Chicago’s pot success paradox
As chief executive of Illinois, Pritzker’s administration has made possible the Windy City’s bizarro emergence as a global legal cannabis capital.
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Chicago Ventures makes first cannabis deal leading AeroPay’s $5 million venture round
The move puts Chicago’s most prolific seed-stage venture capital firm in the weed business.
GTI Illinois employee complains about product theft to state, they and four managers get fired
A Green Thumb Industries employee alleged to the Illinois State Police and state cannabis regulators that GTI managers stole cannabis product and cash for personal use.
High Times for M&A and IPOs starring RWB, Verano, GTI, AWH, Choice, Cresco, Parallel and more
Each month Grown In reports significant Midwestern cannabis fundraising transactions. Have a news tip on a private pot transaction? Email brad@grownin.com.
Illinois cannabis sales grew 94% in 2020
Illinois dispensaries could be selling $236 million in cannabis a month by December 2021.
Labor group and supporters push for Windy City Cannabis union organization
As Chicago temperatures began to warm Wednesday, labor organizers attempted to put their own heat on a Windy City Cannabis dispensary preparing for a unionization vote next month.
Sniping at presser illustrates disagreement over Illinois’ cannabis social equity challenges
It took about twenty five minutes for a press conference to descend into chaos. And then the drum and bugle corps began to play.
Leaked Illinois state report shows Black and Latinos owned less than 2% of dispensaries last June
Less than two percent of IIllinois dispensary owners were Black or Latino and less than 25 percent were women as of last June.
Amor Montes de Oca’s journey from “victim of propaganda” to pot industry promoter
Growing up as an immigrant to the United States during the war on drugs, Amor Montes de Oca stayed away from cannabis.
Illinois’ supplemental deficiency notices arrive; MSOs offer assistance
“I’ve got ten days to put this together. It was short notice for a lot of work,” said a social equity dispensary applicant.
