# WGD Capital

> WGD Capital is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Cannabis, SaaS and Software. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 15%
- Fund size: $785k
- Last fund: Jun 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wgd-capital-lp
- Website: http://wgdcapital.com/

WGD Capital is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Cannabis and SaaS. WGD Capital invests in early- and expansion-stage private companies.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$5.4M |
| Series A | $2.8M–$5.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cannabis | 3 | 23% |
| SaaS | 2 | 15% |
| Software | 2 | 15% |
| Marketing | 2 | 15% |
| Advertising | 2 | 15% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 31% |
| Series A | 2 | 15% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 15% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 46% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevated Signals | Elevated Signals builds manufacturing operations software for regulated industries like cannabis, nutraceuticals, food, and beverage. As an alternative to rigid ERPs and fragile spreadsheets, its GMP-ready platform connects inventory, quality & compliance, planning, and costing into one easy-to-use system - empowering teams to plan smarter, actfaster, and scale with confidence.Purpose-built for complex, fast-growing operations, the platform supports vertically integrated producers, white-label and co-manufacturers, and GMP-ready, export-focused facilities that need airtight traceability and flexibility. It's used across teams: operations and QA capture production floor data in real time, while finance, compliance, sales, and planning rely on it for informed decision-making and audit readiness.It provides:- Real-time visibility into materials and processes - Embedded quality assurance and compliance - A structured but adaptable system that supports how manufacturers actually workFeatures available:- Inventory Management - Work Orders & Production Tracking - SKU & Product Management - Vendor & Procurement Management - Production Planning (New Module) - Embedded Quality Assurance (QA) - Traceability & Compliance - Role-Based Access & Permissions - Reporting & Export Tools | $5.8M | Series A | Feb 27, 2024 |  |
| Katalys | Katalys is a partnership marketing technology platform that provides Brands and Publishers with a better way to generate revenue in the performance marketing channel. Formed out of the recent merger between RevOffers, a ‘cookieless’ graph attribution technology, and the embedded commerce innovation of 1o.io, Katalys is set on a course to disruptthe digital marketing landscape.Katalys' disruptive innovation in the performance marketing space is an embedded commerce technology that allows consumers to transact at any point of product discovery. This includes the ability to complete an eCommerce transaction inside a display advertisement, in-app, in-video, blog post, social media platforms, and even inside a VR/AR environment. | $5.4M | Seed | Sep 21, 2023 |  |
| Headset | Headset is a data-driven tech company that provides a business intelligence platform for the cannabis industry. Their services cover an array of specialized needs that businesses in the industry have, be they growers, extractors, processors, or retailers. The company's mission is to help operators make more informed business decisions throughdata. It aggregates multiple reporting sources to help analysts, producers, and retailers see opportunities and stay ahead of product trends.The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Seattle, Washington. | $3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| Birchmount Network | Birchmount Network is a gift card and marketing services company that provides revenue and brand solutions. They are connected with local, regional, and national gift card distributors. They provide marketing, design, loyalty programmers, operations, sales, technology, and payment processing. They offer end-to-end solutions for their clients. Theyprovide an easy and flexible payment solution for cash purchases and bring the growth opportunities of gift cards to retailers. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 28, 2021 |  |
| SōRSE Technology | SōRSE Technology is a water-soluble emulsion technology for infusing products with CBD, THC, and terpenes.The SōRSE Technology team is comprised of 150+ years in product development. With of team of over 30 employees dedicated to research and development, quality assurance, and operations, SōRSE supports clients' production efforts fromconception through go-to-market. |  | Convertible Note | Jun 09, 2021 |  |
| Petalfast | Petalfast is a sales and marketing agency for the cannabis industry. Their sales accelerator consists of 6 components that can be activated separately or together for exponential growth. Founded in 2020, the company is headquartered in Irvine, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom. | $2.8M | Series A | May 19, 2021 |  |
| Headset | Headset is a data-driven tech company that provides a business intelligence platform for the cannabis industry. Their services cover an array of specialized needs that businesses in the industry have, be they growers, extractors, processors, or retailers. The company's mission is to help operators make more informed business decisions throughdata. It aggregates multiple reporting sources to help analysts, producers, and retailers see opportunities and stay ahead of product trends.The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Seattle, Washington. | $1.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 30, 2021 |  |
| SōRSE Technology | SōRSE Technology is a water-soluble emulsion technology for infusing products with CBD, THC, and terpenes.The SōRSE Technology team is comprised of 150+ years in product development. With of team of over 30 employees dedicated to research and development, quality assurance, and operations, SōRSE supports clients' production efforts fromconception through go-to-market. | $2M | Convertible Note | Apr 22, 2021 |  |
| The Blinc Group | Headquartered in New York City, The Blinc Group designs, develops, supplies and supports premium cannabis vaping hardware. The company offers a curated collection of proven cartridges, batteries, ready to use vaporizers and complete bespoke device development to multi-state operators, licensed producers, processors and brands. Blinc completes thevalue chain by providing its clients access to a suite of support services ranging from research and development, production, testing, standard operating procedures, training and all the way to go-to-market strategy and brand communications consulting. With full control of the supply chain, the company’s unique “Powered by Blinc” process enables clients to provide innovative, safe and quality controlled products to cannabis consumers worldwide. To learn more about Blinc, visit http://www.theblincgroup.com. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 15, 2021 |  |
| Treez | Treez is an enterprise cloud commerce platform that streamlines retail and supply chain operations within the cannabis market. Through its innovative technology for retailers and brands, the company provides a robust breadth and depth of software solutions required to operate a successful modern dispensary.Solutions include point of sale,dispensary inventory management, and omnichannel sales capabilities all on a mission-critical platform that ensures regulatory compliance across every supply chain transaction. The innovative platform also connects essential brands with their retailers through a centralized brand catalog with real-time market insights. The extensible open API platform provides smooth integration into a variety of best-of-breed solutions, including CRM, marketplace, and data analytics across the partner ecosystem, giving retailers everything they need to grow their business. |  | Series B | Nov 11, 2020 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

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- [7thirty Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7thirty-opportunity-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does WGD Capital invest in?

WGD Capital invests primarily in Cannabis, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 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 WGD Capital's check size?

WGD Capital typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$5.4M at Seed and $2.8M–$5.8M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds WGD Capital participates in.

### When did WGD Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for WGD Capital closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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?

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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