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 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
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
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
Since Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use in 2012, the number of retailers, processors and distributors has exploded. Seattle-based startup Headset wants to be the… Read More
NASA has ordered a review of workplace safety at SpaceX and Boeing, the two companies developing spaceships to ferry its astronauts to and from the International Space Station, in the… Read More
Today’s featured stories Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis Backed by Seattle firm, Canadian pot company Tilray sees value soar to $20… Read More
A Seattle-based marijuana investment firm and a well-known Silicon Valley venture capitalist are seeing dollar signs this week as shares of Canadian pot company Tilray soar. Tilray’s stock has spiked… Read More
Tesla share prices took a hit amounting to as much as 10 percent today, after billionaire CEO Elon Musk took a hit off what looked like as a marijuana stogie… Read More
Growing and selling legal pot isn’t like most other businesses. There are the state regulations, which require rigorous tracking of each plant from “seed to sale,” as they say in… 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
Denver-based Baker, a 3-year-old startup that develops marketing software for marijuana dispensaries, today announced that it has acquired Grassworks Digital, a Seattle-based startup that also builds CRM tools for cannabis… Read More
Even if you’re at work and not currently high, there’s a good chance you’re going to have a laugh while watching this new commercial from Briteside, an Oregon-based marijuana delivery… Read More
Privateer Holdings is raising another big investment round to fuel rapid growth of its marijuana-related subsidiaries as more governments legalize the use of cannabis. The Seattle-based investment firm has reeled… Read More
It had been about a year since retailers in Washington state began selling recreational marijuana when Ryan Porter, a vet of the automotive technology industry, saw his opportunity. He had… Read More
Being served with papers has never been this fun. T-Mobile, ratcheting up its ongoing desire to harsh the mellow of fellow wireless companies, sent out a special packet in honor… Read More
The Northwest’s cannabis industry is reeling from comments that White House press secretary Sean Spicer made today, suggesting that the Department of Justice will take action against states where recreational… Read More
Is Seattle’s Goodship Higher Education Series about bringing together cannabis users? Or is it about deep subjects like the search for extraterrestrial intelligence? And is it OK to ask fellow attendees… Read More
You don’t have to be stoned to appreciate SETI scientist Seth Shostak’s perspective on the search for extraterrestrials – but it wouldn’t hurt. That’s what the Goodship Higher Education Series is… 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
For years, drug experts have issued warnings about marijuana, but an authoritative report issued today acknowledges its potential benefits – and says one of the biggest risks is not knowing more… Read More
Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions faced a wide range of questions during today’s Senate hearing on his confirmation as attorney general, including a few that point to potential pressure points… 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
JJ McKay and an impressive suite of investors believe there’s serious demand for a cannabis lifestyle brand that’s decidedly more Martha Stewart than Snoop Dogg. To fill that need, the Seattle… Read More
In 2014, you could walk into a medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle and pick up a gram of cannabis. Then, you could walk a few blocks and get the same product… Read More