Emergent Risk

06/11/2019

Meadowlands, located in Mendocino, was the place to be last weekend. 100’s of cannabis businesses owners gathered for a weekend of education, networking and some fun was had. Thank you .sf for organizing this amazing event. See you next year!

@ Camp Navarro

04/27/2019

Entrepreneurs in the industry, which spent decades evading the law, are now turning to the law to demand the prosecution of unlicensed pot businesses

California has a massive oversupply of illicit ma*****na. It’s undermining licensed shops and threatening the state’s giant legalization experiment.

04/16/2019

Emerging companies in the cannabis space may want to take note of Stoli Vodka as an example of a company in another "adult use" industry that clearly cares about the LGBTQ community, and has for decades.

With Pride Month fast approaching, it’s only a matter of time until massive corporations hop on the LGBTQ bandwagon and ...

04/13/2019

dosist was originally founded as the company Hmbldt in 2016, and has since garnered Hollywood fans, including Alexandra Mandelkorn (who styles Janelle Monáe), hairstylist Jen Atkin Hair (who has gifted Dosist to her client Kim Kardashian West ) and makeup artist Jenn Streicher (who works with Blunt OfficialBlunt).

The v**e pens, beloved by stylists and stars alike, have landed in Dosist's first brick-and-mortar store in Venice and at a wellness event at Coachella.

03/28/2019

San Francisco just became the first U.S. city to wipe out ma*****na convictions. San Francisco District Attorney, George Gascón, spoke to Cheddar Business about the technology that helped erase more than 9,000 convictions, some dating back to 1975. And Dylan Hood, founder, and CEO of the Two Million Feet of Hope Campaign talked about his new initiative which includes a ma*****na grow facility that employs people who have been incarcerated for cannabis-related offenses.

San Francisco just became the first U.S. city to wipe out ma*****na convictions. San Francisco District Attorney, George Gascón, spoke to Cheddar Business about the technology that helped erase more than 9,000 convictions, some dating back to 1975. And Dylan Hood, founder and CEO of the Two Million...

03/27/2019

“We will guide it to the House floor for a vote, which I think it will pass with an overwhelming vote—Democrats and I think a lot of Republicans as well,” said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), whose Rules Committee decides how legislation is handled on the chamber’s floor. “If we have a strong bipartisan vote that will increase the pressure on the Senate to do something.”

The chair of a critical House committee said on Wednesday that his panel and the larger body will take up legislation to protect states with legal ma*****na from federal intervention “in a relatively short time, within the next several weeks, and I think we will have a very strong vote.” “We w...

03/27/2019

Scott Reach COO- Founder of Rare Dankness and House of Dankness shares with Nate Lipton host of Canna Cribs the importance of choosing an insurance broker and risk manager that is an expert in the cannabis space. Scott Reach also speaks about how Emergent advocated on Rare Dankness's behalf and re-couped claim dollars that his previous broker was unable to.

Learn more about their services: https://emergentrisk.com/

Also watch: "Rare Dankness & House of Dankness Cannabis - Scott Reach (S1E6: Canna Cribs, Denver, CO)" During the episode Scott talks more about how Emergent advocated for Rare Dankness and assisted in recouping 100's of $1000's of claim dollars on their behalf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0rK5...

Rare_dankness

03/21/2019

Scott Reach COO- Founder of Rare Dankness and House of Dankness shares with Nate Lipton host of Canna Cribs the importance of choosing an insurance broker and risk manager that is an expert in the cannabis space. Scott Reach also speaks about how Emergent advocated on Rare Dankness's behalf and re-couped claim dollars that his previous broker was unable to.

Are you in need of protecting your cannabis business? Call us at 415.426.6670 or email us at [email protected].

Learn more about their services: https://emergentrisk.com/

Also watch: "Rare Dankness & House of Dankness Cannabis - Scott Reach (S1E6: Canna Cribs, Denver, CO)" During the episode Scott talks more about how Emergent advocated for Rare Dankness and assisted in recouping 100's of $1000's of claim dollars on their behalf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0rK5...

12/21/2018

This is why every Cannabis Operator needs product withdrawal coverage. "This is that doomsday scenario that everybody has been anticipating,” said Tony Daniel the chief revenue officer with Steep Hill in Berkeley. “Everybody up and down that chain is going to want their money back, and not everyone’s got 25 to 50 grand to cover a recall." Do you have Recall/Product Withdrawal coverage? If not we should talk

State regulators ordered the recall of ma*****na products from 29 cannabis companies after a Sacramento laboratory was caught falsifying test results for pesticides, a scandal that could have serious financial consequences for already struggling retail outlets. The California Bureau of Cannabis Cont...

09/27/2018

California cannabis banking update from Ruthann Ziegler the founding principal of Meyers Nave’s Sacramento office with more than 35 years of experience in public law, representing municipalities and special districts throughout California.

Complexity is coming from local jurisdictions that are still evaluating their own regulations and some that have changed regulations from initially prohibiting cultivation, manufacturing, testing, distribution or sale, explains Meyers Nave principal Ruthann Ziegler.

09/26/2018

Michael Gorenstein, Cronos Group Inc. chairman and chief executive officer, discusses the company's newest brand, Spinach, which plans to produce cannabinoids.

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Michael Gorenstein, Cronos Group Inc. chairman and chief executive officer, discusses the company's brand initiatives and plans to produce cannabinoids. He speaks with Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde, Joe Weisenthal and Romaine Bostick on "Bloomberg Markets: What'd You Miss?" (Source: Bloomberg)

09/24/2018

Good insight into the firm's strategy and the special aspects of the industry that make it more "VC" than "PE" despite lots of cash flow.


Cresco Capital

Brandon David of Investing in Cannabis interviewed Matt Hawkins of Dallas-based Cresco Capital Partners, a private equity fund that focuses solely on the legalized cannabis space. Since 2014, the firm has deployed over $25 million, with its first fund closing...