How 'The Marijuana Show' co-founders smoked 'Shark Tank'

This show has invested millions in budding entrepreneurs, and it isn’t “Shark Tank.”

“The Marijuana Show” launched its first 13-episode season online last year, providing a broadcast platform for marijuana companies to pitch their ideas to interested investors. It just wrapped its second season, which ended up with $13 million in total investments from four new investors, who are described as more “dolphin” than shark for their willingness to mentor contestants.

“Shark Tank” is a reality television show on ABC DIS, -0.30% where entrepreneurs can pitch ideas to billionaire investors with a chance to score an investment in exchange for the billionaire taking a stake in their company.

And the series plans on getting bigger -- show co-founder Wendy Robbins says they are in talks with Netflix NFLX, +4.28% and networks such as Fox FOX, +0.59% to expand...

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