New Cannabis Ventures: Cannabis Startup Explains Why Venture Capital is Largely Unavailable

In episode 40 of Investing in Cannabis, Brandon David interviews Marshall Hayner, who is a founder participating in the Gateway Incubator program. Hayner, who hasn’t yet renamed his company, joined the inaugural class with a B2C platform but has pivoted to B2B. Hayner is trying to use a bitcoin payment system in the cannabis industry by hiding bitcoin from the user experience and creating a plug and play type of solution using blockchain technology.

by Alan Brochstein, CFA
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New Cannabis Ventures: Cannabis Business Accelerator Helps California Edibles Company Scale

In episode 38 of Investing in Cannabis, Brandon David interviews Carter Laren and Ben Larson of Gateway Incubator and Sascha (CEO) and Khari Stallworth, the husband and wife team who run Buddha Bakeries and are part of Gateway’s first class that began two months ago in their Oakland headquarters. The sixteen-minute interview gives a remarkable two-sided perspective that helps explain the potential for accelerators to assist cannabusinesses wanting to scale their businesses.

by Alan Brochstein, CFA
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New Cannabis Ventures: Why Ben Larson Started a Cannabis Incubator in Silicon Valley

Ben Larson, one of the founders of cannabis industry incubator Gateway in San Francisco, spoke at Valley in Berlin, a one day conference in Germany bringing together interesting Silicon Valley speakers with startups, founders, investors, mentors & politicians from around the world, on March 10th. Ben, who worked two years at The Founder Institute, helped launch over 20 startups by leading semesters in San Francisco and Silicon Valley in the four month program.

by Alan Brochstein, CFA
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NEW CANNABIS VENTURES: Gateway Launches California’s First Cannabis Industry Incubator for Startups

Ben Larson and Carter Laren, who both serve as Director and mentor at the Founder Institute, an early-stage technology startup accelerator, are entering the cannabis industry with the launch of Gateway, which is backed financially by MJIC. 

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