# Matt Hawkins

> Matt Hawkins is a Series C investor at Entourage Effect Capital backing Cannabis and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Entourage Effect Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entourage-effect-capital)
- Location: Dallas, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-hawkins-11288a2/
- Website: https://entourageeffectcapital.com/

Matt Hawkins is a Series C investor at Entourage Effect Capital 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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cannabis | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MJ Freeway | 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 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Entourage Effect Capital

VC Fund

Entourage Effect Capital, LLC (formerly Cresco Capital Partners, LLC) is a private investment firm, dedicated to investing in the cannabis industry. EEC’s mission is to actively leverage our sector and investment experience, networks, and investment process, and to identify, invest and accelerate high quality emerging growth companies. EECstands apart by taking an active role in adding value to the management teams of its companies. Some have called it a “Keiretsu”, but as we are in Cannabis, we call it “the Entourage Effect.” The Entourage Effect is a term used to describe a novel method of endocannabinoid regulation. It means that the compounds within the cannabis plant work in concert to create a sum greater than any of its individual parts. This is the same strength they bring to investing. From early stage acceleration, to acquisition sourcing, to strategy, to creating exit opportunities, they believe in being the most valuable names on their founder’s cap tables.

3 contacts available at Entourage Effect Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dov Szapiro | Co-Founder I Co-Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dov-szapiro |
| Matt Hawkins | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-hawkins-1569 |
| Andrew Sturner | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-sturner |

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## FAQ

### What does Matt Hawkins invest in?

Matt Hawkins invests primarily in Cannabis, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Matt Hawkins last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matt Hawkins closed in Sep 2018. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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