POSaBIT announced Friday plans to abandon its acquisition of three cannabis compliance software firms after a third-party proposal resulted in a “superior offer” to its original bid. The Seattle-area fintech… Read More
Editor’s note: This story was updated with information from Leafly’s fourth quarter earnings report and an internal email sent from the company’s CEO. Leafly is laying off 40 employees, about… Read More
POSaBIT has reached a deal with Akerna to acquire three cannabis compliance companies in an all-cash deal, broadening the suite of software products it sells to marijuana merchants in the… Read More
Leafly, the Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace, is cutting 56 positions, or 21% of its workforce, the company announced this week. In a move designed to “improve operating performance,” Leafly said… Read More
Uber is partnering with Seattle-based company Leafly to deliver cannabis in Toronto. It’s the first time cannabis delivery is available on a major third-party delivery platform. “It marks not only… Read More
The co-founders of Seattle-based cannabis and hemp product company Polite have multiple explanations for their startup name. It’s about self care that includes THC- and CBD-containing products that address specific… Read More
Dutchie, a Bend, Ore.-based software startup that serves cannabis retailers, has laid off 8% of its workforce. GeekWire confirmed the cuts with a Dutchie spokesperson. The company employs more than… Read More
Seattle startup Receptor Life Sciences has raised $9.7 million to move its CBD-based therapeutic candidate for acute anxiety through clinical testing. The company is developing a dry powdered form of… Read More
Leafly arrived on the public markets Monday, setting a milestone for not only the Seattle company but the cannabis industry at large. Leafly began trading on the Nasdaq under the… Read More
Nearly six months after announcing plans to go public via a SPAC merger, Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly has sealed the deal and will begin trading on the Nasdaq on Monday.… Read More
The news: Cannabis analytics company Headset on Tuesday announced that it raised $8.6 million in funding. That includes $3 million of venture capital from a round led by Althea, as… Read More
Dutchie is rolling in the green. The Bend, Ore.-based creators of technology to help facilitate legal cannabis orders has raised $350 million in a Series D funding round, announced Thursday.… Read More
Dewey Scientific, the Pullman, Wash.-based agtech startup that is leveraging genomics, data science and more to improve the quality and genetic diversity of cannabis crops, has raised $3.2 million in… Read More
Leafly is joining the SPAC party. The Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace plans to go public through a deal with New York-based Merida Merger Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, the… Read More
Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly has closed $23 million in new funding, GeekWire confirmed with the company. The fresh cash infusion comes as the cannabis market sees an increase in sales… Read More
Seattle startup Headset, which provides a business intelligence platform for the legal cannabis industry, announced $1.8 million in new funding. Headset will use the funds to expand into recently legalized… Read More
New funding: Seattle-based SōRSE Technology has raised $2 million to further innovate and scale its water-soluble emulsion technology used to blend cannabinoids more seamlessly into beverages, food and topicals. The… Read More
Dutchie, the Bend, Ore.-based creators of an e-commerce platform that helps cannabis dispensaries facilitate online orders, has raised $200 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation. The fresh… Read More
Seattle startup Headset just raised an additional $3.2 million as the 5-year-old company expands its business intelligence platform used by customers across the growing legal cannabis industry. Headset is similar… Read More
Dutchie, the Bend, Ore.-based creators of an e-commerce platform that helps cannabis dispensaries facilitate online orders, has raised $35 million in new funding, with backing from the likes of former… Read More
Jordan Zager grew up on the eastern slope of the Sierras, admiring the work started by John Muir and Jeanne Carr and learning the importance of protecting nature’s scarce resources.… Read More
New funding: Seattle-based Shield Compliance raised $5 million in Series A funding to build out its platform that helps pot companies and banks get along. Lead investor: The round was… Read More
Confidence Analytics, the self-proclaimed first cannabis lab to test a sample under Washington state’s legal recreational marijuana law, is raising cash to expand to California. The Redmond, Wash. lab was… Read More
Seattle-based marijuana strain and dispensary review startup Leafly is raising cash, but not with breakneck growth mind: the startup is simultaneously implementing a company-wide effort to limit spending and slow down… Read More
Dewey Scientific, a new startup that spun out of Washington State University, has taken in $1.25 million in seed funding from unnamed private investors to create genetically superior marijuana and… Read More
Leafly, the Seattle-based cannabis information resource, is aiming to do more to help people understand the effects of marijuana. The company announced Tuesday the release of the “Leafly Cannabis Guide,”… Read More
Dutchie, a Bend, Ore. startup that makes an online platform for customers to order from cannabis companies, raised $15 million from some big-name investors. The 36-person company resembles a Shopify… Read More
Seattle-area financial tech company POSaBIT is raising a fresh round of funding to make it easier for cannabis companies and other cash-based businesses to process debit card payments. POSaBit builds… Read More
Cy Scott, Brian Wansolich, and Scott Vickers had just sold their popular cannabis directory Leafly to Privateer Holdings. As they plotted their next endeavor, one word kept coming up in… Read More
Leafly is a leading source of information on cannabis products, explaining everything from the type of high experienced from Blue Dream versus Bruce Banner strains of marijuana, to testing the… Read More