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Phyto Partners

Phyto Partners is a venture firm established in 2015, specializing in early-stage investments within the cannabis industry across the United States. Based in Boca Raton, Florida, it operates multiple venture capital funds, including Phyto Partners III, which focuses on later-stage investments exceeding $5 million, and Phyto Partners IV, which targets sectors related to neurowellness, brain health, and psychedelics. The firm plays a crucial role in supporting entrepreneurs and businesses in the cannabis industry by providing access to capital that may not be available through traditional funding sources. Phyto Partners leverages its extensive network of experienced business executives, financial experts, and advisors to assist portfolio companies with their financing needs, operational strategies, and execution, ultimately aiming to enhance successful outcomes in the evolving cannabis market.

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Past deals in Cannabis

Willow Industries

Series A in 2022
Willow Industries, LLC specializes in technology for the decontamination of cannabis and hemp, focusing on post-harvest processes. Based in Denver, Colorado, the company has developed a patent-pending machine, WillowPure, which employs ozone-based oxidation to effectively reduce contaminants such as mold, yeast, mildew, Aspergillus, Salmonella, and E. Coli without compromising the flower's medicinal properties or visual appeal. In addition to its decontamination technology, Willow Industries offers consulting services related to compliance, regulations, and testing procedures, as well as evaluations for dry and cure rooms. Founded in 2016, the company aims to ensure the safety and quality of cannabis products through innovative and scientifically validated methods.

Vangst

Series B in 2022
Vangst is a staffing service dedicated to the cannabis industry, headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2014, the company operates a digital platform called Vangsters that connects job seekers with cannabis employers, facilitating a streamlined job search experience. Vangst provides various staffing solutions, including direct hire placements, on-demand employees, career fairs, and a comprehensive job board. The company has established itself as a trusted resource for both employers and employees by successfully matching thousands of cannabis professionals with leading companies in the sector. With a focus on industry expertise and a deep understanding of the evolving regulatory landscape, Vangst aims to support the growth and success of the cannabis workforce.

Canix

Seed Round in 2020
Canix is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in creating automation software for the cannabis industry, including both medical and recreational sectors. The company offers next-generation ERP solutions designed to streamline daily operations, ensure compliance with state regulations, and facilitate data-driven business decisions. By utilizing advanced technology and a comprehensive dataset encompassing pricing, yield, and inventory information, Canix aims to establish a robust technical foundation for cannabis cultivators and extractors.

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.

Front Range Biosciences

Series B in 2019
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.

Green Flower

Series A in 2019
Green Flower Media, Inc. produces and publishes videos for cannabis experts, doctors, scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, and thought-leaders that give facts, science, and knowledge of cannabis and cannabis industry. The company publishes online courses, classes, videos, and articles about cannabis. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Ventura, California.

Front Range Biosciences

Series A in 2018
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.

Baker Technologies

Series A in 2017
Baker Technologies, Inc. develops online customer relationship management solutions for the cannabis industry in the United States and Candida. It offers customer acquisition, engagement, and retention tools; and an e-commerce platform for online ordering, menus, and delivery. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Denver, Colorado. Baker Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of TILT Holdings Inc.

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.

LEAF

Venture Round in 2017
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.

Flowhub

Seed Round in 2017
Flowhub is a cannabis retail software company that helps modern dispensaries thrive by delivering compliance, point of sale, inventory tracking, and business intelligence data from a single, highly-customizable platform. With first-to-market mobile check-in and inventory management applications, Flowhub processes over one billion dollars in cannabis sales annually, and empowers more than 700 cannabis retailers and their partners to grow revenue, simplify compliance, speed checkouts and manage inventory for improved consumer experiences. Flowhub is a privately held company headquartered in Denver.

LEAF

Seed Round in 2016
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.