Patrick Rea

Co-Founder, CEO and MD

Past deals in Cannabis

Trym

Seed Round in 2020
Trym, Inc develops and offers cannabis farm management and compliance software. It provides light, temperature, humidity, and Co2 monitoring; daily task notifications; task and workflow management; plant analytics; and metrc reporting. The company was founded 2017 and is based in Novato, California.

AMNESIA Media

Seed Round in 2020
AMNESIA Media is an influencer marketing company specializing in the cannabis industry, established in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California. The company connects brands with cannabis-friendly influencers to produce impactful content that enhances brand visibility and educates mainstream audiences about cannabis. By focusing on collaboration, AMNESIA Media aims to elevate the cannabis sector and its community, helping brands articulate their unique identity and reach new customers. The company recognizes the importance of influencers in the cannabis landscape and fosters an environment that supports their creative endeavors while promoting positive societal change related to cannabis.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bloom Automation

Seed Round in 2017
Bloom Automation, Inc. specializes in the manufacturing and sale of robotics designed specifically for the commercial cannabis industry. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, the company provides automated solutions for trimming and processing cannabis plants post-harvest. Bloom Automation aims to enhance efficiency and precision in cannabis processing through its innovative robotic technology.

Canna Zoning

Seed Round in 2017
Provider of an online platform designed to facilitate visualization of state and local marijuana zoning laws. The company's online platform tracks suitable cannabis business zoning, updates about changes in cannabis consumption laws and suggests favorable areas for cannabis cultivation and storage, enabling businesses to understand the legal obligations for cannabis consumption and avoid costly pitfalls associated with cannabis business zoning.

EstroHaze

Seed Round in 2017
EstroHaze is a multimedia platform for women of color that provides a network of resources for women seeking to access the legal cannabis industry. Its social content platform includes resources, career opportunities, and lifestyle content that focuses on women of color benefiting from the cannabis plant. Founded by Kali Wilder, Sirita Wright, and Safon Floyd in 2015, EstroHaze is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

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.

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.

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

GD Analytics

Seed Round in 2016
Marketing & analytics SaaS provider for cannabis dispensaries. We help dispensaries get more customers and increase profits by using best-in-class marketing tools and our custom built analytics & reporting platform, Butterfly™. Gupta Daniel combines experience in cannabis and technology sectors to bring dispensaries the best possible marketing and analytics software services available.

AcroVape

Seed Round in 2016
AcroVape LLC, based in Tucson, Arizona, specializes in the development and manufacturing of battery-powered vaporizers. Founded in 2014, the company offers a product known as Insta-Dab, which is designed to deliver a soft tasting and smooth hitting experience for both patients and connoisseurs. AcroVape focuses on enhancing the enjoyment of dabbing, catering to customers who seek a refined and pleasurable vaporization experience.

BluJays Brand

Seed Round in 2016
BluJays Brand is an all-in-one disposable kit for rolling and storing on-the-go.

Paragon

Seed Round in 2016
Paragon is an online social network based in Berkeley, California, designed to connect professionals within the cannabis industry. The company focuses on enhancing the quality of human capital entering this sector by providing a specialized hiring solution tailored to the unique needs of cannabis employers and applicants. This approach aims to streamline the hiring process, ultimately saving time, reducing stress, and cutting costs for both employers and job seekers.

Printabowl

Seed Round in 2016
Printabowl LLC designs, manufactures, and sells ceramic elevation instrument pipes that are used to smoke. The company offers borosilicate glass slides and downstems, quartz bangers, and hard plastic snap-lock travel cases. It offers its products online. Printabowl LLC was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

GrassPass

Seed Round in 2016
The worlds’ first cannabis app with a subscription plan for any budget and lifestyle, GrassPass offers an easy, location-rich and insider experience for savvy cannabis consumers – all through the power of a membership program.

MyStrain

Seed Round in 2016
MyStrain Inc. is a Palo Alto, California-based company that operates an online database designed to enhance consumer recognition of cannabis strains and improve dispensary presentations. Founded in 2015, the company collaborates with dispensaries to develop distinctive symbols for popular cannabis strains, facilitating easier identification for consumers. In addition to its database, MyStrain offers a variety of products, including glass jars, tin cases, cannabis containers, men's apparel, posters, and sticker sets. By creating unique visual representations, such as a sleek white spider for the White Widow strain, MyStrain aims to strengthen brand recognition and help consumers connect with their preferred cannabis products.

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.

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.

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.

Yobi

Seed Round in 2016
Cloud-based Dispensary Management Software

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.

Traffic Roots

Seed Round in 2016
Traffic Roots LLC operates TrafficRoots, an advertising platform for advertisers and publishers. Its platform allows advertisers to access cannabis and vape friendly sites from one single platform; access advance targeting features, such as geo, language, OS, browser, sites, and devices to reach audience and meet CPA goals; integrate conversion tracking tools to their site to monitor results and ROI in real-time; create campaigns using various advertising formats; retarget; and follow campaigns in real-time, as well as set precise user capping and daily budgets. The company’s platform provides publishers with various web and mobile formats to monetize their inventory; monetize traffic from various countries; and detailed statistics on their advertising zones in real-time. Traffic Roots LLC is based in San Diego, California.

Gram Research

Seed Round in 2016
Gram Research is a health and wellness company operating within the cannabis industry, focused on developing innovative consumption solutions. Its flagship product is designed to count and track cannabis consumption in real time, promoting responsible use while collaborating with consumers and regulatory bodies to foster standardization in the sector. In addition to its cannabis initiatives, the company also addresses nicotine consumption through the development of an electronic cigarette that aims to benefit public health by providing a safer alternative to traditional smoking. A portion of each purchase contributes to medical research, reflecting the company's commitment to making a positive impact on health and well-being.

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.

Direct Cannabis Network

Seed Round in 2016
Direct Cannabis Network is a digital media company that focuses on profiling the startups, entrepreneurs, and innovative companies in the cannabis industry. The company was founded by Adelia Carrillo in 2015.

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.

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.

Tradiv

Seed Round in 2015
Tradiv, Inc. operates an online wholesale marketplace that allows businesses to list, offer, sell, and buy cannabis products and services. It serves cultivators, infused product manufacturers, and dispensaries. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Marcos, California.

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.

STASHLOGIX, Inc.

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

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.

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.

Ask The Pot Scientist

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.