| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.02.2021 | 10 predictions for 2021 in cannabis | In our wrap-up for 2020, we highlighted much of the progress we saw in the cannabis sector in the pa... |
| 16.12.2020 | 2020 Cannabis Predictions Scorecard | There was no way we could have envisioned what 2020 had in store for us when we made these predictio... |
| 08.12.2020 | What can we expect from cannabis 3.0? | In the last few years, cannabis 2.0 has become shorthand for the introduction of derivative cannabis... |
| 30.11.2020 | Cannabis Entrepreneurship 101: How to compliantly market can... | A 2020 Brightfield Group study paints a bleak picture of the prospect of cannabis marketing in Canad... |
| 23.11.2020 | Unravelling the venture capital timeline | Many of the largest venture capital firms are structured as limited partnerships with funds that are... |
| 12.11.2020 | Cannabis Entrepreneurship 101: Understanding the rules of CP... | Since legalization in Canada, cannabis has quickly emerged as an entirely new consumer packaged good... |
| 03.11.2020 | Cannabis Entrepreneurship 101: How will your business make m... | Before you bring in investors, you should have a plan for how your cannabis start-up will make money... |
| 28.10.2020 | TerrAscend setting up for success in New Jersey | On November 3, 2020, U.S. citizens went to the polls. While in many states, that meant choosing betw... |
| 26.10.2020 | Where are they now: Headset guiding the industry as cannabis... | Retail cannabis operators often base business decisions on timely information or risk falling behind... |
| 21.10.2020 | Three things cannabis can teach agriculture | Agriculture is at a crossroads. On one hand, it must adapt quickly to feed a growing global populati... |
| 20.10.2020 | Where are they now: High Beauty’s two brands filling shelves... | Canopy Rivers approached the cannabis beauty sector in pursuit of a strong brand with widespread dis... |
| 19.10.2020 | Cannabis Entrepreneurship 101: How well do you know your cos... | A key part of any solid cannabis business plan is a thorough and thoughtful examination of costs. Mi... |
| 14.10.2020 | Where are they now: ZeaKal’s PhotoSeed trials drawing attent... | ZeaKal is tackling one of the toughest challenges in agriculture: sustainably increasing the value o... |
| 28.09.2020 | How LeafLink International simplifies cannabis wholesale ord... | As more cannabis brands come to the Canadian market, companies will need to ensure that their stock ... |
| 21.09.2020 | Cannabis Entrepreneurship 101: How well do you know your con... | Before legalization in Canada, the cannabis industry generally struggled to conceptualize its audien... |
| 21.09.2020 | Cannabis Insights You Should Know in 2020 | Consumers have many options to choose from in the legal cannabis market. In the U.S., brands have ge... |
| 14.09.2020 | Cannabis Entrepreneurship 101: How to focus your business id... | The first step to starting a business is figuring out whether there’s even a need for what you’re ho... |
| 27.08.2020 | Portfolio Highlight: TerrAscend announces strong Q2 2020 fin... | Canopy Rivers portfolio company TerrAscend Corp. (TerrAscend) reported its second quarter results la... |
| 26.08.2020 | How to pitch your cannabis start-up in 10 slides | Perfecting your pitch can be essential to securing funding for your cannabis business. The best tool... |
| 30.07.2020 | Social equity program aims to undo legalization’s paradox: N... | Individuals who hold or have applied for social equity licences—offered by certain U.S. states to co... |
| 28.07.2020 | Unlocking the big pharma opportunity in cannabis
What does ... | Large pharmaceutical companies have only just dipped their toes in the cannabis industry. Within fiv... |
| 22.07.2020 | The cannabis venture capital roadmap to value creation | Simply put, our goal is to create value for our shareholders. That value creation may come in any nu... |
| 16.07.2020 | 4 ways cannabis companies can advance diversity and inclusio... | The cannabis industry is unequal in many ways. Racially targeted arrests for marijuana possession st... |
| 15.07.2020 | Three U.S. cannabis market insights for summer 2020
1. “Ess... | Heading into a November election, there are few cannabis-related issues that have achieved bipartisa... |
| 13.07.2020 | Three Canadian cannabis market insights for summer 2020 | The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the playing field for Canada’s legal cannabis industry. As new ret... |
| 29.06.2020 | Inside retail cannabis during a pandemic | Across Canada and legal U.S. markets, regulators have flirted with whether recreational cannabis sto... |
| 26.06.2020 | Cannabis Hardware: Industry Vertical Infographic |
Cannabis hardware companies manufacture devices and tools designed to streamline production or enh... |
| 26.06.2020 | Cannabis Software and Data: Industry Vertical Infographic |
Companies in this category develop software designed to enhance consumer and patient experiences, ... |
| 18.06.2020 | Dutchie: How one start-up went from launch to dominating can... | Some of the greatest entrepreneurs have embraced life experience and flexibility in building their s... |
| 12.06.2020 | Cannabis Wellness Products: Industry Vertical Infographic |
Companies in this vertical offer health and wellness products containing cannabis and/or hemp. Gen... |
| 08.06.2020 | Cannabis Consumer Products and Accessories: Industry Vertica... |
Companies in this vertical market branded consumer products that contain, are made from, or can be... |
| 21.05.2020 | New women in weed conference aims to “wake up” legal pot sec... | There are already way, way too many cannabis industry conferences.
That was true as far back as 201... |
| 21.05.2020 | Costly, but critical: five painful truths about cannabis ins... | Insurance is a complicated subject at the best of times. Add the evolving patchwork of insurance-rel... |
| 21.05.2020 | How cannabis venture capital is evolving with COVID-19 | Recently we published an infographic highlighting trends in cannabis venture capital during the firs... |
| 14.05.2020 | How this cannabis start-up survived the COVID-19 supply chai... | Frank Qin and David Byer started Mary AG in 2017 with the goal of producing a mass-market indoor can... |
| 12.05.2020 | Dynaleo looks to take bite out of Canada’s cannabis edibles ... | Canada’s cannabis 2.0 market was still heating up in January when our team touched down in chilly Al... |
| 30.04.2020 | Germany: Entry points for cannabis entrepreneurs | The first question aspiring entrepreneurs usually ask Nick Pateras about the German cannabis market ... |
| 26.04.2020 | Infographic: Cannabis venture capital highlights from Januar... | A lot happened in cannabis between January and March 2020. That’s why the team at Canopy Rivers dove... |
| 23.04.2020 | Why more women smoke weed than the data suggests | Jenna Valleriani was getting her hair cut when her hairdresser confided that she uses cannabis, but ... |
| 23.04.2020 | What a cannabis degree offers entrepreneurs | David Lehmpuhl is the dean of science and mathematics at Colorado State University Pueblo. In his ow... |
| 22.04.2020 | Entrepreneurs be warned: sustainable cannabis packaging clai... | Every time a cannabis producer asks Mark Finkelstein about “environmentally friendly” packaging opti... |
| 22.04.2020 | Why the 0.3% THC limit for U.S. hemp might stop you from sta... | When Ernest Small published a paper on the differences between cannabis and hemp nearly half a centu... |
| 21.04.2020 | Cannabis entrepreneurs bet big on pot as a global commodity | In the not-too-distant future, world cannabis production might be dominated by just a handful of cou... |
| 21.04.2020 | Get funded: 5 cannabis fundraising tips from Poseidon Asset ... | Emily Paxhia is co-founder and managing partner of Poseidon Asset Management, a California-based can... |
| 20.04.2020 | What to do after a cannabis investor says 'no' | Jeffrey Stewart founded his vape hardware start-up Ovandi in 2017 and, like many cannabis entreprene... |
| 20.04.2020 | Recap: Market Insights from CIBC Cannabis Data Experts Call | On April 16, 2020, #BackedByRIV companies LeafLink* and Headset partnered with CIBC to present whole... |
| 17.04.2020 | Earthly Labs: helping cannabis entrepreneurs save both cash ... | Legalizing cannabis is helping to lower the carbon footprint of craft beer.
Kaitlin Urso believes s... |
| 17.04.2020 | From wheat to weed: how an Alberta farmer found opportunity ... | Serena Donovan has been farming in rural Alberta for more than a decade. In 2018 she decided to dive... |
| 15.04.2020 | Cannabis software: 300+ companies powering the industry | The sector-agnostic use case of many technology-driven innovations has led to software becoming the ... |
| 01.04.2020 | Wave theory: Where does cannabis industry go from here? | Like any new industry, the cannabis sector is dynamic. Regulations around the world seem to change c... |
| 27.03.2020 | Five areas cannabis businesses should focus on during a cris... | Like many businesses, the economic uncertainty spurred by COVID-19 and the resulting broad-based res... |
| 25.03.2020 | Stable genetics and the case for cannabis seed specialists | The lack of stable genetics is a key obstacle impeding many cannabis cultivators. This is not the ca... |
| 09.03.2020 | Cannabis Processing: Industry Vertical Infographic |
Companies in this category process cannabis and hemp from cultivators into finished products. This... |
| 09.03.2020 | Cannabis Pharmaceuticals and Biotech: Industry Vertical Info... |
Companies in this category research and develop medical treatments using cannabis and hemp-derived... |
| 09.03.2020 | Cannabis Production (Cultivation): Industry Vertical Infogra... |
Companies in this category grow cannabis and hemp. These companies hold or have applied for cultiv... |
| 06.03.2020 | Lessons untapped: what cannabis can learn from alcohol | Many hope that maturation is around the corner after 2019 was a year of growing pains for the cannab... |
| 20.02.2020 | Hot Topicals: 100+ cannabis cosmetics brands | The global cosmetics market is a vast, competitive landscape with an expected market value of US$805... |
| 16.01.2020 | Cannabis Agriculture and Food Sciences: Industry Vertical In... |
This cannabis industry vertical includes companies leveraging their expertise in agriculture and f... |
| 15.01.2020 | 115+ cannabis start-ups disrupting the beverage menu | Cannabis drinks are upending the beverage industry. Alcohol-free beverages are growing in popularity... |
| 06.01.2020 | 10 Predictions for 2020 in Cannabis | A couple weeks ago, I shared the results of my 2019 predictions for the cannabis industry. While I d... |
| 20.12.2019 | The CBD investment opportunity: four trends to watch | One of Google’s hottest search terms in the back half of 2019, CBD has shifted from an anecdotal rem... |
| 28.11.2019 | Tech venture capital is keeping a close watch on cannabis – ... | It’s an exciting time to raise private capital in the cannabis industry. We’ve seen that the stigma ... |
| 21.11.2019 | Quick Take: Understanding the House Judiciary Committee’s Pa... | The House Judiciary Committee in the U.S. passed the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expunge... |
| 24.10.2019 | Infographic: Cannabis Venture Capital Highlights from July-O... | A lot has happened in cannabis since July 2019. That’s why the team at Canopy Rivers decided to dive... |
| 15.09.2019 | How to understand RIV Capital’s financials | At RIV Capital, our objective is making investments that generate returns in the form of dividends, ... |
| 11.09.2019 | Canopy Rivers' Growth Plan | The cannabis industry is blossoming as producers, manufacturers, and companies across the value chai... |
| 21.08.2019 | Five cannabis podcasts recommended by a venture capitalist | Keeping your finger on the pulse of the ever-evolving cannabis industry is difficult, but not imposs... |
| 16.08.2019 | Letter to Shareholders (2018-2019) | At Canopy Rivers, we are committed to making the cannabis industry stronger, faster, better, and sma... |
| 14.08.2019 | The Elephant in the Dispensary: Why Cannabis Beverage Isn’t ... | Over the last 24 months, there has been a lot of buzz around the entry of large alcohol into the can... |
| 21.06.2019 | How BioLumic switches on the growing power of ultraviolet li... | Growers around the world face mounting pressure to produce more cannabis. But increasing yield isn’t... |
| 12.06.2019 | How ZeaKal’s trait technology plans to supercharge hemp grow... | Relative to traditional crops (such as rice, corn, soy, etc.), cannabis and hemp cultivation is stil... |
| 16.04.2019 | How High Beauty brings cannabis cosmetics to new highs | Cannabis-derived products are creating a buzz in the beauty industry, making their way onto shelves ... |
