POSaBIT Buys Suite of Platforms (Leaf Data Systems, MJ Platform and Ample Organics) from Embattled Akerna Corp. January 27, 2023 Brian MacIver Science and Technology, Spotlight 0 Comments POSaBIT, the cannabis point-of-sale (POS) and payments software company, this morning announced its planned acquisition of MJ Platform (MJ Freeway), Leaf Data Systems, and Ample Organics from embattled software company Akerna Corp. for US$4 million in an all-cash transaction. The… Read More→
CBE’s Tech Stack Consideration List: Compliance January 11, 2023 Brian MacIver Compliance 0 Comments Compliance is the name of the cannabis industry game. Being unable to operate a business under strict regulatory scrutiny can result in fines, license suspensions, or, in the worst cases, license revocations. Choosing the right cannabis compliance software can lighten… Read More→
CBE’s Tech Stack Consideration List: Point-of-Sale Systems December 21, 2022 Brian MacIver Science and Technology 0 Comments A point-of-sale (POS) system is arguably the most important part of any dispensary’s technology stack. Being able to take payments from customers and efficiently manage orders and inventory are the main operations for retailers, after all. With most major retail… Read More→
Outfield: Gamifying Wholesale Cannabis CRM December 12, 2022 Brian MacIver CRM, CRM, Science and Technology 0 Comments Building a good technology company boils down to solving a real-world problem thoughtfully and effectively. It’s also easier to identify and solve those problems when you have first-hand experience with them. That’s how Austin Rolling, CEO of customer relations management… Read More→
From Tablelist to Cannabis eCommerce Platform: Dispense Marches On December 6, 2022 Brian MacIver Science and Technology 1 Comment Although the cannabis industry’s pace can cause time to fly by in dog years, Kyla Sirni, the co-founder and CEO of Dispense, a cannabis eCommerce platform launched in 2020, is used to the bustle. She and her co-founder had worked… Read More→
ProCanna: Answering Cannabis’s Compliance and SOP Tracking Needs November 25, 2022 Brian MacIver Science and Technology 0 Comments Dede Perkins became a regulated cannabis industry veteran without intending to. The co-founder and CEO of cannabis compliance and auditing software company ProCanna had a successful freelance writing practice when she was contacted by a Massachusetts group applying for one… Read More→
Treez: Laying the Groundwork for the Future of Retail Cannabis FINtech November 16, 2022 Brian MacIver Science and Technology 0 Comments Ahead of this week’s Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas, cannabis POS software company Treez is getting ready to bring its version of the future of retail cannabis FINtech to market with a series of product innovations. John Yang, Treez’s… Read More→
Jane Technologies: Digitizing the Cannabis Retail Experience November 11, 2022 Brian MacIver E-commerce, Science and Technology, Spotlight 0 Comments One of the books that most influenced Socrates Rosenfeld, CEO of cannabis e-commerce platform Jane Technologies, is “The Infinite Game” by Simon Sinek. In the book, Sinek splits the different games that humans play into two categories: finite, and infinite.… Read More→
Dutchie: A 3-Billion-Dollar Cannabis E-Comm Giant November 10, 2022 Brian MacIver E-commerce, Point-of-Sale, Science and Technology, Spotlight 0 Comments Dutchie certainly has made headlines with its rapid growth over the last few years. An e-commerce platform focused on facilitating dispensary operations and transactions, Dutchie enables more than $14 billion in sales annually across 5,500 dispensaries in the U.S. and… Read More→
springbig: From Yogurt and Pizza Digital Punch to Cannabis CRM Platform November 3, 2022 Brian MacIver Ancillary Businesses, Marketing, News & Insights, Science and Technology 0 Comments When cannabis customer relationship management (CRM) software company springbig went public this past June, CEO Jeffrey Harris noted in a press release how the move would help “accelerate our growth strategy as a newly public company.” Accelerating an already rapidly… Read More→
Flowhub: A Streamlined Experience for Large (and Small) Retail Operations October 23, 2022 Brian MacIver Company Stories, Point-of-Sale, Science and Technology 0 Comments After discovering how CBD could help him get off of prescription SSRIs, Kyle Sherman, founder and CEO of cannabis POS software company Flowhub, moved with his family from California to Colorado in 2013. While California was still the medical cannabis… Read More→
CEO & Founder Gary Cohen Delivers Cova’s Point-of-(Compliant)-Sale Software Secret Sauce October 19, 2022 Brian MacIver Company Stories, Point-of-Sale, Spotlight 0 Comments By Brian MacIver When Gary Cohen, founder and CEO of cannabis industry point-of-sale (POS) software company Cova, was working for another large POS company operating in the retail cellphone market, he never dreamed he would one day be making the… Read More→
Kraft Heinz’s VC arm leads $23M investment in cannabis startup October 16, 2019 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate, Science and Technology 0 Comments Less than a month after announcing a new Denver HQ, cannabis tech startup Flowhub has closed a $23 million Series A. Flowhub is a cannabis retail software company that helps dispensaries by delivering compliance, point of sale, inventory tracking and business intelligence… Read More→
High tech: How software firms are benefiting from legalized marijuana industry January 26, 2016 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments Leaders of Nevada’s emerging marijuana industry say there are few consumable substances watched more closely than the vegetation that goes into cannabis products. Over the last decade, as nearly 25 states have authorized the use of marijuana in some form,… Read More→