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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Stay Unfocused Some of the biggest startup opportunities in the last few years have come in categories that you wouldn't normally have considered to be VC backable--Tesla, Uber, Blue Apron, WeWork, Shake Shack, Fitbit, Warby Parker, etc. So, yeah, it's quite a mix.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2021

An amalgam of revenue-based investment and traditional VC, investors who fall into this category let entrepreneurs “access immediate risk capital while preserving exit, growth trajectory and ownership optionality.” These 5 VCs have high hopes for cannabis in 2021. These 5 VCs have high hopes for cannabis in 2021.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Peloton CEO John Foley discussed broader safety issues with the category, noting that the unfortunate circumstances behind a recent recall forced the company to take a closer look at product safety, as well as whether the company will maintain its pandemic-boosted growth as cities reopen. “We Image Credits: Peloton.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Delivery, driven by consumer demand and the pandemic, is increasingly becoming the key channel for businesses especially in grocery, cannabis, prepared meals and restaurant, alcohol, pharmacy, and retail categories.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

Angermayer’s other public investments span from cryptocurrencies to cannabis. . Ksana Health fits squarely in that third category. . Hardorp says that overall, re:Mind’s activities are focused on one-third novel treatments (like psychedelics), one-third brain computer interfaces and one-third technology.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Howly “You choose a category where you need professional advice and type your question in the chat form. mln, rolled out its new product, partnered with the leaders in the cannabis industry, including The Cure Company and Kushstock Festival, and says it shows sustainable month-over-month growth of 30%.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

” This includes heroin and LSD, but also — curiously — cannabis, which today is legal for medical use in 37 states, and recreationally in 18 states in the U.S. ), but research shows that MDMA can have incredible results for people with severe PTSD. .”

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

Yet, now is a very apt time to take another look at the cannabis opportunity in the U.S. cannabis survey from 2020. Recreational cannabis is now legal in a few more states, including New Jersey and New York, the latter of which has even launched a social equity program that aims to help communities affected by the War on Drugs.

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OurCrowd

MAY 16, 2021

What’s remarkable about Israel is not just the depth of the technology and the fact that we are now scaling these companies to such high values, but the range of sectors in which Israel now leads: cloud computing, semiconductors, foodtech, agtech, healthcare, new pharmaceuticals, medical devices, digital health, cannabis and mobility.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 7, 2019

Lower-visibility companies and categories tend to attract fewer well-funded competitors. Seth Masters observes that the modal reason why certain investments become Momentum is because they’re part of a trending category (crypto, cannabis, AI, subscription commerce, etc.).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Before the 2016 election, Vice Ventures founder and general partner Catharine Dockery was bullish about the future of recreational cannabis in the United States. It was good news for Dockery, who was planning to launch a firm investing in categories like cannabis, CBD, psychedelics and sex tech.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

It even showed up with the old text that designates that she is “notable in government, news, entertainment, or another designated category,” and she did not, in fact, pay for this. Twitter allows cannabis ads in states where it’s legal After updating its ad policy on February 15, Twitter became the first social media app in the U.S.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

And if the things fall into that category, then I think you’re in the right kind of sweet spot of the decisions that you want to try to make in terms of how you’re actually going to benefit the people that put you there in the first place. For a long time, the people who were a disqualifier were things like a cannabis conviction.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Similarly, the cannabis industry also does not have a fixed regulatory environment across countries. replace existing products that are aging, low performance) or a new category. is a great example of a new category we invested in early on. For us, we are seeking larger exits. The new product idea can be a replacement (i.e.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2022

Cannabis, sex tech and psychedelics are often lumped together under the “vice” category — a characterization that prevents many VCs from investing in these spaces. Isn’t cannabis actually similar to coffee, wine and spirits? cannabis investor survey. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The NIH created the women’s health research category in 1994 for annual budgeting purposes and, in 2019, it was updated to include research that is relevant to women only. Current treatments include surgical removal of lesions and drugs that suppress ovarian hormone (mainly estrogen) production. However, there are changes in the works.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2023

A couple of weeks back, Haje Kamps wrote about how Smoakland was testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card. Paymerang adds KwikTag and Sypht to AP automation fold PSA: The TechCrunch Podcast Network has been nominated for two Webbys in the Best Technology Podcast category. Read more here. The test failed, apparently.

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