Salveo Capital

Salveo Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Northbrook, Illinois. The firm specializes in direct investments across various stages, including seed, early, mid, and late stage, as well as growth capital investments. Salveo Capital primarily focuses on the legalized cannabis industry, targeting companies involved in marijuana cultivation, dispensaries, and ancillary services such as software, financial services, and biotechnology. The firm aims to partner with entrepreneurs and management teams to develop high-growth companies within this sector. Salveo Capital typically invests between $5 million and $10 million and emphasizes sectors that support the cannabis ecosystem, including agriculture technology, genetics, and digital media.

Sean Doyle

Principal

Jeff Howard

Founder and Managing Partner

23 past transactions

Semasio

Series C in 2021
Semasio GmbH, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, specializes in user intelligence and targeting solutions for digital advertising. The company leverages statistical modeling and machine learning to provide a platform that helps marketers build detailed user profiles and identify target groups. Semasio's offerings include Audience Targeting, Contextual Targeting, and Brand Fit Targeting, utilizing Natural Language Processing to analyze website content and create comprehensive profiles for both websites and users. This enables clients, including global agency networks and advertisers, to strategically address specific audiences and optimize their advertising efforts. Additionally, Semasio's technology allows for precise control over the contextual placements of online advertising content, ensuring relevance and efficiency. With development centers in Denmark and Portugal, Semasio is dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of programmatic advertising in a privacy-conscious environment.

Wurk

Series A in 2021
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.

Semasio

Series B in 2021
Semasio GmbH, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, specializes in user intelligence and targeting solutions for digital advertising. The company leverages statistical modeling and machine learning to provide a platform that helps marketers build detailed user profiles and identify target groups. Semasio's offerings include Audience Targeting, Contextual Targeting, and Brand Fit Targeting, utilizing Natural Language Processing to analyze website content and create comprehensive profiles for both websites and users. This enables clients, including global agency networks and advertisers, to strategically address specific audiences and optimize their advertising efforts. Additionally, Semasio's technology allows for precise control over the contextual placements of online advertising content, ensuring relevance and efficiency. With development centers in Denmark and Portugal, Semasio is dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of programmatic advertising in a privacy-conscious environment.

Coda Signature

Venture Round in 2021
Coda Signature is a producer of premium cannabis-infused products designed for both medicinal and adult-use markets. The company specializes in handcrafted edibles, including chocolate truffles and bars, as well as topical products. Each item is crafted with a focus on bold flavor combinations and rejuvenating formulas that utilize quality, natural ingredients. By offering these unique products, Coda Signature aims to help consumers engage with the endocannabinoid system effectively.

Semasio

Series A in 2020
Semasio GmbH, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, specializes in user intelligence and targeting solutions for digital advertising. The company leverages statistical modeling and machine learning to provide a platform that helps marketers build detailed user profiles and identify target groups. Semasio's offerings include Audience Targeting, Contextual Targeting, and Brand Fit Targeting, utilizing Natural Language Processing to analyze website content and create comprehensive profiles for both websites and users. This enables clients, including global agency networks and advertisers, to strategically address specific audiences and optimize their advertising efforts. Additionally, Semasio's technology allows for precise control over the contextual placements of online advertising content, ensuring relevance and efficiency. With development centers in Denmark and Portugal, Semasio is dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness of programmatic advertising in a privacy-conscious environment.

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.

PathogenDx

Series B in 2019
PathogenDx, Inc. specializes in innovative testing solutions for the botanical, food, and agricultural sectors. The company offers a range of nucleic acid microarray diagnostic assays that can test for multiple pathogens simultaneously, providing results in less than a day and significantly reducing costs compared to traditional testing methods. Its technologies include PathogenDx for pathogen detection, QuantX for quantifying key indicator organisms, and DetectX, a DNA-based platform for comprehensive pathogen testing. By streamlining the testing process, PathogenDx allows laboratories to bypass extensive sample preparation steps, enhancing efficiency and affordability. The company's solutions deliver real-time data on product quality, helping growers, processors, and producers maintain safety standards. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, PathogenDx also operates an office in Tucson and collaborates with partners such as Icon Farms and Nationwide Laboratory Services, Inc.

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.

Coda Signature

Series A in 2019
Coda Signature is a producer of premium cannabis-infused products designed for both medicinal and adult-use markets. The company specializes in handcrafted edibles, including chocolate truffles and bars, as well as topical products. Each item is crafted with a focus on bold flavor combinations and rejuvenating formulas that utilize quality, natural ingredients. By offering these unique products, Coda Signature aims to help consumers engage with the endocannabinoid system effectively.

KelSie Biotech

Series A in 2019
KelSie Biotech, LLC is a biotechnology company based in Boulder, Colorado, focused on the research and development of innovative delivery methods for sensitive active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Established in 2017, the company specializes in creating dry powder formulations, including inhalable products and sublingual wafers, utilizing its patented bubble drying technology. KelSie Biotech offers a comprehensive range of services, including formulation, testing, licensing, trial design, manufacturing, and consulting, aimed at enhancing bioavailability and facilitating easier administration of medications for patients.

Ascend Wellness Holdings

Venture Round in 2019
Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC, established in 2018, is a vertically integrated multi-state operator in the cannabis industry. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company specializes in the cultivation, production, and distribution of cannabis products, including flowers, strains, concentrates, and vapes. Ascend operates in five states: Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Ohio, with a focus on limited license markets east of the Rockies. The company sells its products through both company-owned and third-party licensed retail stores, generating the majority of its revenue from this segment. Ascend's commitment lies in breaking down traditional barriers in the cannabis marketplace and redefining the industry.

Wurk

Series A in 2019
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.

Ascend Wellness Holdings

Venture Round in 2018
Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC, established in 2018, is a vertically integrated multi-state operator in the cannabis industry. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company specializes in the cultivation, production, and distribution of cannabis products, including flowers, strains, concentrates, and vapes. Ascend operates in five states: Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Ohio, with a focus on limited license markets east of the Rockies. The company sells its products through both company-owned and third-party licensed retail stores, generating the majority of its revenue from this segment. Ascend's commitment lies in breaking down traditional barriers in the cannabis marketplace and redefining the industry.

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.

Treez

Series A in 2018
Treez, Inc. is a company that develops an enterprise cloud commerce platform tailored for the cannabis market, focusing on retail management solutions for medical marijuana dispensaries in the United States. Established in 2016 and based in Oakland, California, Treez offers a comprehensive suite of software services designed to streamline operations across the cannabis supply chain. Its platform includes point of sale systems, dispensary inventory management, and omnichannel sales capabilities, all while ensuring regulatory compliance for every transaction. Additionally, Treez connects brands with retailers through a centralized catalog, providing real-time market insights. The platform is designed for integration with various third-party solutions, enhancing retailers' abilities to adapt to industry changes and optimize their business performance.

PathogenDx

Series A in 2018
PathogenDx, Inc. specializes in innovative testing solutions for the botanical, food, and agricultural sectors. The company offers a range of nucleic acid microarray diagnostic assays that can test for multiple pathogens simultaneously, providing results in less than a day and significantly reducing costs compared to traditional testing methods. Its technologies include PathogenDx for pathogen detection, QuantX for quantifying key indicator organisms, and DetectX, a DNA-based platform for comprehensive pathogen testing. By streamlining the testing process, PathogenDx allows laboratories to bypass extensive sample preparation steps, enhancing efficiency and affordability. The company's solutions deliver real-time data on product quality, helping growers, processors, and producers maintain safety standards. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, PathogenDx also operates an office in Tucson and collaborates with partners such as Icon Farms and Nationwide Laboratory Services, Inc.

Flow Cannabis

Series A in 2018
Formed in 2015 with the launch of its top-selling flower line as its flagship brand (Flow Kana), Flow Cannabis Co. aims to build a more sustainable future. Headquartered in Mendocino County - the “gateway” to California’s famed Emerald Triangle region - Flow Cannabis Co. offers a wide range of California’s top-selling cannabis CPG brands and a series of services including processing, co-packing, manufacturing, white-labeling, and distribution to a growing list of partners at various levels of the supply chain who share our values and vision of building a sustainable and inclusive cannabis industry.

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.

Wurk

Seed Round in 2017
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 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.

Headset

Series A in 2017
Headset Inc. operates a cannabis market intelligence platform that delivers real-time insights to various stakeholders in the cannabis industry, including producers, processors, and retailers. Founded in 2015 and based in Bellevue, Washington, the company offers a suite of tools, including Headset Insights Pulse, which contextualizes industry data at multiple category levels. This platform enables cannabis business owners, investors, and media professionals to track market trends, assess competitive landscapes, and evaluate product positioning. Additionally, Headset provides tailored analytics for dispensaries and retailers, focusing on sales performance, inventory management, and brand strategy. By aggregating data from various sources, Headset helps clients make informed decisions and stay ahead of emerging trends in the rapidly evolving cannabis market.

Treez

Seed Round in 2016
Treez, Inc. is a company that develops an enterprise cloud commerce platform tailored for the cannabis market, focusing on retail management solutions for medical marijuana dispensaries in the United States. Established in 2016 and based in Oakland, California, Treez offers a comprehensive suite of software services designed to streamline operations across the cannabis supply chain. Its platform includes point of sale systems, dispensary inventory management, and omnichannel sales capabilities, all while ensuring regulatory compliance for every transaction. Additionally, Treez connects brands with retailers through a centralized catalog, providing real-time market insights. The platform is designed for integration with various third-party solutions, enhancing retailers' abilities to adapt to industry changes and optimize their business performance.
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