# Patrick Rea

> Patrick Rea is a seed investor at Poseidon Asset Management backing Cannabis and Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Poseidon Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/poseidon-assetmanagement)
- Location: Boulder, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/patrick-rea/1/b52/766
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/patrickrea
- Website: https://x.com/patrickrea

Patrick Rea is a seed investor at Poseidon Asset Management in Boulder focused on Cannabis and Software. Patrick Rea is the Managing Director - Poseidon Garden Ventures. He attended Brown University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cannabis | 4 | 67% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Alternative Medicine | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Medical | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dogwood Green | Dogwood Green is a purpose-driven licensed dispensary that provides best-in-class service and high-quality products. |  | Seed | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| BLKBRN Dispensary | BLKBRN Dispensary is a retail dispensary that offers cannabis products and wellness education. |  | Seed | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Buzzkill Labs | Buzzkill Labs specializes in drug testing for legal cannabis. It develops and commercializes portable, cost-effective testing of oral fluid that distinguishes and measures THC parent compound, the psychoactive component of cannabis that causes impairment. Its technology helps eliminate cheating and determine current potential impairment versus pastuse with no interference from CBD or metabolites in 15 minutes. |  | Series A | May 17, 2023 |  |
| AMNESIA Media | AMNESIA is a powerful influencer marketing solution designed for scale in the cannabis industry. They collaborate with brands and influencers to create meaningful content for the cannabis market, elevating the industry, influencers, companies, and community. AMNESIA connects brands with cannabis-friendly, not just cannabis-only influencers, toprovide education and create brand awareness within mainstream audiences, we help our customers create their audiences and acquire new customers. They help brands define their voice and aesthetic, providing the resources they need at scale to set themselves apart and promote that message through our network of cannabis-friendly influencers. Influencers are integral to the cannabis industry and we’ve created an environment for them to thrive and continue their creative work. Cannabis is a powerful agent of change in society, communities, politics, healthcare and recreation. We believe in being a part of the movement to be the positive change we want to see in the world. | $1M | Seed | Apr 25, 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 |  |
| Komplyd | Komplyd is an enterprise-class cannabis technology platform that manages risk and compliance easily. Komplyd’s API provides enriched data, increasing the team’s productivity. It provides real-time and accurate compliance updates. It is a common data model and a single endpoint that empowers the team to rapidly deliver cannabis compliance solutionsin days. |  | Seed | Aug 09, 2022 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ensemble](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ensemble-brands) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Achari Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/achari-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Argonautic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argonautic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delta Emerald Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delta-emerald-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emerging Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerging-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ensemble Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ensemble-brands-2d7b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Poseidon Asset Management

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Poseidon Asset Management is dedicated to providing the most curated portfolio focusing on the cannabis industry, putting capital to work funding the most promising ventures in the industry and allowing investors to grow with them.They are committed to growing with the burgeoning cannabis industry in an honest, responsible, non-exploitativeway.Poseidon pledges to work toward changing the old, outdated perceptions of cannabis as a danger to society, and to replace that idea, through education and example.Poseidon seeks to end cannabis prohibition and all the injustices and harms that prohibition inflicts.

5 contacts available at Poseidon Asset Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emily Paxhia | Co-founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-paxhia |
| Morgan Paxhia | Co-founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgan-paxhia |
| Patrick Rea | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-rea |
| Christopher Otchy | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-otchy |
| Colin Ferrian | Portfolio Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-ferrian |

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## FAQ

### What does Patrick Rea invest in?

Patrick Rea invests primarily in Cannabis, Software and Alternative Medicine startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 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 Patrick Rea last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Patrick Rea closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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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