Top 50 Cannabis Angel Investors in United States in July 2025

Investor	Cannabis United States investments
Robert Stavis	4
Michael Lazerow	3
Bruce Macfarlane	3
Jason Calacanis	3
Paul Buchheit	2
Rick Thompson	2
Justin Kan	2
Kingsley Advani	2
Clark Valberg	2
Kat Cole	2
Roger McNamee	2
Samara Hernandez	2
Jack McCue	2
Jon Oringer	2
Adam Zeplain	2
David Lee	1
Danica Patrick	1
Shiva Rajaraman	1
Jonathan Slimak	1
Carmelo Anthony	1
Greg Wirsen	1
Sunmeet Jolly	1
Nasir Jones	1
Jay Brown	1
Timothy Mosley	1
Ben Lamm	1
Josh Abramson	1
Jim Koch	1
Kevin Lin	1
Michael Straumietis	1
Patrick Carroll	1
Mark Opel	1
Efrain Sanchez	1
Mike Dowdle	1
Hiten Shah	1
Yoni Meyer	1
Carter Comstock	1
Anthony Saleh	1
Assia Grazioli	1
David Lee	1
Lorenzo Lamadrid	1
Rachel Springate	1
Justin Wong	1
Harry Rubin	1
Bruce Linton	1
Tobias Lütke	1
Ross Mason	1
Chris Burggraeve	1
Baron Davis	1
Claire Diaz-Ortiz	1

Rob Stavis is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Series C, Series B, Series A
United States, Canada, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Atarraya Inc — Explore Atarraya Farms commitment to sustainability and ethical seafood production. We create the most sustainable protein in the world through innovative aquaculture practices. Join us in revolutionizing the future of seafood
FLOWER CO — We sell weed on the internet. Thousands of products delivered overnight throughout California from Humboldt to San Diego
Bespoke Financial — Bespoke Financial is a licensed lender supporting cannabis companies. They alleviate working capital constraints across the entire cannabis supply chain. Bespoke supports their clients as they scale and grow with unique financing solutions and cannabis business loans.

Michael Lazerow is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Velvet Sea Ventures.

Investment focus

Software, Advertising, Mobile
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Israel, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

MAX — Make mobility accessible, safe, reliable, and sustainable for 1 billion Africans
Torre — Torre Technologies is a recruitment platform, matching talent from unconventional careers with fulfilling professional opportunities.
Mint Songs — Music artists create NFTs with Mint Songs. Our toolkit and marketplace helps you mint 1/1 music NFTs that you can sell to fans and collectors. Own your creative, own your community in web3.

Bruce Macfarlane is a angel investor.

Investment focus

Cannabis, Insurance
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Frontier Risk — Frontier Risk is the first tech-enabled insurance brokerage for the cannabis sector, led by former executives from leading cannabis companies.
Frontier Risk — Frontier Risk is the first tech-enabled insurance brokerage for the cannabis sector, led by former executives from leading cannabis companies.

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.

Paul Buchheit co-founded social network aggregator FriendFeed, along with three other former Google employees. He is also an investor in FriendFeed and participated in a $5 million Series A round in February 2008.He was the 23rd employee at Google, where he created Gmail and implemented many of its innovative features. He developed the originalprototype of Google AdSense, and was responsible for Google's famous "Don't be evil" motto in a meeting.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

SiPhox Health — SiPhox Health brings comprehensive, at-home blood testing to your door! Take control of your disease risk and increase your healthspan today with affordable, convenient at-home blood testing. No lab visits, no appointments, no waiting in line.
Character.ai — Chat with millions of AI Characters on the #1 AI chat app. Where will your next adventure take you?
Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.

Rick Thompson is the Co-Founder, Partner and Managing Director of Signia Venture Partners. He previously worked at Idle Games as a Chairman and Co-Founder. Rick Thompson attended the Wharton School.

Investment focus

Gaming, Mobile, Software
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

Cloud9 — Home of Cloud9, an esports organization with championship teams participating in Apex Legends, Chess, Fortnite, Halo, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Overwatch, Super Smash Bros, Teamfight Tactics, Valorant, World of Warcraft, and more!
Stringr — Stringr combines a powerful cloud-based video software suite with a videographer network for on-demand video sourcing. On the same platform you can leverage Stringr's editing and enhancement tools, asset managent and sharing and streaming features to create video content faster and easier than ever before.
Kush Marketplace — Wholesale Marketplace for the Legal Cannabis Industry

Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Stash. He previously worked at Atrium as a CEO. Justin Kan attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Nigeria, India

Portfolio highlights

ShredSpots APP — Social Map App Of Hidden Street Sports Art
ClearGrid — Revolutionize your debt recovery with AI and advanced analytics. Our platform delivers faster, more personalized collections that benefit both your business and your customers.
Qualified Health — Discover the Infrastructure for enforceable governance, agent creation, and post-deployment monitoring for Generative AI in healthcare

Kingsley Advani is a British investor. He started investing in 2013, funding 50 companies, 4 funds and donating to non-profits including: SENS Foundation, Methuselah Foundation, Stanford University, National University of Singapore. He is particularly interested in regenerative medicine for age-related disease. Investments: Oisin, Turn Bio,Oncosenx, Monzo, Robinhood, Abra, Coinbase, Momentus, Demonpores, 64-x, Nectome. Investment areas: biotechnology, neurotechnology, longevity, space, fintech.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Checkstep — AI Content Moderation Services: learn how AI can help you scale your content moderation and keep your users and moderators safe.
Allocations — 10,000+ investors and fund managers build, onboard and close funds on Allocations - the fastest and most advanced fund platform in the world
Ashvattha Therapeutics — Ashvattha Therapeutics creates products that selectively target and treat human diseases. Ashvattha enables precision targeting for therapeutics eliminating off-target toxicity, systemic side effects, and immunogenicity seen in other platforms. Ashvattha has a pipeline of nine therapeutics in neurology, oncology, and ophthalmology.

Clark Valberg Clark Valberg is the Managing Partner at Tiferes Ventures. He previously worked as the CEO and Co-Founder of InVision, the digital product design platform used to make the world’s best customer experiences. InVision is the cornerstone of the product design process for more than 3 million people at tens of thousands of companies,including eighty percent of the Fortune 100 and brands like Airbnb, Amazon, HBO, Netflix, Slack, Starbucks and Uber. He is a former Co-Founder of Epicenter Consulting.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Root — Root is a next-generation social platform that combines communication tools with a customizable app framework, allowing communities to organize, coordinate, and extend their functionality through apps.
Snaptrude — Design buildings with your team & get real-time feedback from stakeholders - on any device, from anywhere in the world.
Voiceflow — Visually design, prototype and publish voice and chat apps across channels like Alexa, Google or any custom channel/modality. Get started today, with no code.

Kat Cole is Group President at FOCUS Brands and responsible for building FOCUS Brands revenues and profits through global licensing, manufacturing, and ecommerce. Previously, she was President of Cinnabon, Inc. accountable for leading and growing the multi-channel brand team that drove record comp sales growth, brand expansion and franchiseevolution during her tenure. Prior to her role with FOCUS Brands at Cinnabon, Inc., Ms. Cole was a Vice President at Hooters of America, Inc., a multi-channel brand which operates company and franchise restaurants. She received her MBA from Georgia State University, and sits on the advisory boards of Project Pie, a QSR Pizza Chain and Orpheus Brewing, an Atlanta-based Craft Brewery. Kat is presently the incoming Board Chair of the Women’s Foodservice Forum.Her story is often shared for inspiration as she moved up from working as a hostess at 17 years old to traveling globally to open new franchises. At 19, Kat dropped out of college, advanced to various management and leadership positions, and at the age of 26, became a Vice President at Hooters. She later completed her MBA at Georgia State University.She is widely known for legacy business model innovation, building brands, humanitarian work in the US and Eastern Africa and mentorship and development of emerging leaders.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Manufacturing
Seed, Series C, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Homebase — 100,000+ small (but mighty) businesses use Homebase to manage their hourly teams, with employee scheduling, time clocks, and more.
Immi — immi has 6g of net carbs, is packed with 21g of protein and 18g of fiber, is keto-friendly, and is entirely plant-based.
JUICER — JUICER is helping restaurants automate their pricing within their existing technology stack using machine learning algorithms. By taking a data-driven approach to pricing, restaurants can significantly increase revenue and profitability. With dynamic pricing, restaurants can increase profits during peak periods, increase volume during slowerperiods, and improve the customer experience by providing deals to price-sensitive customers, and by lowering wait times for customers during busy periods.

Roger McNamee is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elevation Partners. Prior to Elevation, Roger was a co-founder of Prior to SilverLake, Roger was a co-founder of [ntegral Capital Partners. Integral is a leading technology investor in late-stage venture and public company investments. Founded in 1991 by Roger, John A. Powell, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Integral pioneered the crossover investment strategy, which seeks maximum capital appreciation by making investments in expansion-stage private companies and growth-stage public companies in the technology and life science industries.Prior to founding Integral, Roger managed the T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund and co-managed the T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, which was at that time the largest emerging growth fund in the U.S. Roger serves as a trustee of Bryn Mawr College, an overseer of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, a director of the Rex Foundation, Move, Forbes Media LLC and Palm. Roger holds a B.A. from Yale College and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

Investment focus

Software, Social Media, Video
Series A, Convertible Note, Seed
United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Flow Cannabis Co. — Flow Kana partners with independent multi-generational farmers who cultivate under full sun, sustainably, and in small batches. Using only organic methods, the result is an unparalleled product that simply cannot be found anywhere else.
MJ Freeway — MJ Freeway Business Solutions provides cannabis compliance software for the marijuana industry. We offer professional consultations for operators.
Jumbo Privacy — We want to help build an internet we can all trust. Learn how to take back control of your online privacy and security today.

Samara Hernandez

Investment focus

B2B, CRM, Cannabis
Seed, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Leaf Trade — Leaf Trade simplifies the entire wholesale cannabis process by providing a cannabis wholesale marketplace that makes ordering, fulfillment, and payments easier.

Jack McCue is the Co-Founder of Fabletics.

Investment focus

Women's, Cannabis, Wellness
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

House of Wise — Luxury, full-spectrum CBD products for women by women. All natural. gluten-free. and ethically sourced products from the U.S. A Wise Woman takes control of her sex, stress, sleep, strength, and wealth.

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SLUSHY — SLUSHY is a secure mobile web based platform for content creators to find, grow, & monetize their audiences. A creator first, tech-driven tool, designed with key discoverability features and audience insights. In a market where existing solutions (OnlyFans, Patreon) fall short of their creators' demands, SLUSHY provides an alternativesolution for professional content creators that prioritizes their monetization, support and management needs. SLUSHY incorporates a powerful legal framework, with robust compliance tools including simplified consent, ID verification, and content moderation. The new home of unrestricted content, SLUSHY is here.
Skedway — The optimization hub for the Modern Enterprise - Visualize, integrate and manage every shared company asset in one place.
Unsloth AI — Open source fine-tuning & reinforcment learning (RL) for Llama 4, DeepSeek-R1, Qwen3, Gemma 3 and Mistral LLMs! Beginner friendly.

Adam Zeplain is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mark Ventures. He focused on investing early-stage in areas such as Consumer Internet/Media, Consumer Packaged Goods, Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, and E-commerce. Adam serves on the Board of Advisors of Soma Capital (Ranadive's seed-stage YC focused fund), data. world, Umbel.Adam also serves on the Advisory Council of Andela.

Investment focus

Cannabis, B2B, Retail
Seed, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Herb — Herb is the go-to destination for weed discovery, dispensaries, strains, education, culture and community for cannabis and marijuana enthusiasts around the globe.
Prima — Restorative care for skin, mind, and body.
Full Harvest — Waste less, profit more. Source imperfect and surplus fruits and vegetables up to 10-30% off.

David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and operations. He launched Google’s first international ads and founded their offices in Asia, Europe and Latam. He hired the first intl. mgmt. teams, and established Google’s overseas business. After Google,David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was Co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, a $100M corp. VC fund based in Silicon Valley. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20+ acquisitions such as Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, Wish, and many others. David is an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel. In 2015, he partnered with Michael Bay (Transformers, The Rock) at 451 Media, to lead their tech and media investments and partnerships. David later formed Open Source Studios, a Stanford Business School based advisory group with prof. and two time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag, to help founders of tech & media startups such as MasterClass and Illumix. David is also a Partner at B&C Group, a leading talent mgmt. & prod. co., connecting Korea, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He currently invests in emerging tech & media companies through his venture capital fund SLVC.David is on the advisory boards of ASES (Stanford Entrepreneurship Society), and HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations).BloombergBusinessweek “Google’s Real Power” flic.kr/p/7FVJgr The Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/2UEQAujDecoding Silicon Valley: goo.gl/ZFAefzTechcrunch: goo.gl/9q9chzTop Angel Investors: goo.gl/4eqfbm“New Silicon Valley Stars of Korean Descent” goo.gl/ZwFCu6"[슈퍼리치]실리콘밸리 뉴 코리안 슈퍼리치" goo.gl/WBQOf0“스타트업 눈앞 이익만..." goo.gl/KB78mCSina News: bit.ly/2QaCqAc

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, South Korea, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Bolt Labs — Bolt Labs provides instant private payments for everyday purchases. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.
The Plug Drink — The Plug Drink is made with 100% natural ingredients. Bounce-back faster than ever.

Danica Patrick is a role model, transitioning from sports star to entrepreneurial powerhouse. Her historic achievements include being the only woman to have led laps at both the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500 races, a feat only 13 other drivers have accomplished. She’s also the only woman to have won an IndyCar race, the only woman to havewon the Pole in NASCAR's Daytona 500, and, this year, the first woman to host the ESPY awards. Danica has been on Time magazine's list of most influential people. She’s appeared in more Super Bowl commercials than any other celebrity, 13, all with tech giant GoDaddy, and was recently featured on the cover of Entrepreneur magazine. Danica is focused on entrepreneurial challenges these days, and she’s defying convention in business, as she did on the track. Danica owns Somnium, her expanding Napa vineyard; her own line of athleisure wear, Warrior by Danica Patrick; and has authored “Pretty Intense,” a health and fitness book. She is a spokesperson for GoDaddy, her longtime sponsor.

Investment focus

Health Care, Pet, Fitness
Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Petfolk — Petfolk's world-class animal hospitals & pet care centers offer virtual, in-person & urgent veterinary care with a pet-parent-focused approach. Learn more!
Beam Organics — beam creates the highest quality functional supplements for better balance, performance, recovery, and sleep.

Shiva Rajaraman is currently advising companies. He previously held product leadership roles at Spotify, Google, YouTube, and WeWork.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

dub — The first Copy-Trading platform for stocks. Copy anyone's investments. For free. Regulated Broker-Dealer member FINRA and SIPC & FDIC insured.
Playtron — The Operating System for Gaming
Fave — Fave is a social platform dedicated to superfans enabling them to create immersive video content, connect and bond with like-minded fans, compete in fun challenges, exchange both physical and virtual goods in a fan-driven marketplace, and rack up points throughout it all to prove their top fan status, gain recognition in the fandom, and earnexclusive rewards around the artists and creators they love. They also partner with the creators to finally allow them to monetize their fans' activity directly.

Jonathan Slimak was co-founder and COO of Alter (also known as Facemoji) acquired by Google in 2022. Before that, he co-founded Ready Makers and was head of Product. Jon is also the founder of Piictu one of the first social photo networks on the. iPhone. Jon has over 12 years of leading Data-driven Product and Design teams - creating consumersoftware specializing in gaming, mobile and social web. He attended Pratt Institute.

Investment focus

Machine Learning, Art, Digital Media
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, Iceland

Portfolio highlights

Solsten — 12traits is an AI firm engaged in understanding human behavior in the digital world for powering the future of customer experience.
Alter — Alter is an open source, cross-platform SDK consisting of a real-time 3D avatar system and motion capture built from scratch for web3 interoperability and the open metaverse.
Quest Portal — Quest Portal makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.

Carmelo Kiyam Anthony, of the New York Knicks, is a nine time NBA All-Star and has been an All NBA team member six times. He has been a member of the United States Olympic men's national team three times, winning a bronze medal in 2004 and gold medals in 2008 and 2012. In 2012, Carmelo set the USA men's Olympic team record for most pointsin a single game when he scored 37 points against Nigeria.Carmelo was born in the Red Hook projects in Brooklyn, New York. He was born to a Puerto Rican father and an African American mother. His father, after whom he is named, died of cancer when Carmelo was two years old. When he turned eight, his family moved to Baltimore, where he honed not only his athletic skills, but also his survival skills. Sports would serve as an important diversion from the violence and drug dealing that were pervasive in the housing projects a few blocks from the homes of Carmelo and his friends.Carmelo attended Syracuse University. In his freshman year, he led the Orangemen to their first ever National Championship and was named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.Carmelo also has a broad array of business interests. With Stuart Goldfarb, he is co-founder and partner of Melo7 Tech Partners, LLC, which invests in and develops opportunities primarily in early stage digital media, consumer internet and technology ventures. Stuart and Carmelo have also partnered in other ventures, including the award winning Vice Sports Clubhouse. Carmelo is the owner of Puerto Rico’s only professional sports team, the Puerto Rico Football Club (PRFC), which plays in the North American Soccer League (NASL). Carmelo is one of only three current NBA players who have a Jordan Brand signature shoe line.

Investment focus

Internet, Mobile, Consumer Goods
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

LEUNE — LEUNE is a California born lifestyle brand forged on the principle of transcending the narrative of cannabis culture. Honoring a 3.0 consumer who knows that ‘getting high’ only begins to tell the story of what the plant truly represents, we’re interested in elevating the conversation around cannabis. Through high aesthetic and uncompromisingquality standards, we aim to create the new ideals for the industry.
Goalsetter — Goalsetter is a goal-based savings and gifting platform, made just for kids and powered by those who love them. It combines the best of goal-based savings platforms like Digit and Acorns with the best of gift-registries like Zola and Honeyfund, and in so doing, targets the millennial mom with a platform that enables families to contribute to kids’future goals instead of buying them more consumer goods. In turn, Goalsetter becomes a savings vehicle for kids, turning first-time savers into all-the-time savers and giving kids healthy financial habits that will last a lifetime.
Back to the Roots — Back to the Roots offers gardening kits to grow organic and gourmet mushrooms at homes. Founded in 2009 by Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora as a 100% sustainable urban mushroom farm, BTTR has transformed into a company focused on bringing sustainable grow-at-home products into households. Their Grow-at-Home Mushroom Garden is completely indoors andcan grow up to 1lb of oyster mushrooms in as little as 10 days. They provide a simple, eco-friendly, and quick way to have fresh oyster mushrooms right in the kitchen.

Greg Wirsen

Investment focus

Cannabis
Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Trade Roots — Discover expertly curated cannabis at Trade Roots, Wareham's premier dispensary. Explore our locally cultivated products and elevate your cannabis journey.

Managing Partner @ Jolly VC, LLCFounder and Patent holder - GROTU mobile app @ 101 Islands LLC. Angel investor in 44 pre-IPO technology startups. Frequently invited by accelerators and angel forums to Judge startup competitions and discuss technology innovation. Former IT Consulting industry executive who sold hundreds of millions of dollars inconsulting services to Fortune 500 companies working for Cap Gemini, HCL, L&T, NTT data.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Rentberry — Find your next home for long-term rent in any country at Rentberry.
AtomBeam — AtomBeam is a software company that is developing an artificial intelligence driven ecosystem of algorithms and computational paradigms that will transform the way data is transferred and stored, dramatically reducing the size of data transferred but without adding latency, using only modest computing power. This technology has profound benefitsfor a very large number of applications, in particular IoT and edge computing. The technology's advantages are unmatched and give it a wide range of uses: a) it can act on very small packet sizes, enabling it to stream data, b) computational latency is near zero, c) it is not sensitive to data errors, and c) it provides random file access. It has the potential to be virtually universal, especially in IoT.
Pops Diabetes Care — If you are an employer, caregiver, or just someone who wants an easy diabetes management system, Click here to learn how we can help!

Nas, byname of Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, also called Nasty Nas, (born September 14, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American rapper and songwriter who became a dominant voice in 1990s East Coast hip-hop. Nas built a reputation as an expressive chronicler of inner-city street life.Nasir Jones, the son of a jazz musician, grew up in public housingin Queens, New York. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and searched for a creative outlet, finally settling on hip-hop. His breakthrough came in 1992, when his song “Half Time” (credited to Nasty Nas) appeared on the sound track to the film Zebrahead. Columbia Records soon signed him to a contract. His debut recording as Nas, Illmatic (1994), drew widespread acclaim for its poetic narration of hard-edged inner-city life.The more pop-oriented approach of It Was Written (1996) helped that album reach an even wider audience than its predecessor but ignited a recurring tension in Nas’s career between the appetite of the pop audience and the demands of hip-hop purists. He maintained his commercial appeal with I Am... (1999), although by that time he had also become embroiled in a public feud with fellow rapper Jay-Z over which of the two was the preeminent voice in East Coast hip-hop. The schism inspired Stillmatic (2001), which many fans considered a return to form. The two rappers publicly settled their differences in 2005, and shortly thereafter Nas signed with Def Jam, of which Jay-Z was president at the time.Nas’s penchant for provocation marked Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) and an untitled follow-up (2008), while Life Is Good (2012) struck an introspective tone. He also notably collaborated with reggae musician Damian Marley (the youngest son of Bob Marley) on the album Distant Relatives (2010).Nas also made occasional film appearances, notably in Belly (1998), a crime drama in which he starred opposite rapper DMX, and Black Nativity (2013), an adaptation of Langston Hughes’s gospel play.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Magic Spoon — Magic Spoon cereal is high-protein, low-sugar, keto-friendly, and gluten-free. Available in Cocoa, Frosted, Fruity, Blueberry, Peanut Butter, and Cinnamon.
Everyrealm — Leaders in metaverse innovation and development.
Altered State Machine — Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.

Four years after he helped Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter launch his Roc Nation imprint, president Jay Brown, 38, is still hungry for success. Alongside Jay-Z, John Meneilly and Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith, Brown has built a tiered company with branches in management, touring and publishing for a roster that includes Jay-Z, J. Cole and Rita Ora.Even though Roc Nation partnered with electronic dance music management company Three Six Zero Group and established the StarRoc label with production duo Stargate, the former senior VP of A&R at Def Jam still doesn't feel like he's made it yet. "That's why I keep working as hard as I do," says Brown, who started out as a music publisher at Quincy Jones Music Publishing/Qwest Records. "Once I start thinking that I made it, I'm going to put up a ceiling and can't get no higher."Recent signees to the management division include M.I.A. and Meek Mill. There also are rumblings of a new album by Jay-Z and a sequel to his and Kanye West's Watch the Throne. For Brown, it's not about learning on the job but rather from other executives. "We grew up looking up to people like Berry Gordy, Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen and watching those guys do what they were doing," he says. "We're respectfully moving through their footprints."

Investment focus

SaaS, Food Processing, Laundry and Dry-cleaning
Funding Round, Seed, Series E
United States

Portfolio highlights

Flowhub — Flowhub cannabis dispensary pos system, inventory management, compliance and analytics platform boosts revenue for cannabis retailers. Get started today.
Therabody — Therabody is a developer of medical devices for targeted vibration therapy and pain relief.
Impossible Foods — Impossible Burger is made from simple, plant-based ingredients. For the health of people and the planet.

Super-producer Timbaland has stamped his indelible imprint on the music scene since the mid-1990s. His production has helped create career-defining hits for artists such as Jodeci, Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Missy Elliott, Destiny’s Child, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z, among many others. Respected beyond the genres of urban and hip hop music,Timbaland, whose musical influences cross cultural lines, has also been sought by diverse superstars whose music similarly knows no boundaries, from pop star Justin Timberlake to avant-singer Bjork. Released April 3, 2007 is his second solo album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value (Blackground/Interscope/Mosley Music Group). That LP follows his producing of the majority of the tracks, including the #1 “SexyBack,” on Timberlake’s #1 charting, multi-platinum FutureSex/LoveSounds, which followed their work together on Timberlake’s previous smash, Justified.Born Timothy Z. Mosley in Norfolk, Virginia on March 10, 1972, Timbaland, so named by Jodeci member Devante Swing after the Timberland boot, has had many reincarnations -from disc jockey DJ Tiny Tim to half of the hip hop group Timbaland & Magoo; from membership in Devante Swing’s Swing Mob crew known as Da Bassment to S.B.I. (Surrounded By Idiots), a production ensemble including Pharrell Williams, to being CEO of his own label, Mosley Music Group.

Investment focus

Ethereum, Blockchain, Sales
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Yuga Labs — Powered by ApeCoin and shaping web3 through storytelling, experiences, and community. From the creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club.
Pure Beauty — Pure Beauty is an independent cannabis brand based in Los Angeles, California.
Bored Ape Yacht Club — Bored Ape Yacht Club develops a series of cartoon ape characters for auction in exchange for cryptocurrency. BAYC is a collection of 10,000 Bored Ape NFTs, which are digital collectibles on the Ethereum blockchain.

Ben Lamm is the Founder & CEO of Form Bio. He previously worked at Adweek as an Advisory Board Member. Ben Lamm attended Baylor University.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Computer
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

AnthemIQ — Digital Commercial Real Estate Transaction Management for Brokers
Prima — Prima is a best-in-class, purpose-driven holistic wellness brand elevating hemp-based CBD and functionally innovative botanicals. Its core mission is to rise up against the modern day stress epidemic through education and products made with the highest standards of purity, potency and transparency. Prima is built on the essential principle thatbalance is a critical part of health and happiness — and that we all deserve better. Prima is a privately held Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) based in Santa Monica, CA.
Carbon Counts — You play. We plant. The world prospers. Escape into the EverForest, a brand new Play-to-Plant merge adventure game from the Carbon Counts game studio. In the EverForest game, you'll play to grow a flourishing forest and we'll plant real trees on your behalf.

Josh Abramson

Investment focus

Pet, Freelance, Enterprise Software
Seed, Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

AND CO — The best client management tool for freelancers and small business. Smarter Invoicing, Proposals, Time Tracking, Payments & Contracts
Amberjack — Search, compare, and book the best fishing outfitters in America. Explore exciting new fishing destinations and plan the trip of a lifetime.
FLOWER CO — We sell weed on the internet. Thousands of products delivered overnight throughout California from Humboldt to San Diego

Jim Koch

Investment focus

Cannabis, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Uncle Arnie's — Enjoy familiar yet thrilling flavors, and let the subtle warmth of THC elevate the moments that matter into experiences that linger.

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
Asterix — Asterix offers digital ownership and unlocks new possibilities.
Cosmology — Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps

Michael Straumietis

Investment focus

Cannabis, Software, Sales Automation
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

GreenSTOP INC — GreenSTOP provides automated solutions for retailers as an ancillary technology company. It is a self-service platform that will revolutionize the legal cannabis retail market.

30 year investigative experience with 22 years of management experience.

Investment focus

Cannabis, Recreation
Series A
United States

Portfolio highlights

Tyson 2.0 — Tyson 2.0 is a cannabis company producing cannabis products known for purity, precision, and wide accessibility. Providing consumers an outstanding selection of products, Tyson 2.0 is an extraordinary balance of premium and affordable, full-spectrum cannabis flower, concentrates, and consumables available at retailers nationwide. The company isformed by the legendary boxer, entrepreneur, and icon Mike Tyson.

Investment focus

Portfolio highlights

Wiz Distro — Here at Wiz Distro, we not only offer the most premium cannabis products on the market, but also have the best deals for value shoppers. Everything is fully backed by trusted lab results to confirm both product safety and quality.

Founder and CEO of Growth Logiq Inc.

Investment focus

SEO, Advertising, Web Development
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Canopysync — CanopySync helps dispensaries launch high-ranking websites with real SEO infrastructure, no-code control, and UX designed to convert.
Growth Logiq — Growth Logiq is a multinational team of SEO experts headquartered in Phoenix Arizona. They work in highly competitive Sectors like Cannabis, SAAS and Ecommerce. Their goal is to help their clients dominate Page One rankings and grow Organic SEO as a Customer acquisition channel.

Mike Dowdle is the Founding Partner at Circadian Ventures.He holds a BA in Communications from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

RoadSync — RoadSync helps logistics companies simplify the process of accepting credit card and fleet check payments safely and securely.
Awe Inspired — We believe in fine jewelry as a vehicle for empowerment. Shop our collection of goddess necklaces, coin necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and more.
Flourish Software — Flourish Software seed-to-sale ERP homepage that covers distribution, reporting and analytics, cultivation management, and manufacturing

Hiten Shah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nira. He attended the University of California, Berkeley.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Shopgenie — The all-in-one marketing solution to grow your auto shop. Attract high-quality customers and keep them coming back for repairs with our digital toolbox.
GarageWorks — Ontdek de inrichting voor je garage, bijkeuken, berging, tuinhuis of schuur; zoals garage kasten, garagevloeren en slimme opbergsystemen.
Grain — Record, transcribe, clip & share video from Zoom in real-time. An essential tool for modern teams.

Yoni Meyer is a Board Member at LEUNE.

Investment focus

Cannabis, Pharmaceutical, B2B
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

LEUNE — LEUNE is a California born lifestyle brand forged on the principle of transcending the narrative of cannabis culture. Honoring a 3.0 consumer who knows that ‘getting high’ only begins to tell the story of what the plant truly represents, we’re interested in elevating the conversation around cannabis. Through high aesthetic and uncompromisingquality standards, we aim to create the new ideals for the industry.
TSUMo Snacks — Tasty snacks to make you smile. Salty and savory THC edibles for adults that want to treat their taste buds to the ultimate experience.
Cansativa Group — Cansativa Group operates a cannabis B2B platform and is exclusive distributor of medical cannabis on behalf of the German state.

Co-Founder of Freshly.com

Investment focus

Sales, Fitness, Cannabis
Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Magic Spoon — Magic Spoon cereal is high-protein, low-sugar, keto-friendly, and gluten-free. Available in Cocoa, Frosted, Fruity, Blueberry, Peanut Butter, and Cinnamon.
Beam Organics — beam creates the highest quality functional supplements for better balance, performance, recovery, and sleep.

Anthony Saleh is the Founder and CEO of Emagen Investment Group, Inc. and General Partner of WndrCo.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Egypt, Spain

Portfolio highlights

HUBUC — A single API-platform that allows any business to embed financial services capabilities into their products.  e.g Uber can issue branded credit cards for all Uber drivers and Walmart provides customers a simple way to better manage and control their everyday finances, with no regulatory burden or compliance requirements in a few weeks.
CREATESAFE — CREATESAFE, automating the management, distribution, and marketing of music.
VersusGame — VersusGame offers creators and brands the opportunity to cultivate a community with an interactive content solution that rewards knowledge

Assia Grazioli-Venier is the Co-Founder at Muse Capital.

Investment focus

Cannabis, Wellness, E-Commerce
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Miss Grass — MISS GRASS IS WEED FOR THE TIMES If you listen real hard, your inner voice is telling you what you need. Time for inspiration or restoration. Time for introspection or play. Time for connection or release. Whatever you need, Miss Grass enhances the Time of your life. Fast Times, Quiet Times, All Times.
Queens Gaming Collective — Queens Gaming Collective is a global gaming property for the 21st century. We will become the first established, female-driven, gaming lifestyle organization. Our Mission is to provide the tools, resources and platform for women in gaming. The Queens will change the game.

David was hired at Google in 2000 as one of the first 200 employees, and was the first executive to lead their international BD, sales, and operations. He launched Google’s first international ads and founded their offices in Asia, Europe and Latam. He hired the first intl. mgmt. teams, and established Google’s overseas business. After Google,David co-founded XG Ventures, a Google alumni fund and was Co-founding Partner of SK Telecom Ventures, a $100M corp. VC fund based in Silicon Valley. His personal and VC investments include over 50 companies with 20+ acquisitions such as Tapulous (acq. by Disney), Posterous (acq. by Twitter), Scoopler (acq. by Google), ABitLucky (acq. by Zynga), Chai Labs (acq. by Facebook), Cue (acq. by Apple), Kabam (acq. by Netmarble), Chartboost, Wish, and many others. David is an LP in Y Combinator and SV Angel. In 2015, he partnered with Michael Bay (Transformers, The Rock) at 451 Media, to lead their tech and media investments and partnerships. David later formed Open Source Studios, a Stanford Business School based advisory group with prof. and two time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag, to help founders of tech & media startups such as MasterClass and Illumix. David is also a Partner at B&C Group, a leading talent mgmt. & prod. co., connecting Korea, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. He currently invests in emerging tech & media companies through his venture capital fund SLVC.David is on the advisory boards of ASES (Stanford Entrepreneurship Society), and HPAIR (Harvard Project for Asian & Intl. Relations).BloombergBusinessweek “Google’s Real Power” flic.kr/p/7FVJgr The Hollywood Reporter: https://bit.ly/2UEQAujDecoding Silicon Valley: goo.gl/ZFAefzTechcrunch: goo.gl/9q9chzTop Angel Investors: goo.gl/4eqfbm“New Silicon Valley Stars of Korean Descent” goo.gl/ZwFCu6"[슈퍼리치]실리콘밸리 뉴 코리안 슈퍼리치" goo.gl/WBQOf0“스타트업 눈앞 이익만..." goo.gl/KB78mCSina News: bit.ly/2QaCqAc

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Japan, South Korea

Portfolio highlights

Bolt Labs — Bolt Labs provides instant private payments for everyday purchases. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.
Story Protocol — Powering web3 narrative universes via story legos
The Plug Drink — The Plug Drink is made with 100% natural ingredients. Bounce-back faster than ever.

Lorenzo Lamadrid

Investment focus

Cannabis, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Uncle Arnie's — Enjoy familiar yet thrilling flavors, and let the subtle warmth of THC elevate the moments that matter into experiences that linger.

Rachel Springate is the Founding General Partner at Muse Capital.

Investment focus

Health Care, Women's, Cannabis
Seed
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Eli — Eli empowers women to understand their body and the transitions it goes through every day, and across life. We develop a device that uses saliva to capture hormone fluctuations at home, and an app that gives women the information they want to own their health decisions.
Miss Grass — MISS GRASS IS WEED FOR THE TIMES If you listen real hard, your inner voice is telling you what you need. Time for inspiration or restoration. Time for introspection or play. Time for connection or release. Whatever you need, Miss Grass enhances the Time of your life. Fast Times, Quiet Times, All Times.
Queens Gaming Collective — Queens Gaming Collective is a global gaming property for the 21st century. We will become the first established, female-driven, gaming lifestyle organization. Our Mission is to provide the tools, resources and platform for women in gaming. The Queens will change the game.

Justin Wong

Investment focus

Cannabis, Manufacturing, Food Processing
Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

California Dreamin — California Dreamin is a food and beverage start up that manufactures all natural cannabis infused sodas for a light social high. It is simply made of fruit juice, cannabis, and carbonation. It was on their first date that the founders, Amy and Peter discovered their mutual love for starting companies. Amy and Peter knew then wanted to startsomething, but weren't sure what. With a little reseach, it became clear that the cannabis market was on it's way to becoming huge while only catering to your typical pothead.

Harry Rubin

Investment focus

Cannabis, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Uncle Arnie's — Enjoy familiar yet thrilling flavors, and let the subtle warmth of THC elevate the moments that matter into experiences that linger.

Mr. Linton is the founder of Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC) and co-founder of Tweed Marijuana Inc.Bruce’s primary focus has been to position cannabis brands in a competitive market and to raise the capital necessary to fund such operations. Bruce’s experience as a founder, CEO, and Board member across a wide variety of enterprises has influencedthe positive start of Canopy Growth, which to date has enjoyed market support for capital raises of over $150 million and the distinction of being the first company in the industry to be offered debt instruments by a federal lender. Bruce has led three M&A transactions valued over $500 million total since founding CGC. In addition to his leadership responsibility at Canopy Growth, Bruce is the CEO of communications company Martello Technologies. After beginning his career at Newbridge Networks Corporation, he has since held positions that include General Manager and Re-Founder of Computerland.ca, President and Co-Founder of webHancer Corp, and part of the establishing team at CrossKeys Systems Corporation. He was also part of the leadership team for the NASDAQ/TSX initial public offering at CrossKeys. Bruce has been responsible for the acquisition and/or disposition of over $600 million in business assets, and has established regular engagement with the World Bank and Asia Development Bank while focused on markets in India, Philippines, China, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. He is the past Chairman of the Ottawa Community Loan Foundation, past Board Member and Treasurer of Canada World Youth past Board of Governor for Carleton University, past President of the Nepean Skating Club and past President of the Carleton University Students Association.

Investment focus

Health Care, Cannabis, Biotechnology
Seed, Post-IPO Equity, Pre-Seed
Canada, United States, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Omura — Discover heat-not-burn technology with Omura's dry herb vaporizer devices. Explore sustainable vaping options for hemp & whole flower CBD.
Octarine Bio — Octarine Bio is a world leading synthetic biology platform with a core mission to drive bio-based, sustainable solutions to address the most pressing planetary issues through innovation & exploration. Inspired by nature, to protect nature.
Martello Technologies — Prioritize and resolve performance problems and optimize the Microsoft 365 and Teams user experience with Martello Vantage DX.

Tobi Lütke founded Shopify in 2004. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer since 2008. Tobi worked on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created many popular open source libraries such as Active Merchant.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Granola — Granola takes your raw meeting notes and makes them awesome. No awkward meeting bots - just beautiful notes for you and your team, every single time.
Sundial — Stop writing pipelines and complex SQL. Go from raw data to entities, metrics, visualizations and answers in just a few clicks
Polar — Payment infrastructure for the 21st century

Created the Mule Project, Founded MuleSoft, gone public (MULE:NYSE). Work on their product direction, vision and strategy. Active investor and advisor.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

M3O — Explore the cloud as serverless building blocks
Soveren — Soveren helps engineering and security teams protect personal data by detecting privacy risks and analyzing real-time data flows within your infrastructure.
Prophecy.io — Complete Low-Code Data Engineering

Chris Burggraeve - Founder @ Vicomte

Investment focus

Credit, Marketplace, Financial Services
Series A, Angel, Seed
United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Greenrush — Get weed delivered to your door with greenrush's cannabis delivery service. Our app let's you buy weed online from a network of local dispensaries near you.
Arcview Group — The ArcView Group works in the burgeoning legal cannabis industry by establishing connections between investors and entrepreneurs in an effort to meet the needs of cannabis cultivators, dispensaries, and customers. With industry experience, The ArcView Group is working to help usher in the next generation of cannabis-related businesses with thecreation of The ArcView Angel Network and the MyDispensary Mobile App.
Finclude — Finclude revolutionizes creditworthiness & affordability assessment of individuals with machine learning on their transactions, powered by PSD2 APIs.

Baron Davis is the Founder at Baron Davis Enterprise.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Zurp — Zurp is a fintech platform built for superfans. Instead of a traditional reward program, Zurp offers exclusive experiences with cardholders' favorite influencers.
KiddieKredit — Kiddie Kredit is a mobile app designed to educate children on the credit system by completing chores.
COMMUNITYx — COMMUNITYx connects likeminded changemakers with another, as well as around calls-to-action. You can create events and petitions all from within the App! Whether you care about Environmental Justice, Black Lives Matter, Universal Healthcare, Poverty, and more, COMMUNITYx is the place for you!

Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by Wired, she is the author of nine books that have been translated into 12 languages. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanfordand Oxford. Currently she is a Scout for Kleiner Perkins focused on Latin America and an Advisor for Antler Global. Previously she was a partner at a fund in Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Brazil, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Vaas — Software
Portão 3 — Porta 3 is a travel management platform for businesses that provides reservations for flights, hotels, cars, and insurance. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Uberlândia, MG.
Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.