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How Dutchie raised half a billion for cannabis tech on TechCrunch Live
Ross Lipson co-founded Dutchie in 2017 and has since led the company to a multibillion-dollar valuation on top of raising $600 million. Now, in 2022, Dutchie is expanding its offering,…
Cannabis lender Bespoke Financial raises $8M from Casa Verde Capital and Sweat Equity Ventures
Cannabis financing company Bespoke Financial today announced it raised $8 million in a Series A financing round. Through this round, the company brought new, key investors into its corner as…
Snoop Dogg’s Casa Verde Capital closes on $100 million as the cannabis industry bounces back
Casa Verde Capital, the investment fund co-founded by cannabis connoisseur Snoop Dogg (also known as Calvin Broadus), has closed on $100 million for its second investment fund, according to documents…
Cannabis VC Karan Wadhera on why the industry, which took a hit last year, is now quietly blazing
Early last year, excitement over the burgeoning cannabis industry was palpable in Silicon Valley, with a small number of venture firms writing their first checks to cannabis-related startups. Among them…
Snoop Dogg’s Casa Verde gets into the sleep space, backing NY-based Proper
Helping Americans get their 40 winks has never been more necessary as the country faces what some health experts have called a sleep epidemic, and Snoop Dogg’s cannabis-focused firm Casa…
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Top LA investors discuss the city’s post-COVID-19 prospects
When it comes to venture capital, Los Angeles is a city on the rise. In the past year, it’s seen one of the most profitable venture-backed exits of any tech ecosystem (with the $4 billion sale of Honey to PayPal) and investors are minting billion-dollar companies in the region at a torrid pace. It’s also…
Meet Bespoke Financial, a lender for cannabis companies backed by Snoop Dogg’s Casa Verde Capital
Bespoke Financial wants to provide cannabis businesses with the same kind of financial services that other businesses get, but that dispensaries and growers can’t yet access. The regulations around cannabis…