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
— What do you do with a billion-dollar valuation? Seattle’s newest Unicorn, sales automation startup Outreach, is celebrating by staffing up its executive ranks with former Microsoft employees: Margaret Arakawa… Read More
Leafly is moving into a bigger headquarters in Seattle as it expands headcount amid a fast-growing cannabis industry. The marijuana review and discovery website has leased two floors at 333… Read More
Marijuana review and discovery platform Leafly has a new CEO in Tim Leslie, who was previously VP of Amazon Prime Video International. Leslie’s appointment follows the departure of former Leafly… Read More
Seattle-based marijuana strain and dispensary review startup Leafly says it removed CEO Chris Jeffery on Monday. Privateer Holdings, the Seattle marijuana investment firm that acquired Leafly in 2011, confirmed Jeffery’s departure in a… Read More
News Brief: Seattle-based marijuana strain and dispensary resource platform Leafly just opened an office in Baltimore, where it already employs 15 people. The 138-person company operates a website that attracts… Read More
Investors are seeing green when it comes to the future of the marijuana industry. Seattle-based marijuana investment firm Privateer Holdings today announced an additional $60 million investment, pushing total funding… Read More
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has been working on an intelligent search engine for the past two years. Called Semantic Scholar, the program helps researchers and academics sort… Read More
Leafly, a marijuana strain and dispensary resource platform, has laid off 15 employees. The Seattle startup confirmed the cuts to GeekWire on Tuesday. There are now 100 employees at Leafly;… Read More
POP, a creative agency that works with some of Seattle’s most prominent tech companies, announced Monday that longtime CEO and Founder Bill Predmore is handing the reins to a new… Read More
As more states pass laws legalizing the sale of cannabis, new retail stores are generating revenue. Just like any business, being able to track and monitor sales of individual products… Read More
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 today announced a $40 million round as part of a convertible… Read More
Commencement season has passed, but Impinj, one of the top companies in the GeekWire 200, has graduated from the list after completing an initial public offering late last month. The GeekWire 200 ranks… Read More
Leafly is the fastest-growing privately held company in the Pacific Northwest, according to Inc. magazine’s annual ranking. The Seattle startup, often called “Yelp for marijuana,” generated $8.4 million in revenue… Read More
When T.J. Miller starts talking about the tech industry, it’s worth a listen. For one, as an actor on HBO’s hit show Silicon Valley, he has a unique perspective on startup life. Two,… Read More
After five years, the founders of marijuana strain and dispensary database Leafly are moving on to their next cannabis-related startup. Cy Scott, Brian Wansolich, and Scott Vickers — who launched Leafly… Read More
Privateer Holdings is well on its way to becoming one of the country’s top marijuana investment firms. The Seattle-based holding company today announced the closure of a $75 million Series B… Read More
It’s truly one of the most loathsome evenings of the year. But if you insist on going out, don’t let your night turn into amateur hour. Navigate New Year’s like… Read More
Throughout the past century, there are few people that publicly supported the legalization of marijuana more than the late Bob Marley. “When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself,”… Read More
With both Washington and Colorado allowing people to sell legal recreational marijuana, pot-related entrepreneurs — from growers to processors to retail shop owners — need a way to manage their funds… Read More
Welcome to 2014, where you can buy legal marijuana and pot-related startups are advertising in the New York Times. Seattle-based Leafly, a marijuana strain resource that won GeekWire’s App of the Year award in May,… Read More
Business is certainly budding for the folks at Privateer Holdings. The Seattle-based marijuana company has raised $18.6 million, which is part of a $75 million Series B round that Privateer plans to… Read More
What better place to connect with pot consumers than a taco truck, next to a head shop? That’s the very logical marketing strategy being used in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood today by Leafly,… Read More
One of the big winners at this week’s GeekWire Awards was Leafly, the marijuana dispensary and strain review app that was voted App of the Year by GeekWire readers. So… Read More
For Brendan Kennedy, Michael Blue and Christian Groh, raising money a few years ago was a real slog. The reason was simple: Investors were wary of putting money behind a… Read More
You may know what whiskey tastes like and how tequila affects your state of mind, but what about Blue Dream? And Orange Kush? Or Sour Diesel? With marijuana now legal… Read More
In both Washington and Colorado, you’ll soon be able to walk into a store, purchase some pot and light one up at home — all legally. Entrepreneurs and investors are certainly taking… Read More
Business is budding for Privateer Holdings Inc., a Seattle company that just reeled in $7 million in a series A round. Privateer was founded three years ago by Brendan Kennedy, Michael… Read More
With the former president of Mexico beside him high up in Seattle’s tallest skyscraper, Diego Pellicer founder Jamen Shivley announced to the world last Thursday plans to turn his commercial marijuana company into the… Read More
Over the past few years, Leafly CEO Brendan Kennedy has told potential investors that marijuana legalization is both inevitable and much closer than people realize. He refers to a “Berlin… Read More