Casa Verde Capital is a West Hollywood-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that specializes in seed-stage investments in the cannabis sector, focusing on the ancillary ecosystem that does not touch the plant, including agtech, health and wellness, financial services, technology, media, compliance, and laboratory technology, with operations across the United States.

CanopyBoulder is an accelerator based in Boulder, Colorado, founded in 2014. It runs a mentorship-driven seed-stage program for startups in the cannabis industry, with emphasis on ancillary products and services. The program supports early-stage ventures by providing guidance, mentorship, and access to a network to help scale businesses within the legal cannabis sector.

Merida Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm based in Rye, New York, focused on growth capital and sector-specific opportunities in the cannabis industry and related health and wellness markets. The firm targets cultivation technologies and products and services connected to cannabis as an agricultural product, a natural plant-based medicine, and a constituent in pharmaceutical formulations, as well as recreational consumer products. It pursues impact investments across agriculture, health, and wellness sectors, aligning capital deployment with long-term growth in cannabis-related markets.

Curaleaf is a vertically integrated cannabis operator providing medical and adult-use products in the United States. The company cultivates, processes, markets, and dispenses cannabis in multiple forms, including flowers, pre-rolls, vape pens, and topical products, under brands such as Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots. It serves both consumer markets and licensees through cultivation, processing, and back-office services, and engages in related activities such as intellectual property licensing, real estate leasing, and lending facilities under management agreements. The business has expanded through acquisitions that broaden its footprint in the United States and into Europe, and operates across numerous states with a broad product portfolio including oils, concentrates, tinctures, and hemp-based CBD products. By emphasizing clarity around cannabis and confidence around consumption, Curaleaf aims to improve user accessibility and convenience across medical and adult-use channels.

Salveo Capital is a private investment firm based in Northbrook, Illinois, founded in 2016. It operates as a venture capital and private equity investor that pursues direct investments and fund of funds, with a focus on the legalized cannabis ecosystem and related ancillary sectors. The firm backs entrepreneurial management teams across a range of stages, from seed to growth, primarily in the United States. Its portfolio and target sectors include software and data, financial payments and services, agricultural technology and yield improvement, biotech and pharma, licensing and branding, and other cannabis-related services and infrastructure such as cultivation support, dispensaries, and industry platforms. Typical investments are in the millions of dollars, reflecting a preference for mid to late-stage opportunities in software, healthcare, information technology, big data, cannabis tech, and related sectors.

Entourage Effect Capital is a Dallas-based private equity firm focused on cannabis investments across the United States. Founded in 2014, it pursues an active, value-add approach, working closely with portfolio company management to accelerate growth, optimize operations, and create exit opportunities. The firm supports early-stage through growth-stage companies across a broad cannabis ecosystem, including cultivation, processing, distribution, licensed operators, consumer brands, bioscience, technology, and ancillary services. It leverages sector expertise and networks to build a cohesive portfolio and differentiates itself from passive investors by taking an active role in strategic development and capital placement. The firm previously operated under the Cresco Capital Partners name.

Phyto Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Boca Raton, Florida, dedicated to investing in cannabis-related businesses across the United States. The firm provides capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and operating companies that may lack access to traditional funding, leveraging a broad network of experienced executives, financial professionals, analysts, and advisors to aid portfolio companies in financing, operations, and execution. In addition to cannabis, Phyto Partners pursues opportunities in education, branded products, agriculture technology, point-of-sale software, advertising technology, and biotechnology.

Delta Emerald Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that concentrates on investing in cannabis sector companies across North America. The firm emphasizes a founder-focused, data-forward approach to identifying opportunities and supporting portfolio companies.

Jushi Holdings is a vertically integrated multi-state cannabis and hemp operator that develops and runs retail storefronts, distributes and processes cannabis products, and cultivates across medical and adult-use markets. It maintains a diversified portfolio of branded cannabis and hemp products, including Hijinks, The Bank, The Lab, Seche, and Tasteology, and sells through a network of dispensaries such as Nature's Remedy, Beyond Hello, and NuLeaf, as well as via The Jushi Shop online store. The company also operates cultivation and processing facilities as part of its integrated model and pursues growth through acquisitions and other market opportunities.

RIV Capital is a Toronto-based venture capital firm focused on cannabis and related industries. It takes a stage-agnostic approach across seed to growth opportunities and seeks minority stakes in companies worldwide. The firm targets investments in the cannabis ecosystem and adjacent sectors, including agriculture and food sciences, production and processing, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, software and data, hardware, consumer products and wellness, retail and distribution, media and content, and lab services. It supports opportunities across the value chain from cultivation and harvesting to extraction, packaging and distribution, as well as beverages, edibles, topicals and delivery. Typical checks range from CAD 5 million to CAD 10 million, with a broader span from CAD 1 million to CAD 40 million, and investment structures that include debt, preferred and common equity, and production-linked royalties. RIV Capital pursues opportunities globally.

MariMed is a multi-state cannabis operator focused on the design, development, operation, and management of cultivation, production, and retail facilities. The company provides advisory services to cannabis operators, covering facility design and buildout, site selection, legal compliance, systems design, and operational workflows, as well as licensing assistance, financing support, financial modeling, and business planning. It also offers managed services for cultivation, production, and distribution, along with education, community outreach, and workforce training. Through its award-winning portfolio of brands, including Betty's Eddies, Bubby's Baked, Vibations, InHouse, and Nature's Heritage, MariMed builds consumer brands and distributes products across multiple states. By combining development expertise with operational management and brand-building, MariMed aims to set standards in the cannabis industry and drive growth across its nationwide footprint.

WGD Capital is a venture capital firm based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2019. It focuses on early- and expansion-stage investments in private companies across the United States, Canada, and Israel, with emphasis on cannabis, psychedelics, agriculture technology, and health and wellness sectors.

HALLEY Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 and based in California. It concentrates on early-stage investments in the cannabis sector, with a focus on cannabis-related technology, agricultural companies, and ancillary technologies that help licensed cannabis businesses increase sales, reduce costs, comply with regulations, and explore the medical benefits of cannabis and hemp.

Auxly Cannabis Group is a consumer packaged goods company in the cannabis products market, with a portfolio of brands designed for a broad range of cannabis consumers. Its product lineup includes dried cannabis, fresh cannabis, cannabis plants and seeds, cannabis oil, edibles, extracts, and topicals, marketed under brands such as Parcel, Black Forty, Foray, Dosecann, and Kolab Project. The company operates through two main segments: Canadian cannabis operations and South American operations, focusing on product development, branding, and distribution across price points to reach diverse consumer segments.

Key Investment Partners is a venture capital firm based in Denver, Colorado, founded in 2018. It provides equity to early-stage companies and focuses on sectors including cannabis, software, consumer products and services, fintech, and life sciences across North America.

The Arcview Group is an Oakland, California-based angel investment network that connects investors with cannabis-focused and technology startups. Founded in 2009, the firm operates a member-driven platform that supports ventures across cannabis, agtech, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, software, media and analytics, cultivation and retail, infused products and extracts, and related services. It facilitates financing for startup and growth opportunities by organizing investor networks, events, and educational programs, and by providing access to a community of seasoned industry participants. The organization also promotes cannabis industry development through initiatives such as ArcView Angel Network and related digital tools, including a mobile app for dispensaries and customers. By pooling expertise from its members, the group aims to accelerate investment, improve due diligence, and help early-stage companies scale within the United States and beyond.

Sol Global Investments is a Canada-based investment firm pursuing growth-oriented, thematic investments and strategic partnerships across growth industries. It emphasizes capitalizing on opportunities that disrupt traditional markets through a private-equity style approach and aims to support companies from early stages to expansion, with a focus on cannabis-related opportunities and other high-growth sectors on an international scale.

Altitude Investment Management is a New York–based venture capital firm focused on cannabis-related opportunities and related sectors in North America and Europe. It funds early-stage to growth-stage companies across industries including business products and services, consumer products and services, financial services, information technology, healthcare, materials, wellness, and other cannabis-enabled sectors. The firm leverages experience in regulated industries to navigate regulatory and funding challenges and maintains connections with industry professionals and regulators to support portfolio companies.

L2 Ventures is a New York based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that focuses on growth-stage investments in the cannabis sector. The firm backs cannabis companies with opportunities for scalable expansion and long-term value creation, offering capital alongside strategic guidance to navigate regulatory landscapes, product development, and market deployment across the cannabis ecosystem.

Ensemble is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2019. The firm focuses on investing in the cannabis ecosystem, serving as a brand accelerator within this market. Ensemble aims to support and enhance the growth of cannabis-related businesses by providing capital and strategic guidance, fostering innovation and development in an evolving industry.

12/12 Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and based in Sausalito, California. The firm focuses on investing in the cannabis industry, with a preference for cannabis companies operating in the technology sector, and was co-founded by Parker Berling and Matt Barron.

Segra International is a plant biotechnology company focused on cannabis, with capabilities in industrial-scale plant micropropagation and plant tissue culture. It develops standardized cannabis tissue culture plantlets and provides DNA fingerprinting services to licensed producers worldwide, enabling scalable production of healthy, robust plant material. Headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, the company was founded in 2014 and operates laboratories to support cannabis genetics and cultivation, delivering plantlets suitable for commercial propagation and regulatory compliance.

Measure 8 Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Stamford, Connecticut. It specializes in investing in companies within the cannabis industry, aiming to capitalize on opportunities presented by the sector's growth.

Achari Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York, founded in 2018, that focuses on investing in cannabis and cannabis-related companies.

Established in 2006, Bengal Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in investments within the cannabis industry since 2013. The company provides seed stage and growth capital alongside traditional advisory resources to its operators across various sectors of the cannabis industry.

Bonaventure Equity is a United States–based venture capital firm that provides growth capital and early-stage funding to cannabis and life sciences companies, along with related health technology, manufacturing and agricultural sectors. The firm concentrates on opportunities in the cannabis industry and related controlled substances, supporting companies that pursue innovations in healthcare, technology and services. It seeks to back ventures delivering economic, societal, cultural and healthcare benefits through science and enterprise.

Btomorrow Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of British American Tobacco. Founded in 2019 and based in London, United Kingdom, BTV partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate innovation and growth, aligning investments with BAT's strategy to become a consumer-centric, multi-category consumer packaged goods company. The firm focuses on health and wellness, functional products, science, sustainability, and technology, seeking ventures that complement BAT's mission to reduce the health impact of its business while expanding into new consumer categories.

Archytas Ventures is an investment firm focused on the cannabis sector, operating as an incubator and private equity investor. It pursues opportunities across direct cannabis operations and ancillary businesses serving the medical cannabis market, targeting emerging U.S. markets. Founded in 2017, the firm maintains offices in Los Angeles and New York to support deal sourcing and portfolio development. In its approach, it engages in growth-oriented investments with transaction sizes generally ranging from 2 million to 20 million per transaction.

Founded in 2018, Enexis is a Stockholm-based investment company focused on the legal cannabis sector. It primarily invests in European medical, wellness, and ancillary cannabis businesses.

Mesh Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Oakland, California, founded in 2017. It focuses on cannabis-related investments, including opportunities in cannabis manufacturing.

Cantheon Capital is a venture capital firm that provides financial assistance to early and mid-stage companies developing novel pharmaceuticals in the Cannabinoid and Entheogen space.

JM10 Partners is an investment firm founded in 2017 and based in New York. It pursues growth and expansion opportunities by backing companies, with a focus on the cannabis sector.

Lerer Hippeau is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2010 that focuses on early-stage investments. The firm backs seed and pre-seed companies across a broad range of sectors including software, information technology, communications and media, healthcare technology, fintech, consumer and hardware, among others. It typically supports founders through the earliest stages, offering capital and strategic guidance to help build scalable businesses in the United States, with a concentration in the New York metro area. Lerer Hippeau emphasizes partnering with entrepreneurs who demonstrate product vision and customer insight, aiming to help portfolio companies grow from idea to market. The firm maintains an active portfolio and an operational approach that includes ongoing involvement to assist companies as they scale.

Founded in 2021 and based in Ketchum, Idaho, Satori Investment Partners is a private equity firm that pursues investments in cannabis companies aligned with transparency, drive, intellect, and conscious consumerism, supporting operators through the market’s regulatory and capital-raising challenges.

D4 Investments is a family office investment firm established in 1999 and based in Seattle, Washington. The firm specializes in investing in start-ups and early-stage ventures, focusing on sectors such as industrial, software as a service (SaaS), climate technology, robotics, artificial intelligence, and cannabis. D4 Investments aims to support innovative companies that have the potential for significant growth and impact in their respective industries.

JourneyOne Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm backs early-stage companies across consumer, software, biotech, and cannabis sectors, leveraging extensive cannabis industry expertise to identify critical pain points and scalable solutions. It prioritizes technology-driven ventures, IP-rich opportunities, and teams with executive-level cannabis or related experience, aiming for venture-scale opportunities in tech, tech-enabled services, and other IP-backed businesses.

The Verleur Group LLC is a boutique venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Miami, Florida. It specializes in the hands-on incubation of startups, focusing on early-stage investments. The firm targets companies in sectors such as consumer products and services, e-commerce, and cannabis, aiming to support and develop innovative business models within these industries. Through its active involvement, The Verleur Group seeks to nurture and grow promising ventures, providing them with the resources and guidance needed to succeed in competitive markets.

Cannapreneur Partners is a venture capital investment firm established in 2019 and located in Westborough, Massachusetts. The firm specializes in supporting purpose-driven entrepreneurs within the cannabis industry, aiming to create a significant global impact. With a proven track record, Cannapreneur Partners assists entrepreneurs in achieving their business goals while also guiding investors in making informed capital placements in the cannabis sector. The firm's focus is on fostering innovation and growth among cannabis startups, aligning financial success with a commitment to sustainable and responsible business practices.

Emerald Park Capital specializes in investing in the high-growth legal cannabis industry. Based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, it primarily focuses on senior secured debt with strong asset coverage and secured equity opportunities in established companies led by experienced management teams.

TenX Ventures is a Vancouver, Canada-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 that invests in technology-driven companies across robotics, artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, software as a service, space, and cannabis. It supports entrepreneurs at the point where grit and proof translate into breakthrough innovations through its funding and guidance.

Vice Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm that provides early-stage funding to startups operating in unconventional, stigmatized sectors. It targets opportunities in alcohol, cannabis, energy, harm-reducing nicotine, psychedelics, sex tech and wellness, and betting-focused ventures in skill-based and sports betting, including research or development related to MDMA and ketamine. The firm aims to back good companies in these high-risk or controversial industries, with the goal of generating superior returns while helping innovative businesses grow.

Intrinsic Capital Partners is a growth capital investment firm based in the Philadelphia area, including Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. It pursues growth and expansion investments across a wide range of sectors, with emphasis on life sciences and technology. The firm backs companies in data analytics and services, disruptive technology, financial technology, genomics, lab testing services, medical devices, medical formulations, delivery forms, brands, software, and information technology. It also engages with healthcare and consumer industries, and has exposure to the emerging legal cannabis and hemp markets as part of its investment scope.

Science is a California-based venture capital firm headquartered in Santa Monica that targets early-stage technology investments in the United States and India. The firm participates across seed, early, and later stages and backs companies in sectors including e-commerce, apparel, data services, media, blockchain, edtech, fintech, IoT, micro-mobility, gaming, and marketplaces. It identifies entrenched markets and societal shifts and supports disruptive companies with highly focused teams, and has co-founded and invested in more than 60 companies.

Mana Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in the San Francisco Bay Area that concentrates on early-stage investments in frontier technologies, artificial intelligence, and other deep tech sectors, with a focus on disrupting traditional industries. The firm supports portfolio companies in refining their vision, building strong teams, developing the right products, and securing subsequent funding, while helping technology and consumer brands navigate growth and strategic challenges.

Sand Hill Angels is a Mountain View, California-based angel investor network in Silicon Valley founded in 2000. The group comprises around 60+ technology professionals who collaborate to form and grow startup companies by investing in private technology firms at early stages. Its members focus on technology sectors including clean technology, Internet, information sciences, and life sciences, with activity in areas such as semiconductors, enterprise software, storage, and communications, as well as medical devices, diagnostics, and bioinformatics. Sand Hill Angels typically invest in seed and Series A rounds, and occasionally later-stage bridges, often committing $300K to $500K at a pre-money valuation under $5 million. The network works openly with venture capital funds and other angel groups to support the Bay Area ecosystem.

Argonautic Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm that operates as a group of micro-funds with a flexible, stage-agnostic approach. It targets targeted returns through distinct investment theses and concentrates on technology, healthcare, biotech, agtech, foodtech, construction tech, blockchain and crypto, AI and cloud computing, among others. The firm participates in seed, Series A, pre-IPO, and growth rounds, sometimes taking minority stakes and mezzanine positions, and aims to exit within a few years. It has experience across technology, healthcare and emerging markets and pursues opportunities in the United States and India and other regions. The organization emphasizes a diversified portfolio built on sector-focused theses and scalable business models.

Óskare Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in Paris and London, founded in 2020. It focuses on early-stage investments in deep-tech and life sciences startups.

Talent Resources Ventures is a boutique venture fund established in 2020 and based in New York, New York. It serves as the corporate venture capital arm of Talent Resources, focusing on early-stage consumer-facing brands. The firm aims to leverage the comprehensive capabilities of its parent organization to identify and support promising companies within the consumer products and services sector.

7thirty Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Boulder, Colorado. The firm concentrates on private technology investments globally, pursuing a disciplined approach to building a diversified portfolio across sectors including agricultural technology, retail technology, data and analytics, marketplaces, blockchain-based software, platforms, supply chains, robotics, machine learning, payments, biotechnology, cybersecurity, and legal cannabis and hemp. Beyond equity investments, 7thirty Capital offers debt solutions such as senior secured and mezzanine financing as well as inventory and receivables financing, equipment financing, and real estate loans. By combining venture funding with selective debt instruments, the firm supports early-stage and growth companies across technology-driven industries.

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm with a global focus that invests across seed, early, and later-stage companies. It maintains a stage-agnostic approach, seeking innovative ideas with potential impact and feasibility in global markets.