Category: Company Profiles

Although product shortages have stymied the legal, recreational marijuana market in Canada, the country’s leading licensed producers are ramping up their efforts to supply an entire population of consumers yearning for high-quality cannabis. For cannabis companies that got their start in Canada’s relatively limited medical sector, like Ontario-based WeedMD, this…

After about four years of research, development and fundraising, one of the most highly anticipated consumer products has finally hit the shelves of medical cannabis dispensaries. CannaKorp’s Wisp is now available at Sira Naturals’ three dispensaries in Massachusetts. Often referred to as the “Keurig of cannabis,” the Wisp is the…

Sarah Stenuf spent hours poring over videos on YouTube researching the efficacy of cannabis as a treatment for epilepsy. At the time, she was severely medicated from more than a dozen prescriptions from Veteran’s Affairs and had resorted to cocaine and alcohol to cope. “I was miserable,” she says. “I’d…

Her first week in the cannabis industry brought a sigh of relief, as Lisa Jordan could feel the distance between her former life in the corporate world of telecommunications and her new role as the director of marketing for Canna Advisors. The difference between the traditional corporate world and cannabis…

The next big thing in cannabis may just be smaller than ever. NanoSphere Health Sciences is launching Evolve NanoSerum, a transdermal cannabis product that uses its new, patent-pending NanoSphere delivery system that shrinks cannabinoid particles to a minuscule size and also coats them in a natural lipid membrane for extremely…

When a business shows consistent, organic growth and does so without debt, you know it’s doing something right. Artizen Cannabis CEO Timothy Foia takes pride in the fact that his company regularly exceeds $1 million a month in sales and continues to see steady, consistent growth. Today, Artizen ranks No.…

Since then, Apeks Supercritical has evolved into one of the industry’s leading suppliers of extraction equipment, twice being identified among the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., according to Inc. magazine. Apeks was No. 24 on the Inc. 500 in 2015 and No. 2,248 on the Inc. 5000 in 2017.…

“I don’t think indoor cultivation for cannabis is a dead technology,” Peters says. “I actually think it’s a progressing one and we have to evolve with the market to ensure that we’re on the right path.” Efficiency in Agriculture It could be said that Peters has an abnormally high threshold…

Throughout her life, Brown has made a series of headstrong decisions, ranging from enlisting in the U.S. Air Force to diving headfirst into the cannabis industry. When other people told her she couldn’t — or shouldn’t — she became even more committed. Two weeks after graduating from high school in…

But the license also serves as a gateway for the business to keep supporting the veteran community in its own, unorthodox way.   Finding a Mission A variety of studies in recent years have shown that veterans have a 50% higher suicide rate than non-vets. But the federal government continues…