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Cannabis review site Weedmaps agrees $1.5 billion deal to go public

December 10, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

Google of Marijuana Weedmaps

(Reuters) – WM Holding Company, a cannabis technology company which operates the online U.S. platform Weedmaps where users find and rate marijuana sellers, said on Thursday it has agreed to go public through a merger with Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. The deal to take Weedmaps public, which values the company at around $1.5 billion, is […]

Filed Under: Banking, Finance & Real Estate Tagged With: Doug Francis, Justin Hartfield, Silver Spike Acquisition Corp., Weedmaps

Federal prosecutors investigate California marijuana companies in wide-ranging probe

March 4, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

Google of Marijuana Weedmaps

Eastern District of California seeks documents on roughly 30 companies from cannabis-retail listing service Weedmaps, according to grand-jury subpoena Federal prosecutors have launched a probe of cannabis companies in California, seeking a batch of records held by a startup that functions as a Yelp for marijuana dispensaries, according to a grand-jury subpoena reviewed by MarketWatch. […]

Filed Under: California Tagged With: CannaCraft, Ghost Management Group LLC, Onyx Group Holdings, Weedmaps

Weedmaps is Making Progress – But Still a Ways to Go, Illegal Shops and Brands Still Listed on Their Site

January 15, 2020 by Greg Gamet Leave a Comment

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Many people involved in the cannabis industry have complained that the online advertising giant Weedmaps has been fueling the black market by accepting ads from unlicensed operators. According to the Orange County Register, “Weedmaps’ dominance of online cannabis advertising — has helped prop up the illicit market in the two years that recreational cannabis has […]

Filed Under: Op-Ed Tagged With: Illegal Retailers, Weedmaps

‘Epidemic’ of layoffs in California marijuana industry — CEO faults state for inaction

November 14, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

Flow Kana isn’t the only cannabis company forced to make cuts. In recent weeks, companies like Eaze and Weedmaps have also laid off part of their workforce. “It almost feels like an epidemic of companies of similar size going through similar processes,” Steinmetz said. The layoffs reflect challenges in California’s fledgling recreational cannabis industry. Voters legalized recreational marijuana in […]

Filed Under: California Tagged With: California Marijuana, eaze, marijuana sales, recreational marijuana, retail marijuana, Weedmaps

Weedmaps won’t offer timeline for ending promotion of illegal marijuana shops

September 4, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

Google of Marijuana Weedmaps

Experts say web company’s ongoing practice contributes to California’s lagging tax revenue, threatens public health. Though Weedmaps promised two weeks ago that it would stop advertising illicit marijuana businesses through its online directory, the Irvine-based company is still being vague about when that promise will actually become a reality. Both legal cannabis businesses and state […]

Filed Under: Industry News Tagged With: Illegal Dispensaries, Weedmaps

Weedmaps Appoints New Chief Executive Officer Doug Francis steps aside as CEO to serve as Chairman; President Chris Beals to Assume Role as CEO

March 13, 2019 by Press Release Leave a Comment

Google of Marijuana Weedmaps

PRESS RELEASE Doug Francis steps aside as CEO to serve as Chairman; President Chris Beals to Assume Role as CEO IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Weedmaps today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Chris Beals as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 6, 2019. In addition to assuming day-to-day leadership of Weedmaps, Beals will serve as a […]

Filed Under: Industry People, Press Releases Tagged With: Chris Beals, Doug Francis, Justin Hartfield, Weedmaps

Cashed And Counting: California Starts Crackdown On Gray Marijuana Marketplace

March 21, 2018 by Hilary Bricken Leave a Comment

By Hilary Bricken The state will try to limit illegal cannabis operators in California. Here’s what else we should expect in the coming months. For state-by-state legalization to succeed, state and local governments often need to take significant enforcement measures against “gray market” cannabis operators to ensure an even playing field for licensed operators who […]

Filed Under: California Tagged With: California’s Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (“CUA”), Hilary Bricken, Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), Weedmaps

California threatens Weedmaps over promotion of illegal cannabis shops

March 9, 2018 by AggregatedNews 1 Comment

California’s cannabis czar issued a cease and desist order to Weedmaps, directing the Irvine internet company that maps marijuana dispensaries to immediately stop promoting businesses that don’t have state licenses. “You are aiding and abetting in violation of state cannabis laws,” states the letter from Lori Ajax, chief of the Bureau of Cannabis Control. If […]

Filed Under: California Tagged With: Alex Traverso, Bureau of Cannabis Control, Doug Francis, Justin Hartfield, Lori Ajax, Weedmaps

Weed Billboards Popping up in Boston Show Strong Changes for Area

January 14, 2017 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

A budding new pot company is planting 80 billboards around Greater Boston, launching an app and hiring “student ambassadors” at MIT, Harvard, Northeastern and Boston University to help spread the word about its weed work. California-based Weedmaps is trying to get ahead of the “green rush” before pot shops are set to open in the […]

Filed Under: Advertising, Marketing, PR & Research Tagged With: Legal Marijuana, marijuana advertising, marijuana billboard, massachusetts marijuana, Weedmaps

10 Questions With Chris Beals, Penn Grad Building the ‘Google of Marijuana’

April 22, 2016 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment

Google of Marijuana Weedmaps

It’s 4/20…the unofficial holiday celebrating the biggest illegal (yet legal) drug known to man: marijuana. This year’s high holiday is even more timely since Pennsylvania became the 24th state to legalize the plant for medical use just this week. The Keystone State now joins New Jersey and Delaware who have been in the process of […]

Filed Under: Science and Technology Tagged With: Chris Beals, University of Pennsylvania, Weedmaps

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