Silverleaf Venture Partners

Silverleaf Venture Partners is a private equity investment manager that invests in the cannabis industry. Silverleaf Venture Partners is an investment manager. For over three decades its founding partners have invested in private equity, real estate and other entrepreneurial investments. Based on their diverse experiences, the managers have honed their styles, skills and structures to minimize downside risk while capturing upside potential. In late summer 2017, the partners identified and recognized the potential of the cannabis industry to achieve outsized growth and made it their primary investment focus. Originally, they invested only their personal capital in nearly a dozen of the industry’s most respected companies. The company was founded in 2017 and based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Douglas Hannah

Managing Director

Andre Haroche

Managing Director

Past deals in Cannabis

Nabis

Series B in 2021
Licensed software-enabled cannabis distributor

Lucid Green

Venture Round in 2021
Lucid Green enables the cannabis industry to communicate trust and transparency through a direct connection with the consumer. It gives brands a direct-to-consumer and direct-to-budtender marketing channel while incentivizing brands and their suppliers to provide accurate and timely product information. As a blockchain solution, all actions by data uploaders and data consumers are governed and driven by a sophisticated, immutable ledger and a token economy. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Headset

Venture Round in 2021
Headset Inc. operates a cannabis market intelligence platform that delivers real-time insights for producers, processors, and retailers in the cannabis industry. The company offers a suite of tools, including Headset Insights Pulse, designed to provide contextualized industry data at various category levels, enabling cannabis business owners, investors, and media professionals to analyze market trends over time. Their services include monitoring product and brand positioning, assessing competitive landscapes, and providing dispensaries and retailers with business intelligence for sales forecasting, inventory management, and brand oversight. Founded in 2015, Headset is based in Bellevue, Washington, and aims to empower industry operators to make informed decisions through comprehensive data analysis.

Green Check Verified

Convertible Note in 2021
Green Check Verified, Inc. develops a cloud-based regulatory compliance platform for legal cannabis-related businesses and financial institutions. Its software-as-a-service platform uses compliance monitoring and reporting tools to offer real-time access to traditional banking services, enabling cannabis businesses to monitor and share their compliance history. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in North Haven, Connecticut.

Happy Cabbage Analytics

Seed Round in 2020
Happy Cabbage Analytics, Inc. is a data analytics and insights platform specifically designed for the cannabis industry. Established in 2019 and located in San Francisco, the company offers a platform known as Polaris, which integrates analytics, pricing, and marketing functionalities. This platform enables businesses to analyze dispensary data, providing insights into customer preferences and behaviors. By doing so, Happy Cabbage Analytics helps cannabis companies deliver personalized marketing campaigns and optimize their customer engagement strategies. The company's focus is on transforming data into actionable insights, thereby enhancing decision-making processes within the cannabis sector.

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.

Roshi

Seed Round in 2020
Roshi Solutions, Inc. develops software-as-a-service (SaaS) based inventory management software for cannabis businesses. The company through its platform allows industries to manage inventory supplies, track orders, and transportation services. It also allows businesses to optimize production planning, production functionality, and billing process in the manufacturing units. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Front Range Biosciences

Venture Round in 2020
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.

Apex Trading

Seed Round in 2019
Apex Trading is transforming the wholesale cannabis industry by offering a comprehensive business management and trading platform. Designed by a team with extensive experience in cannabis applications, the platform provides a range of tools that streamline operations for cultivators, product manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Apex facilitates efficient connections between state-licensed cannabis businesses and their customers through custom storefronts and a user-friendly exchange. Its robust back-office tools, including inventory, order, and sales management, empower users to optimize their internal processes while enhancing overall marketplace functionality. By prioritizing efficiency and connectivity, Apex Trading is setting a new standard in cannabis commerce.

Leafwire

Seed Round in 2019
Leafwire, Inc. operates a networking platform for the cannabis industry that allows businesses to find funding, partners, and employees. Its platform enables the cannabis business community to connect, share information, and conduct business together. Leafwire, Inc. was formerly known as Leafwires, LLC and changed its name to Leafwire, Inc. in October 2020. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Denver, Colorado.