Illinois
Curaleaf launches new beverage-additive cannabis product
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Last week Curaleaf introduced a beverage additive cannabis product in its ten Illinois dispensaries and in seventeen other states.
Illinois
Fyllo raises $30 million in Series B venture round and adds banking bigwig to board
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Venture capital continues to flow into cannabis-focused software companies as Chicago-based Fyllo this week announced a $30 million close to a Series B round of venture capital financing.
Illinois
Curaleaf’s social equity planning starts in Illinois
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The largest cannabis operator in the United States is investing nearly a million dollars in six Illinois entities designed to provide workforce development programming.
Illinois
Parallel officially enters Illinois with $155 million Windy City Cannabis acquisition
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Parallel paid $155m in cash, stock, and other incentives for six Illinois dispensary locations.
Transaction Tracker
leaf.trade and AeroPay raise venture rounds; Cresco CEO talks Mass. acquisition; 4Front’s new growth; Verano expands in Penn, and more…
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Each month Grown In reports significant Midwestern cannabis fundraising transactions.
Michigan
Despite plateauing sales, Michigan cannabis operators forecast strong spring sales
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The warmer weather along with the gradual resumption of social activity, inspired many Michiganders to get their flower on this month, say Michigan cannabis operators.
National
Industry grapples with normalization after White House fires staffers for previous pot use
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When asked for their perspectives on the Biden administration’s hiring practices as it relates to cannabis, industry leaders across the Midwest replied with a mix of pragmatism, anger, uncertainty, and hope.
Illinois
Careers in cannabis: What’s with higher education in Illinois?
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The 2019 Illinois law that encouraged a budding multibillion dollar legal weed industry included the creation of the Community College Cannabis Vocational Program, which launched almost a dozen different higher education cannabis programs in Illinois.
Grown In Nuggets
Upcoming events; Feds put pot pause on Michigan banker; Dutchie buying spree
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News and nuggets for cannabis industry practitioners in the Midwest and beyond.
Illinois
Chicago’s pot success paradox
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As chief executive of Illinois, Pritzker’s administration has made possible the Windy City’s bizarro emergence as a global legal cannabis capital.