Leafly founders depart, raise cash for new marijuana business intelligence startup
After five years, the founders of marijuana strain and dispensary database Leaflyare moving on to their next cannabis-related startup.
Cy Scott, Brian Wansolich, and Scott Vickers — who launched Leafly in 2010 — are the co-founders of Headset, a new Seattle-based startup that’s building a business intelligence platform for the fast-growing marijuana industry.
Headset, which just raised about $450,000 of a $750,000 seed round from Poseidon Asset Management and a group of angel investors, offers what Scott describes as a market research and analysis tool similar to Nielsen, NPD or IRi, but for customers in the marijuana supply chain.
The idea is to give marijuana retailers, processors, and growers better insights and intelligence for their business, ultimately helping them make more money and offer better customer service.
“We’re staying in the cannabis industry but are tackling a different problem,” said Scott, who’s taking on the CEO role for the new...
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