Kerry C. Gumas

Health Business Partners LLC provides investment banking and financial advisory services. The private company is based in Warwick, RI. The company was founded by Patrick Rea.

Shamrock Capital Advisors LLC (Shamrock Capital Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 1978 by Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

MjLink.com, Inc. is a cloud-based cannabis social network and digital media company. It operates through the following social networks: WeedLife.com, a consumer-to-consumer social network; MjLink.com, a business-to-business social network; HempTalk.com, a business-to-consumer social network; and MjInvest.com, a cannabis industry investor network that produces the MjMicro capital conference. The company was founded on September 20, 2018 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

DOPE Media, Inc. is an online magazine for marijuana reviews, news, business and lifestyle stories. It offers concentrate, edible, garden, store, strain, and topical reviews; advertising services; and T-shirts online. The company was founded by David Tran, Nathan Chrysler, Trek Hollnagel, James Zachondi and Evan Carter in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Marijuana Business Daily operates as a business information website for the medical marijuana and retail cannabis industries. The firm provides services and information for dispensaries, professional cultivators, edibles and infused product makers, ancillary services and suppliers and finance professionals. The company was founded by Cassandra Farrington in 2011 and is headquartered in Lakewood, CO.

World Tea Media operates as an integrated media company. It specializes in providing business solution to the global tea industry. The company was founded by George Gaje in 2002 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Gannett Satellite Information Network LLC provides newspaper publishing services. The firm's newspaper offers information on sports, crime, political, financial, and movies. It also offers weekend supplement and a sports publication (USA TODAY Sports Weekly). The company was founded on September 15, 1982 by Allen H. Neuharth and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Part of Informa Plc, United Business Media LLC is a company that creates platforms for industries and specialist markets to trade, innovate, and grow. The company is based in New York, NY. Informa Markets connects buyers and sellers, helping them innovate and grow and supporting the flow of business in over a dozen specialist international markets. The company's platforms help businesses meet, discover products, trade, and grow through major exhibitions, virtual events, online marketplaces, specialist content, and data services. The company works in all major regions, with a significant presence in the US, Europe, and Asia. Simon Foster has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is professional marketing body with above 50,000 members in 130 countries. Its International Offices are situated in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Chartered Institute of Marketing is headquartered in Maidenhead, UK

BDS Analytics, Inc. provides industry marijuana market data and analytics. It offers GreenEdge cannabis retail sales tracking, cannabis consumer insights and research, and industry intelligence cannabis investments. The company was founded by Roy N. Bingham and Elizabeth Stahura in 2015 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

ReNew Life Formulas LLC manufactures health supplements and therapeutic products. The firm offers cleansing and detoxification, fiber, weight management, and children's supplements, as well as probiotics, digestive enzymes, fiber bars, and pet supplements. It also offers functional foods include ultra-concentrated omega oils and fish oils. The company was founded by Brenda Watson and Stan Watson in 1997 and is headquartered in Palm Harbor, FL.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CanopyCentral LLC (CanopyCentral) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Patrick Rea and Mark Nottoli. The firm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

JKL2, Inc. engages in cannabis cultivation. The company is based in Sheridan, WY.

Penton Media GmbH organizes fairs, conferences, and seminars related to the telecommunications and Internet markets. The private company is based in Munich, Germany.

Greenbroz, Inc. manufactures harvest systems. The private company is based in Las Vegas, NV. The company was founded in 2012 by Cullen Raichart. Cullen Raichart has been the CEO since 2012.

JMWW, Inc. engages in the provision of wholesale of cannabis products. It offers online portal for customers to buy, sell and trade legal cannabis products. The company was founded by John Manlove in 2018 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Asia Horizon Group, Inc. manufactures hemp products. The company was founded by Brian Sheng in 2019 and is headquartered in Old Westbury, NY.

Best In Grow LLC engages in providing information on cannabis for making purchases. The company was founded on January 10, 2018 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Dispense, Inc. is an ecommerce software company that specializes in providing customizable solutions for dispensaries. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company's technology simplifies complex businesses and empowers retailers to sell cannabis online. Dispense offers SEO-optimized cannabis ecommerce and dispensary management software that allows dispensaries to list and sell products on their own website, leverage their menus and data to drive SEO traffic, build direct relationships with their customers, and scale their businesses. The company also provides cannabis ecommerce solutions for multi-state operators, allowing them to easily control and standardize dispensary management operations across all of their stores and ensure all state-level compliance is met. Dispense's cannabis CRM is customer engagement software for managing sales, marketing, and contacts in a single system for cannabis retailers.

Adaviv, Inc. is a company that aims to improve consistency and drive yields in farming by using early detection and intervention software. Adaviv is based in Boston, MA. The company's software is designed to help farmers achieve consistency in yields and quality, with a focus on high-value crops such as cannabis. Adaviv plans to scale quickly beyond their beachhead market and lead the innovation of sustainable agriculture with a transparent plant intelligence platform. The company was incubated at MIT and co-founded by Ian Seiferling, Ph.D., Moe Vazifeh, Ph.D., and Julian Ortiz MBA.

Birchmount Network, Inc. is a gift card and marketing services company that collaborates with partners to acquire new consumers, build loyalty, and increase incremental revenue. The company is based in Oakland, CA. The company is the market-leading gift card platform for the cannabis industry, leveraging over 20 years of experience with retailers. Birchmount provides a turnkey, end-to-end solution, including seamless POS integration, easy setup and training, insightful analytics, convenient digital ecard solutions, and support for end-to-end program management, including accounting and compliance. Birchmount Network was founded by Alex Barseghian and Alex Davidkhanian, and Alex Barseghian has been the CEO since incorporation.

CB4 LLC engages in the development of artificial intelligence tools that helps retailers to fix the costliest execution problems in stores. The company is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Weller LLC provides business services. The private company is based in Seattle, WA.

Part of Green Check Verified, Inc., Komplyd, Inc. is a compliance-as-a-service platform designed for business applications targeting the cannabis industry. Komplyd is based in San Jose, CA, and it was acquired by Green Check Verified, Inc. on June 06, 2023. The platform is architected for scalability, availability, performance, and security, and it enables developers to integrate multi-jurisdiction regulatory compliance features into their applications through a single integration, making it easy and cost-efficient for companies to establish and maintain cannabis compliance in multiple jurisdictions. The company was founded in 2020 by Rosemarie Elliott and Audrey Fernandez-Elliott, and Rosemarie Elliott has been the CEO since then.

Poseidon Holdings LLC provides real estate services.

GreenScreens AI, Inc. provides pricing infrastructure for the truckload spot rate market. It delivers buy and sell-side market intelligence and business insights to help to grow and protect margins. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Grownetics, Inc. develops automated farming, data collection and analysis platforms. Its tools empower growers, farmers, and botanists to cultivate better food products and medicines. The firm products and services include 3D crop sensor array and nutrient sensor array. The company was founded by Eli Duffy, Vincent Harkiewicz and Nick Busey and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

The ArcView Group LLC engages in the provision of investment and market research services focusing on cannabis sector. It also offers business insurance. The company was founded by Troy Dayton and Steven DeAngelo in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

CB5 LLC provides information technology services. The company is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

LifeStage Media Group, Inc. operates and consolidates regional publications in lifestyles. It offers entertainment, news, health and wealth, housing, hot seat, and legal issues services. The company was founded by Richard J.M. Davey in July 2003 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Learfield Communications Holdings, Inc. provides communication services. The company was founded on November 16, 2011 and is headquartered in Jefferson City, MO.

Media Storm LLC provides marketing solutions for clients in the entertainment industry. It offers data science and optimization, insights, strategy and ideation, analytics and reporting, digital media planning and buying services. The company was founded by Craig Woerz and Tim Williams in 2001 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

K2 Towers LLC provides wireless communication tower services. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Chagrin Falls, OH.

MarketCast LLC operates as a research-based marketing consultancy firm. Its solutions include brand stewardship, pre-launch marketing strategy, brand and landscape tracking, and post launch strategy. The company was founded by Joseph Helfgot, Frank Romo, and Michael Schwartz in 1987 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Silvergate Media Ltd. develops assets across a range of media and merchandise formats. It specializes in television production, preschool animation, brand management and international retail services. The company was founded by Waheed Alli and William Astor in October 2011 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Ad Results Media LLC engages in the provision of audio advertising agency solutions. It offers radio, satellite radio, YouTube, streaming audio and podcasts. The company was founded by Marshall Williams and Russell Lindley in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Subject Matter provides advertising and communications services. It also offers digital, production, government relations, media outreach, content, and public affairs services. The company was founded by Steve Elmendorf, Paul Frick, Jimmy Ryan, and Dan Sallick and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Coral Tree Management LP (Coral Tree Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2021 by William Wynperle and Alan Resnikoff. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.