Meghan Grabow

Marketing Director

Patrick Rea

Co-Founder, CEO and MD

Past deals in Colorado

Straight Hemp

Seed Round in 2020
Straight Hemp is a hemp bioceuticals company based in Denver, Colorado, specializing in the formulation, branding, and distribution of therapeutic hemp products. The company utilizes a proprietary extraction method to create its product line, which includes essential oil products rich in CBD and terpenes. By focusing on capturing a full range of bioactive compounds, Straight Hemp ensures the quality and authenticity of its offerings. The products are developed using exclusive plant genetics and advanced extraction technology, allowing for a comprehensive approach to hemp-based health solutions. With a commitment to providing effective and reasonably priced CBD products, Straight Hemp is positioned to become a prominent player in the natural products market.

Weller

Seed Round in 2019
Weller is a cannabidiol-infused food and beverage company based in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 2017, the company specializes in creating wellness products that incorporate cannabidiol, which is derived from hemp. Weller markets its offerings through various retail stores and online platforms, aiming to provide consumers with accessible options for integrating cannabidiol into their daily routines.

Wurk

Seed Round in 2018
Wurk is the leader in HR, Payroll, and Payment technology servicing the fastest-growing emerging industry, cannabis! Wurk's proprietary Compliant Payment Cloud underwriters cannabis businesses enabling them to process payments for payroll, taxes, 401k, benefits, and more positioning Wurk as the largest payments processor in the industry. Their SaaS HCM Cloud provides Modern HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Scheduling accessible on any device, including tablets and mobile. Wurk's Intralytics Cloud (integration meets analytics) connects the industries leading technology providers allowing operators to combine and analyze data to inform mission-critical decisions. Wurk is also assembling this data to provide industry benchmarks to help operators compare their KPIs to the trends of the industry. Wurk's unique platform is proving that Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, and Payment technology providers can add significant value to their customers by focusing on their vertical-specific needs. Wurk was founded in August 2015 by Keegan Peterson. And it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Andia

Seed Round in 2018
Andia develops a decentralized plug-and-play platform using blockchain to provide compliance solutions for financial transactions in cannabis based products. The company develops an open market ecosystem that is compliant with the government, facilitates compliance, and regulatory mandates using distributed ledgers. The company develops and operates a cryptocurrency, Andia token (AND) to facilitate agile commerce between vendors and customers. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Treatment X

Seed Round in 2018
Treatment X is a data analytics startup specializing in cannabis research and funding solutions. The company's model standardizes well-designed Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs), leading to better medical treatment plans, lower production costs for manufacturers, and a pathway toward more robust scientific research. They committed to helping patients use cannabis effectively as medicine, backed by sound data, and serving as the go-to platform for doctors, researchers, and cannabis manufacturers. Treatment X helps patients understand how to use cannabis as effective treatment and empowers businesses to make better products. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, United States.

KNXIT

Seed Round in 2018
Business Services

SparkPlug

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Best in Grow (BiG) solves the multi-billion-dollar problem of influence at the point of sale, enabling retailers and the brands they carry to seamlessly incentivize frontline retail workforces, directly reward performance, and help every employee feel engaged and excellent at their jobs.

Hello People Ops

Seed Round in 2018
HR

Miele & Co

Seed Round in 2018
Miele & Co is an event management company established in 2018 and based in Colorado, United States. The firm specializes in planning and organizing innovative retreats, conferences, networking events, and brainstorming sessions. Miele & Co focuses on bringing together leaders from emerging industries, particularly the legal cannabis sector, to share insights and foster collaboration. By facilitating these gatherings, the company aims to enhance brand visibility and support revenue growth for entrepreneurs and high-growth ventures.

Cannabis Big Data

Seed Round in 2017
Big Data Analytics, Inc., doing business as Cannabis Big Data, provides data analytics and business intelligence tools for the cannabis industry. The company offers customizable modules, deep-dive analytics, and data packages. It caters to licensed businesses, ancillary businesses, investors, governments, media companies, and non-profit organizations. The company was formerly known as Cannabis Big Data, LLC. Big Data Analytics, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Front Range Biosciences

Venture Round in 2017
Front Range Biosciences, Inc. is an agricultural biotech company specializing in the breeding and production of new plant varieties and seeds within the hemp, coffee, and cannabis sectors. Founded in 2015 and based in Lafayette, Colorado, with additional offices in Wisconsin, California, and Spain, the company employs tissue culture propagation techniques to enhance the efficiency and consistency of clone and seed production. Their Clean Stock program ensures a supply of disease- and pest-free plants, providing farmers with data-driven solutions to develop new cultivars with commercially relevant traits. Front Range Biosciences aims to modernize agriculture for cannabis and hemp, offering services that support cultivators in improving yields, minimizing disease risks, and creating innovative plant strains.

deepgreen

Seed Round in 2017
Deepgreen.ai, founded in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, specializes in developing artificial intelligence and computer vision technology for the agricultural sector. The company's primary application utilizes optical recognition to identify various characteristics of plants, including their health and sexing. This innovative approach aims to enhance agricultural practices by providing valuable insights into plant conditions, thereby supporting farmers in optimizing their crop management strategies.

Serene Green

Seed Round in 2017
Serene Green, Inc. is a wellness platform that focuses on enhancing employee engagement and productivity through a corporate wellness mobile application. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the company allows users to find and share natural locations suitable for cannabis cultivation while promoting healthy lifestyle choices. The platform enables users to gather personal wellness data and survey responses, incentivizing them to digitally document their health activities and earn rewards. By promoting a connection with nature and encouraging wellness practices, Serene Green aims to assist companies in the cannabis industry in fostering a healthier and more productive workforce.

WhoIsHappy

Seed Round in 2017
Who is Happy is a mobile platform created for cannabis consumers share their happiness around the world. The application works in a very simple manner: users that have just consumed cannabis simply presses a button, displaying a green radius of 1 kilometer on the map and visually indicating that the user is happy. Additionally the user can see other happy users in proximity, monitor individual country data, observe a ranking of the happiest countries in the world, and if the user desires, even receive information about their own happiness.

Sana Packaging

Convertible Note in 2017
Sana Packaging Inc. is a Denver-based company that specializes in manufacturing sustainable packaging solutions specifically for the cannabis industry. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on creating packaging products from hemp-based plastics, paperboards, and other biomass materials. By utilizing 100% plant-based hemp plastic and reclaimed ocean plastic, Sana Packaging aims to promote a circular economy and reduce the ecological footprint of cannabis suppliers. Its commitment to reusing and repurposing natural materials reflects a dedication to environmental sustainability, providing sensible alternatives in packaging that align with modern ecological concerns.

Croptimize

Seed Round in 2017
AgTech, Energy Efficiency

Dispenserly

Seed Round in 2017
Dispenserly is a provider of an online software platform intended to manage and monitor reviews to identify new opportunities and trends. The company's online software platform monitor all your reviews in one place, convert happy customers into promoters, gives real-time alerts and provides hosted feedback forms and helps dispensaries influence what customers say about them and where they say it by focusing on the sites that will help their business, enabling dispensaries collect, analyze, monitor, and monetize consumer or customer reviews.

Redfield Proctor

Seed Round in 2017
Marketplace

Cannabis Quality Group

Seed Round in 2017
Developer of a cloud-based quality management software designed to streamline the process of quality management in Cannabis. The company's quality management software specializes in protecting brand integrity, eliminates the the risk of product recall and thus reduces risk, enabling businesses to have transparency and control over their increasingly complex supply chains.

420 Klean

Seed Round in 2017
420 Klean provides cleaning products and services intended to provide a cleaning kit for pipes, water bongs, and dab rigs. The company's cleaning products and services are for both consumer use and for cannabis cultivation and extraction facilities and the company provides all the products and training needed to keep a dispensary, cultivation and extraction facility compliant with product quality standards, enabling users to get cleaning supplies to enhance the enjoyment of their favorite smoke. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

BDTNDR

Seed Round in 2017
BDTNDR is an online resource that will benefit budtenders, dispensaries, brands, and consumers alike

Virtugro

Seed Round in 2017
Virtugro Corporation specializes in providing automation solutions for indoor cultivation, focusing primarily on the cannabis industry. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Silverthorne, Colorado, the company offers a cloud analytics software platform that utilizes Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor and track cultivation progress. This platform enables cultivators to gather local greenhouse measurements and create dashboards for real-time monitoring and decision-making. By leveraging sensor technology and data analytics, Virtugro's solutions help growers reduce waste, optimize yield, and enhance product consistency, ultimately aiming to increase profitability for cultivators.

GreenScreens

Seed Round in 2017
The GreenScreens platform is a fully-integrated digital signage solution, specifically designed for the challenges of Cannabis retail operations. Dispensaries utilize the platform to target messaging and display menus on our screens within the retail locations. The result is a better-educated customer base and increased profitability. The GreenScreens team is best in class. Retail experience experts that have been involved with dispensaries since the beginning of the recreational industry. Exceptional customer service, intimate knowledge of retail cannabis operations, and a robust growing network GreenScreens is the tool that every dispensary owner needs.

Wurk

Seed Round in 2016
Wurk is the leader in HR, Payroll, and Payment technology servicing the fastest-growing emerging industry, cannabis! Wurk's proprietary Compliant Payment Cloud underwriters cannabis businesses enabling them to process payments for payroll, taxes, 401k, benefits, and more positioning Wurk as the largest payments processor in the industry. Their SaaS HCM Cloud provides Modern HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Scheduling accessible on any device, including tablets and mobile. Wurk's Intralytics Cloud (integration meets analytics) connects the industries leading technology providers allowing operators to combine and analyze data to inform mission-critical decisions. Wurk is also assembling this data to provide industry benchmarks to help operators compare their KPIs to the trends of the industry. Wurk's unique platform is proving that Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, and Payment technology providers can add significant value to their customers by focusing on their vertical-specific needs. Wurk was founded in August 2015 by Keegan Peterson. And it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Stashbox

Funding Round in 2016
Stashbox, LLC is an e-commerce company based in Jacksonville, Florida, that specializes in monthly subscription boxes tailored for cannabis consumers. Founded in 2015, the company curates and distributes customized boxes filled with a variety of smoking and lifestyle products, including pipes, rolling papers, apparel, munchies, novelty items, cleaning products, and storage containers. By utilizing lifestyle data, Stashbox aims to enhance the customer experience by delivering products that align with individual smoking preferences and habits. Through partnerships with various brands, Stashbox effectively markets these products to the appropriate consumer segments, fostering a community around legal and regulated smoking practices.

Wurk

Seed Round in 2016
Wurk is the leader in HR, Payroll, and Payment technology servicing the fastest-growing emerging industry, cannabis! Wurk's proprietary Compliant Payment Cloud underwriters cannabis businesses enabling them to process payments for payroll, taxes, 401k, benefits, and more positioning Wurk as the largest payments processor in the industry. Their SaaS HCM Cloud provides Modern HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Scheduling accessible on any device, including tablets and mobile. Wurk's Intralytics Cloud (integration meets analytics) connects the industries leading technology providers allowing operators to combine and analyze data to inform mission-critical decisions. Wurk is also assembling this data to provide industry benchmarks to help operators compare their KPIs to the trends of the industry. Wurk's unique platform is proving that Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, and Payment technology providers can add significant value to their customers by focusing on their vertical-specific needs. Wurk was founded in August 2015 by Keegan Peterson. And it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Front Range Biosciences

Seed Round in 2016
Front Range Biosciences, Inc. is an agricultural biotech company specializing in the breeding and production of new plant varieties and seeds within the hemp, coffee, and cannabis sectors. Founded in 2015 and based in Lafayette, Colorado, with additional offices in Wisconsin, California, and Spain, the company employs tissue culture propagation techniques to enhance the efficiency and consistency of clone and seed production. Their Clean Stock program ensures a supply of disease- and pest-free plants, providing farmers with data-driven solutions to develop new cultivars with commercially relevant traits. Front Range Biosciences aims to modernize agriculture for cannabis and hemp, offering services that support cultivators in improving yields, minimizing disease risks, and creating innovative plant strains.

STASHLOGIX, Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
STASHLOGIX makes thoughtful, secure, and discreet locking cannabis stash bags designed for style an child-safety.

Stashbox

Seed Round in 2016
Stashbox, LLC is an e-commerce company based in Jacksonville, Florida, that specializes in monthly subscription boxes tailored for cannabis consumers. Founded in 2015, the company curates and distributes customized boxes filled with a variety of smoking and lifestyle products, including pipes, rolling papers, apparel, munchies, novelty items, cleaning products, and storage containers. By utilizing lifestyle data, Stashbox aims to enhance the customer experience by delivering products that align with individual smoking preferences and habits. Through partnerships with various brands, Stashbox effectively markets these products to the appropriate consumer segments, fostering a community around legal and regulated smoking practices.

VaporSlide

Seed Round in 2016
At Vapor Slide they're dedicated to producing cleaner, more effective, more convenient ways to use concentrates. They combine the best cartridge tech with the best battery tech to give consumers the most versatile and reliable pen vaporizer on the market today. The Vapor Slide V-1 is a high-quality, durable, dual-purpose vaporizer that works either independently or with a water-pipe. It's small and discrete with a robust feel, larger battery, pass through USB charging and higher amperage making Vapor Slide the perfect hybrid between pen vaporizer and dab.

Front Range Biosciences

Seed Round in 2016
Front Range Biosciences, Inc. is an agricultural biotech company specializing in the breeding and production of new plant varieties and seeds within the hemp, coffee, and cannabis sectors. Founded in 2015 and based in Lafayette, Colorado, with additional offices in Wisconsin, California, and Spain, the company employs tissue culture propagation techniques to enhance the efficiency and consistency of clone and seed production. Their Clean Stock program ensures a supply of disease- and pest-free plants, providing farmers with data-driven solutions to develop new cultivars with commercially relevant traits. Front Range Biosciences aims to modernize agriculture for cannabis and hemp, offering services that support cultivators in improving yields, minimizing disease risks, and creating innovative plant strains.

iDro

Angel Round in 2016
iDro Inc. specializes in developing an advanced hydroponic system designed for home cultivation of cannabis and vegetables. Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the company utilizes sophisticated sensors and actuators to monitor various environmental factors such as water levels, nutrient concentrations, pH, temperature, humidity, light, and carbon dioxide levels. This system simplifies the growing process, allowing users to engage in gardening without requiring extensive knowledge or time commitment; they merely need to specify what they are growing and add water approximately every two weeks. iDro also offers a companion application that educates users, facilitates the sharing of plant progress, and leverages artificial intelligence to optimize growth conditions, ultimately leading to higher yields and improved quality of produce over time.

Wurk

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Wurk is the leader in HR, Payroll, and Payment technology servicing the fastest-growing emerging industry, cannabis! Wurk's proprietary Compliant Payment Cloud underwriters cannabis businesses enabling them to process payments for payroll, taxes, 401k, benefits, and more positioning Wurk as the largest payments processor in the industry. Their SaaS HCM Cloud provides Modern HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Scheduling accessible on any device, including tablets and mobile. Wurk's Intralytics Cloud (integration meets analytics) connects the industries leading technology providers allowing operators to combine and analyze data to inform mission-critical decisions. Wurk is also assembling this data to provide industry benchmarks to help operators compare their KPIs to the trends of the industry. Wurk's unique platform is proving that Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, and Payment technology providers can add significant value to their customers by focusing on their vertical-specific needs. Wurk was founded in August 2015 by Keegan Peterson. And it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Pen Simple

Seed Round in 2016
PenSimple is a revolutionary herb grinder and portable storage vault that makes your ground herbs accessible at the push of a button. PenSimple allows to store up to three grams of ground herbs ready to go at the push of a button. Never experience sticky fingers or a spilled grinder again with the secure and efficient design of PenSimple.

WeGrow

Seed Round in 2016
A community built to foster interaction and empower home cultivators. We make home cultivation accessible for the most novice grower by bringing a community together to measure, share, and discover craft cannabis. Why WeGrow? When WeGrow founder Mason Levy began researching cannabis, he was immediately intrigued with its incredible versatility - abilities ranging from treating insomnia, depression, and arthritis to promoting self-examination, inspiring creativity, and catalyzing laughter. Evidence from respected institutions, including the British Journal of Cancer and the National Cancer Institute, suggest cannabis can prevent, shrink, and possibly eliminate tumors entirely. All of these amazing medicinal and wellness benefits stem from A PLANT that grows on every continent except Antarctica. Everyone should have an accessible and easy way to grow the strains of cannabis that are best suited for them. WeGrow simplifies the learning process, eliminating the need for exhaustive written and online searches, reading countless forums, and battling hundreds of conflicting opinions. The app and its companion real-time educational modules guide the novice user through the germination, vegetative, flowering, and harvesting stages of growing cannabis. WeGrow uses Elle, the WeGrow Growbot™, to personalize the educational experience, and teach users how to grow cannabis through conversations. The heart of WeGrow is education, community, and empowerment. The WeGrow mobile platform allows growers to tap into the collective knowledge of the community, making learning to grow cannabis easy, accessible, and fun for everyone. WeGrow is an entire growing community and knowledge base right in your pocket.

Trellis Research Group

Seed Round in 2016
Trellis Research Group was born to empower consumers in the nascent cannabis marketplace with the knowledge they need to make informed purchasing decisions. Their mission is to bring transparency to the cannabis industry encouraging safer products and good industry practices. By providing accurate information to consumers and advocating for a transparent industry operating standard, they will bring a higher standard to the cannabis marketplace.

Ananas

Seed Round in 2015
Ananas, Inc. manufactures medical cannabis vaporizers. Its vaporizers’ feature accurate temperature, precision dosage automation, and consumption tracking. The company is based in Boulder, Colorado.

PotGuide

Seed Round in 2015
PotGuide.com is here to help you navigate the maze of legalized marijuana. They provide you with a complete dispensary directory, 420-friendly lodging options, cannabis-related events and activities, and easy to digest legal information.

Twocubes

Seed Round in 2015
Twocubes Inc. is a media and technologies company focused on emerging markets, specifically within the legal cannabis industry. The company has developed an e-commerce platform that facilitates the purchase of legal cannabis for both medicinal and recreational use. This platform is designed to create, curate, and promote content that emphasizes the healthy and responsible use of cannabis, addressing the needs and interests of consumers in this growing sector. By combining media and technology, Twocubes aims to enhance customer engagement and support the evolving landscape of the cannabis market.

STASHLOGIX, Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
STASHLOGIX makes thoughtful, secure, and discreet locking cannabis stash bags designed for style an child-safety.

Healthy Headie Lifestyle

Seed Round in 2015
Healthy Headie Lifestyle, Inc. provides in-home vaporizer sales, service, and demonstrations. It also provides portable and table top vaporizers, storage products, apparel, and accessories online. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Elevate Accessories

Seed Round in 2015
Elevate Accessories design and create heirloom-quality smoking accessories that are made to last a lifetime. It is their goal to add a little extra class and style to your everyday, just like we know you want from any quality lifestyle accessory brand. They stand behind everything they do, that’s why they extend to you a 100% money back guaruntee.

Grownetics

Seed Round in 2015
Grownetics, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing integrated software and hardware tools aimed at optimizing cultivation practices for growers, farmers, and botanists. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Grownetics provides a comprehensive platform that combines crop analytics, machine learning, and automation to enhance controlled environment agriculture. Its offerings include advanced features such as three-dimensional microclimate mapping, remote management, and individual plant tracking, which enable users to improve the quality and yield of food products and medicines while minimizing risks and saving time. The company’s community-based approach also encourages the sharing of cultivation tips, further supporting measurable improvements in agricultural productivity.

Twocubes

Seed Round in 2015
Twocubes Inc. is a media and technologies company focused on emerging markets, specifically within the legal cannabis industry. The company has developed an e-commerce platform that facilitates the purchase of legal cannabis for both medicinal and recreational use. This platform is designed to create, curate, and promote content that emphasizes the healthy and responsible use of cannabis, addressing the needs and interests of consumers in this growing sector. By combining media and technology, Twocubes aims to enhance customer engagement and support the evolving landscape of the cannabis market.

Leafcart

Seed Round in 2015
Leafcart Inc develops a mobile marketplace application to discover, buy, and sell smoking accessories and cultivation supplies. The company is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Ask The Pot Scientist

Seed Round in 2015
Answer the people's canna-questions and highlight best business practices in the industry.

Compliant Cannabis

Seed Round in 2015
Compliant Cannabis is serious about seed-to-sale software, the set of tools used by cannabis businesses to make their businesses compliant with state regulations and remain profitable. Balancing stringent compliance requirements and realizing profits is job number one of the cannabis entrepreneur. They don’t get to grow the best medicine if they’re out of money. They can’t sell premium infused products if they’re out of a license. Our team asked key managers in dispensaries in Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs about their inventory management software. We heard that the available tools were hard to use, time consuming, and unexpectedly out of service too frequently. Imagine that a dispensary’s system goes down for even just 15 minutes on a big Friday. Employees are forced to use a paper ticket, which costs customers, and invites human error. 75% of decision makers we surveyed want to switch their software next year, and many of them will switch to Compliant Cannabis.

The Herbalista Set

Seed Round in 2015
The Herbalista Set is a nature-based, self-care brand for women. We create bath + body products, home goods, jewelry, and assorted curiosities. Our products incorporate elements of the cannabis plant – such as hemp, CBD, and aromatics – to help women enhance their self-care rituals. Our aim is to show cannabis in its true light – as a wonderful tool for healing, creativity, and transformation. It also happens to be one of the most versatile plants in existence. Containing no THC, our products will soon be available for purchase in all 50 states!

Glasshous

Seed Round in 2015
Glasshous.com is a high-end, online head shop for modern cannabis consumers. It’s our goal to build a company that reflects the lifestyle of modern cannabis users, helps to dispel stereotypes, and delivers the best experience for online cannabis accessory shopping today.

Highest Reward

Seed Round in 2015
Making Cannabis a Great Place to Work

STASHLOGIX, Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
STASHLOGIX makes thoughtful, secure, and discreet locking cannabis stash bags designed for style an child-safety.

PotGuide

Seed Round in 2015
PotGuide.com is here to help you navigate the maze of legalized marijuana. They provide you with a complete dispensary directory, 420-friendly lodging options, cannabis-related events and activities, and easy to digest legal information.

LEAF

Seed Round in 2015
LEAF is a smart home appliance that lets users grow their own medicinal plants, food, and herbs from the comfort and convenience of their own homes. Designed to automate the time-consuming and tedious process of growing high-quality plants, LEAF controls the grow environment, nutrients, lighting, pH, and connects to your smartphone to let you control all aspects of the home growing process remotely.

BDSA

Seed Round in 2015
BDS is the indispensable source for cannabis industry data and insight. We provide actionable insights based on accurate information derived from millions of transactions that enables our clients (dispensaries, brands and growers) to make smart decisions that sustain their success.