# Delta Emerald Ventures

> Delta Emerald Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Cannabis and Software. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last fund: Jun 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/delta-emerald-ventures/
- Website: https://www.deltaemerald.com

Delta Emerald Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on Cannabis and Software. A founder-focused, data-forward investment firm based.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$3.1M |
| Series A | $6M–$20M |
| Series B | $11M–$31M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cannabis | 9 | 56% |
| Software | 4 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 19% |
| AgTech | 2 | 13% |
| Retail | 2 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 31% |
| Series B | 4 | 25% |
| Seed | 3 | 19% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Smith | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-smith-56b9 |
| Ian Dominguez | Chief Investment Officer | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-dominguez-5c6a |
| Ian Dominguez | Chief Investment Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miguel-dominguez-4a7e |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fernway | Fernway is a cannabis vaporizer brand that aims to empower people to enjoy cannabis with confidence and ease.The cannabis company makes cannabis vapes. It partners with expert cultivators to source premium cannabis oil. Then, they refine the oil, distill it, and use it to fill premium vaporizer hardware. Consumers can buy the cannabis vapes atdispensaries.It was founded by David Van Vlierbergen, Liam O'Brien, and Christopher (Kit) Gallan in Northampton, Massachusetts in 2018. | $6M | Convertible Note | Apr 01, 2024 |  |
| Happy Cabbage Analytics | Happy Cabbage Analytics provides a data analytics and insights platform for the cannabis industry. It focuses on bridging the gap between data and action via the integration of analytics, pricing, and marketing into a single automated platform. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 30, 2023 |  |
| Happy Cabbage Analytics | Happy Cabbage Analytics provides a data analytics and insights platform for the cannabis industry. It focuses on bridging the gap between data and action via the integration of analytics, pricing, and marketing into a single automated platform. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| Biopharmaceutical Research Company | Biopharmaceutical Research Company develops active pharmaceutical ingredients for plant therapeutics. The company focuses on the production of cannabis for researchers across the United States and the USDA-compliant THC testing of hemp. | $20M | Series A | Oct 04, 2022 |  |
| Vangst | Vangst is the premier talent resource for the cannabis industry. Built on a network of the industry’s best people and widest-ranging career opportunities, Vangst helps employers and employees succeed in cannabis. From temporary gig work to full-time career placement, the company is trusted by the biggest and most innovative brands in cannabis forfull-spectrum staffing needs and has successfully matched tens of thousands of cannabis professionals with leading cannabis companies, The Vangst team’s industry expertise and passion for the plant make us uniquely qualified to help companies match with the perfect candidate and successfully navigate a nuanced and ever-evolving regulatory landscape. At the end of the day, Vangst is about getting cannabis to work with smart technology, unmatched experience, and the industry’s best community of talent. | $19M | Series B | Jan 13, 2022 |  |
| Cellibre | Cellibre is a cellular agriculture company that turns cells into specialized, sustainable factories for the manufacture of globally significant products at scale. | $11.5M | Series A | Oct 13, 2021 |  |
| Jane Technologies | Jane Technologies is a cannabis retail tech company that provides its consumers with a confident, safe and simple shopping experience. Users can browse local products in real-time, compare by price, proximity or popularity and place orders at local stores for free. Jane partners with dispensaries on a win-win basis; stores only pay for completedorders at a fraction of the price of other industry software. | $100M | Series C | Aug 25, 2021 |  |
| AdaViv | Urban (controlled) agriculture is on the rise! Vertical and Container farms are popping up here and there and there is increasing need to make urban agriculture more sustainable. AdaViv is a hardware-enabled, predictive agriculture company. Keeping “24/7 eyes on the plants”, our sensing and AI + computer vision uncovers hidden plantbiometrics and translates data into actionable insights for growers. From disease prevention to rapid experimentation, improving yields and quality optimization, AdaViv helps producers grow smarter.Founded by an interdisciplinary team of MIT researchers and alumni, AdaViv recently emerged from MIT Delta V, the capstone entrepreneurship accelerator at MIT , and the MIT DesignX accelerator. In 2018, AdaViv was selected as one of the first grantees of Microsoft AI for Earth. | $2.3M | Seed | Jul 20, 2021 |  |
| Nabis | Nabis is the #1 wholesale platform powering over $1B annually in licensed cannabis commerce across the U.S. Founded in 2018 by serial tech entrepreneurs and backed by Y Combinator, Nabis enables thousands of nationwide brand and retailer partners to innovate, launch, and scale strategically. Its integrated wholesale solution includes best-in-classonline marketplace, state-of-the-art multi-channel fulfillment, payment processing, flexible financing, data analytics, and sales and marketing services. Nabis delivers the predictability cannabis operators need to grow. Nabis has been recognized on Inc. 5000’s list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America, Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in America, and Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500. Learn more at nabis.com. | $30.5M | Series B | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| BLAZE® | BLAZE is a cannabis seed to sale inventory management platform enabling vertical integrated operators and single operators to run day to day operations and stay in compliance. BLAZE raised a $1.5M seed round with ActOne Ventures in June 2019 and most recently a Series A of $8M led by Delta Emerald Ventures. | $8M | Series A | Mar 31, 2021 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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- [Act One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Artemis Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artemis-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Delta Emerald Ventures invest in?

Delta Emerald Ventures invests primarily in Cannabis, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Delta Emerald Ventures's check size?

Delta Emerald Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$3.1M at Seed, $6M–$20M at Series A and $11M–$31M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Delta Emerald Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Delta Emerald Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Delta Emerald Ventures?

The team at Delta Emerald Ventures includes Mike Smith (Vice President), Ian Dominguez (Chief Investment Officer) and Ian Dominguez (Chief Investment Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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