Matt Hawkins
Managing Partner @ Cresco Capital Partners
Dallas, United States
Matt Hawkins is a Series C investor at Cresco Capital Partners in Dallas focused on Cannabis and Software. Matt Hawkins is the Founder and Managing Partner of Entourage Effect Capital. He has 20+ years of private equity experience and has founded multiple $500+MM alternative firms. Matt also serves on the board of numerous cannabis companies.Matt brings an extensive background in building large alternative investment firms and scaling the companies heinvests in. In 2014, Matt had a vision to create the leading private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Prior work highlights:Partner and President, Tucson Capital Partners - Private equity firm focused on multifamily residential and self-storage assets. Between 2008 and 2013, the company completed more than 55 bank-direct acquisitions, deploying over $500MM of capital. He successfully exited in 2013. Principal & Co-founder of Adjacent Capital - Private equity/specialty lending fund where he oversaw the sourcing, origination, structuring and closing of over 60 transactions in a 3 year period.He also became a turnaround specialist through his time at Treadstone Partners and San Jacinto Partners. He is known and respected in the cannabis industry as one of the successful early investors.
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- Cannabis 1 (100%)
- Software 1 (100%)
- Manufacturing 1 (100%)
- Information Services 1 (100%)
- Information Technology 1 (100%)
Investments
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| Mj Freeway offers a cloud-based, seed-to-sale, cannabis compliance software for marijuana businesses including retail, delivery, wholesale, cultivation, and manufacturing. Their platform is currently being used throughout the United States and globally.MJ Platform is the only generation 2 cannabis software built specifically for growing,tracking, manufacturing, and selling medical and recreational cannabis. Since 2010, they’ve helped 2,000+ clients implement their software. MJ Platform was built based on their voices, growing needs, and evolving businesses. | $10M / Series C / Sep 20, 2018 |
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About Cresco Capital Partners
Cresco Capital Partners, LLC is a United States private equity investment firm, dedicated to investing in the cannabis industry out of the firm's two committed investment funds. We use our combined professional, political and community resources to source investment opportunities throughout the supply chain from genetics and farming toretail, branding and distribution.
Cresco Capital Partners Contacts
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Tiffany Liff
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Andrew Sturner
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Codie Sanchez
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Dov Szapiro
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Matt Bryant
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