6 tech startups sowing seeds for the future of cannabis

Back in February, rapper-turned-venture capitalist Snoop Dogg announced his plans to raise a $25 million fund for tech startups working in the field of cannabis. That led to his participation in the biggest investment in a cannabis-focused startup to date: a $10 million Series A investment in San Francisco-based weed delivery startup Eaze, in April.

It’s been a long time coming, but it seems that now the floodgates have opened and cannabis is getting its chance at disruption.

With Washington and Colorado officially legalizing recreational cannabis use back in 2012 (it’s also been legalized in Alaska and Oregon since), a whole new market has germinated and is fast spreading in the US.

 

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You might be surprised to find, however, that the startups developing the hemp-isphere are not just the usual suspects of a lifestyle market. Sure, you...

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