Cannaray plans to hit the European market with medical marijuana and CBD products in the next few months with various “novel formulations” such as CBD-infused pet food.
Asia’s softening its stance towards cannabis, a once-taboo drug. It’s been legalized in three countries here, and counting. But is it a good time to invest?
While cannabis investing might still seem like the Wild Wild West because its psychoactive component remains illegal at the federal level, there’s are some serious minds — and serious funds — dedicated to this space, including Mary Dimou.
Tariq Farid has been in the edible space for 20 years, but it’s not what you think.
Tired? Anxious? Chronic pain? Trouble sleeping? There’s probably a strain of cannabis for that and Namaste Technologies is using an AI-powered app to help you find it.
Cannabis crop science and growing practices are decades behind almost every other cultivated crop.
Since we started offering our Co-Investment Funds to investors last year, we’ve been getting requests for funds with more specific investment themes.
As the cannabis industry continues to expand, growers are looking for ways to increase crop yield and quality.
On Monday night US Congress passed a version of the 2018 Farm Bill that includes a major win for industrial hemp growers and CBD products
“I never consumed cannabis for the first 29 years of my life, Socrates Rosenfeld founder and CEO of Jane Technologies tells AgFunderNews after raising a $6m Series A round of funding.
4Front Holdings, a cannabis investor-turned-multi-state operator engaging in the cultivation, distribution, and retail of cannabis, has closed a $31m venture round. This brings its total
As Canada ushered in legal cannabis consumption last week, many consumer products companies and retailers are wondering whether delving into the space will be worthwhile. The answer is probably yes, according to a new report.
Grassroots Cannabis operates in seven states and plans to add two more states to its roster by the end of the year, as a vertically integrated grower, processor and retailer of branded cannabis products.
Front Range Biosciences specializes in tissue culture propagation at industrial scale to ensure that it offers growers pest and disease-free stock.
The cannabis industry has become a major headliner in recent news with the dramatic increase in the share price of cannabis companies with commentators asking if the industry is heading for a dot.com bubble style burst.
“Delivering a predictable and repeatable safe experience is one of the biggest challenges for cannabis edibles often resulting in consumers having a bad experience from consuming too much THC, according to Trait CEO.
“The fundraising process was extremely arduous considering we started our raise over two years ago,” CEO John Yang wrote to AgFunderNews.
Some of the best-funded cannabis startups are in ecommerce, supply chain management, and retail operations, but if keeping a steady supply is indeed a primary concern for this young industry, investors will need to turn their attention toward the more agriculture-focused end of the cannabis startup spectrum.
Both Walmart and Nestle are getting into new technologies while Florida citrus growers get some relief and the cannabis industry gets some M&A, plus more in our weekly brief.
Bill Gates invests $40 million in livestock health research through a Scottish non-profit, Kroger wants to challenge Amazon with the help of Alibaba, and more in our weekly brief.
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