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Sweet Leaf Madison Capital’s Preferred Vendor Program provides instant purchasing power for cannabis businesses across a trusted network of goods and service providers

DENVER (Dec. 15, 2022) – With little to no access to capital markets, U.S. cannabis businesses were once severely hamstrung by the limited options available to finance needed business expenses. But as cannabis financing options have broadened, the industry has discovered what other sectors learned long ago: Providing financing at the point of purchase accelerates the sale and reduces transaction costs.

As a nationwide provider of tailored debt financing solutions for middle-market compliant cannabis businesses, Sweet Leaf Madison Capital (SLMC) recognized the need for straightforward, accessible financing more than a year ago when it created its Preferred Vendor Program. Today, the program has recruited a network of preferred vendors across the industry providing everything from lighting and HVAC for cultivators to distillation and packaging solutions to greenhouse construction and facility design for processors.

“Our Preferred Vendor Program is aimed at helping participating vendors gain a competitive advantage by increasing the velocity of their sales and providing competitive interest rates for their borrowers,” said Andrew Kaye, Chief Commercial
Officer of SLMC. “Through SLMC’s lending platform, preferred vendors are able to provide their customers with a source of financing to make expensive purchases of equipment, which means those clients can spread their capital across a broader range of business needs.”

The program provides a win-win-win solution for all involved, according to Kaye. SLMC is able to help vendors by providing them with liquidity, vendors win by boosting sales across more of their customer base, and customers win by getting lower costs of capital and access to the equipment and services they need to grow. The program is also distinguished by providing quick approval for the vast majority of customers and offering vendors opportunities for co-marketing through press releases, joint branding and coordinated appearances at conferences and trade shows.

“This program might feel ordinary in any other industry, but in the cannabis space, it is revolutionary,” said Kaye. “What’s interesting about the Preferred Vendor Program is how it promotes synergies among our vendors. Adding a new vendor does not just benefit us or them, it benefits the entire network of vendors and clients because now we can refer borrowers to a number of trusted equipment vendors. Ultimately, it is the buyer’s choice as to which equipment it will acquire. We just make that choice easier and more affordable.”

To date, the Preferred Vendor Program has been joined by a wide-ranging variety of businesses that work in the cannabis space, including:

● LeafyPack, which focuses on automating the packaging of cannabis products
● Spectrum King LED, a leading provider and engineer of best-in-class horticultural lighting for the cannabis industry
● Prospiant, a premium greenhouse manufacturer
● urban-gro, which is focused on designing cutting-edge horticultural facilities
● Dual Draft, developer of innovative and proprietary airflow and drainage systems for controlled environment agriculture and cannabis cultivation operations
● Infusent™, a division of Baker Perkins, a leading food processing equipment supplier providing technology integral to food manufacturers across a variety of sectors

For more information about the SLMC Preferred Vendor Program, contact Sweet Leaf Madison at or 888-251-8384 or [email protected].

About Sweet Leaf Madison

Sweet Leaf Madison provides customized, “seed-to-sale”, asset-based lending solutions to the underserved middle-market of the cannabis industry by originating equipment financing, real estate loans, and senior secured term loans. The company is based in Denver and has an office in West Palm Beach as well as remote staff nationwide. To learn more visit Sweet Leaf Madison online or continue the conversation on LinkedIn.

Contact: Jim Dissett
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