# Mitch Baruchowitz

> Mitch Baruchowitz is a Series B investor at Merida Capital Holdings backing Cannabis. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Merida Capital Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merida-capital-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2018
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchell-baruchowitz-73b182/
- Website: https://www.meridacap.com/

Mitch Baruchowitz is a Series B investor at Merida Capital Holdings in New York focused on Cannabis and E-Commerce. Mitchell Baruchowitz is the Managing Partner of Cannabis private equity fund Merida Capital Partners. Mitchell has nine years of experience in the legal cannabis industry and is considered a national expert in the cannabis investing and the diverse licensing regimes governing each state. His cannabis career began in assisting Colorado-based legalcultivators to structure state compliant capital transactions and analyzing the legal cannabis market in order to develop an optimal business strategy for their operations. After several years of work with Colorado companies, he co-founded Theraplant, LLC where he architected the highest scoring application in Connecticut’s highly selective licensing process. In 2014, he co-founded LeafLine Labs, LLC, which was one of only two Minnesota companies to win a license to cultivate and dispense cannabis in extracted form. Mr. Baruchowitz is also a founder of Maryland-based Grow West MD, one of 15 companies selected for a cultivation and dispensing license. He has also founded a Pennsylvania-based cultivator that is in the pre-operational licensing stage.Overall, Mr. Baruchowitz has approximately 20 years of experience in the legal and finance fields. He is the former Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of publicly traded MarketAxess. He was also the General Counsel of investment banking boutique Pali Capital, which had revenues of nearly $200 million and 200 employees when he was appointed in late 2009 by the Board to lead the restructuring and wind-down of the company. Since 2010, he has led numerous public and private offerings, assisted in the formation and funding of several credit funds and a $60 million REIT while the Head of Investment Banking of ACGM, Inc. and at Cavu Securities. Mr. Baruchowitz is a graduate of Brandeis University and Boston University School of Law. He is a member of the New York and Massachusetts Bars and holds FINRA 7, 24, 63 and 79 licenses. He currently sits on the Boards of New Frontier Data, Valley Agriceuticals, Simplifya and Manna Molecular Sciences.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cannabis | 3 | 150% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 100% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 100% |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 250% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simplifya | Simplifya develops a cloud-based Software-as-a-service application for Web, mobile, and tablet use to help ensure the cannabis business is legally compliant. Its application enables users to verify and monitor licensee operations for compliance with state and local regulations; monitor their business’s compliance health; and add multiple users,locations, and licenses as their business grows. The company assists cannabis businesses, law firms, consultants, financial institutions, and regulatory agencies with monitoring licensee operations for compliance with state and local regulations | $1M | Series B | Jan 12, 2018 |  |
| GrowGeneration | GrowGeneration is a private company, whose plan is to open and operate hydroponic and specialty gardening stores and capitalize on the rapid growth from the legalization of marijuana and home gardening. The company is a marketer and distributor of nutrients, growing media, advanced indoor and greenhouse lighting, ventilation systems, andaccessories for hydroponic gardening. | $9M | Post-IPO Equity | Jan 12, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Merida Capital Holdings

VC Fund · New York, United States

Merida Capital Partners is a private equity fund targeting fundamental growth drivers underpinning the rapid development of the cannabis industry. Our investment emphasis focuses on cultivation technologies, products and services associated with the evolution of cannabis as an agricultural product, a natural plant-based medicine, a constituent inpharmaceutical formulations, and a recreational consumer product.

5 contacts available at Merida Capital Holdings.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mitch Baruchowitz | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitchell-baruchowitz |
| Mitch Baruchowitz | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitch-baruchowitz |
| Colin Kelley | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-kelley-2 |
| Pamela Galassini | Senior Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pamela-galassini |
| Thomas L. Harrison | Senior Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-l-harrison |

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## FAQ

### What does Mitch Baruchowitz invest in?

Mitch Baruchowitz invests primarily in Cannabis, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Series B and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 2 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 Mitch Baruchowitz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mitch Baruchowitz closed in Jan 2018. Shizune tracks 2 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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