator Vertical closes $58 million Series A funding round

Los Angeles-based Vertical Companies – a vertically integrated multistate cannabis firm – closed a $58 million Series A…

News April 2
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CEO of company bought by PepsiCo invests in, joins board of cannabis tech firm Seedo

The CEO of a beverage company recently acquired by PepsiCo is placing his bet on marijuana, joining the board…

News March 12
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Ancillary marijuana companies hit by declining economies pivot to emerging MJ markets

Tumbling wholesale cannabis prices in some markets are devastating plant-touching operators and generating negative fallout for ancillary companies…

News March 12
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Cannabis data firm Headset to partner with global analytics company Nielsen

Global measurement and data analytics company Nielsen has formed an alliance with Seattle-based cannabis analytics firm Headset to…

News March 6
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Walmart Canada removes Canopy Growth’s cannabis vaporizer from website

Walmart Canada removed a popular medical marijuana vaporizer from its online store last month and now says it…

News February 27
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10 technological breakthroughs that could change how cannabis entrepreneurs do business

Technological advances are revolutionizing every sector of the marijuana industry, transforming a market that largely is seen as an…

News February 27
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Want to expand your cannabis firm’s reach? Try age-specific advertising, marketing

Millennials might be a marijuana business' bread and butter, but more and more adults who are middle-aged or…

News February 21
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Cannabis firms offer stock options, poach job candidates: Q&A with recruiter Karson Humiston

When Karson Humiston founded the Denver-based cannabis recruitment agency Vangst in 2015, she'd call prospective candidates herself. Today,…

News February 19
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Alaska marijuana business owners to gain access to financial services

A nonprofit credit union in Alaska, Anchorage-based Credit Union 1, is set to begin offering financial services to cannabis companies…

News February 15
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