Let’s say you’ve just come up with that brilliant-but-practical cannabis idea that’s going to get you your share of the explosive new marijuana industry. Here’s the problem: perhaps you have insufficient business experience and you’re not exactly flush with cash.
The founders of Gateway Incubator in Oakland, California want to help you.
by Sean Quinn
Full Article: CannabisNow
On episode 24, we speak with Carter Laren and Ben Larson of Gateway, an early stage accelerator program for cannabis companies. Gateway is a full immersion business accelerator and seed investment program located in the birthplace of the cannabis industry. Tune in to hear about how Gateway is helping cannabis startups become legitimate businesses in a rapidly growing and changing industry. Enjoy!
by Brandon David
Original Post: Investing in Cannabis
Available on YouTube
Silicon Valley elites are promising to super-charge the multibillion-dollar legal cannabis industry in 2016, starting in places like the Leviathan Building in Jack London Square.
by David Downs
Full Article: 7x7: Cannabis Insider
Gateway will provide companies with $30,000 in return for six% equity, with once percent going to the mentors responsible for coaching the incubator companies, as well as office space, according to Oakland North. The paper reported that another incubator, CanopyBoulder in Colorado, gives businesses $20,000 in exchange for 9.5% equity.
Full Article: Marijuana Business Daily
It was not that long ago that Marijuana was thought of mainly as an illegal street drug, but all of that is changing.
by Barbara Rogers
Available on YouTube
Co-Founder, Ben Larson, says the idea is to provide workspace, management expertise, and access to tech entrepreneurs for those with the next greatest idea in the burgeoning cannabis industry.
by Mark Selig
Available on SoundCloud
Gateway aims to create a group of legal, scalable and investable cannabis businesses in the Bay Area by providing seed investment and mentorship. The incubator plans to accept ancillary businesses where marijuana isn’t touched—like those that produce cannabis grow lights—but also businesses that directly handle the plants, like dispensaries and ventures that develop extraction technologies.
by Nailah Morgan and Kyle Ludowitz
Full Article: Oakland North
Is the world ready for the biggest onslaught of cannabis innovation in history?
Ben Larson and Carter Laren Founded Gateway Incubator in Oakland, California to help early stage cannabis companies hit the ground running.
I was stoked to sit down in the #weedclubigloo with Gateway to discuss the launch of their incubator- enjoy!
by Evan Horowitz
Full Post: WeedClub
Two flavors of Bay Area life — cannabis and technology — will continue their fusion this winter with the launch of Gateway Incubator, LLC in Oakland's Jack London district. It will be California’s first cannabis company incubator.
by David Downs
Full Article: East Bay Express
Located near Oakland's Jack London Square in the unconventional Leviathan Building, Gateway's mission is to bring the expertise of Silicon Valley technology entrepreneurship to the burgeoning industry of legal cannabis companies.
"We chose Oakland because we believe that as legalization unfolds, this city will emerge as the capital of the cannabis industry in the United States," said co-founder Ben Larson.
Full Article: Yahoo! Finance
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There are a tremendous number of experienced and insightful start-up founders and investors in and around Silicon Valley who are enthusiastic about helping cannabis companies succeed,”wrote co-founder Carter Laren, “and they are all anticipating imminent legalization.” Laren brings with him the experience of CEO of Creative Allies and co-founder of MOX. Laren has also worked with several other startups.
by BenBot
Full Article: Direct Cannabis Network
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.
Full Article: New Cannabis Ventures
But even if you’re stoned, you should be able to see the opportunity here. Marijuana prohibition is coming to an end, and massive businesses will grow in its place. Gateway wants to seed them.
On the morning of our launch, Tech Crunch journalist, Josh Constine (@joshconstine) published the following article: Tech Crunch
