You are here

Home 🌿 Marijuana Business News 🌿 Oakland conference focuses on the relationship between cannabis and Bay Area tech area 🌿

Oakland conference focuses on the relationship between cannabis and Bay Area tech area

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 09/23/2016 - 09:42

This week's Elevate conference had all the makings of a typical startup summit: Incubator founders moderated discussions on how to raise capital; entrepreneurs sat on panels about measuring success; and expo booths were filled with eager companies showing off their goods.

But unlike your usual conference, panelists at Elevate talked about "no intoxication policies," the outdoor expo hall had a cordoned off area for attendees to "medicate" — and the legality of investing in the very industry everyone gathered to discuss is still a gray area.

ThThat's because Elevate's singular focus was marijuana, and, more importantly, its budding relationship with Silicon Valley.

Held at the Oakland Museum of California — where the current exhibit, "Altered State: Marijuana in California," was ironically on point — Elevate brought together 500 hundred attendees made up of investors with cash burning holes in their pockets and entrepreneurs looking to get...

READ MORE: 
Bizjournals
e-mail icon Facebook icon Twitter icon LinkedIn icon Reddit icon
Rate this article: 
Region: 
California

This marijuana news is brought to you by 420 Intel. For the latest breaking cannabis industry news, subscribe to the 420 Intel newsletter. If you'd like to promote your product or service in this area after every article, contact us.


420 Intel is Your Source for Marijuana News

420 Intel Canada is your leading news source for the Canadian cannabis industry. Get the latest updates on Canadian cannabis stocks and developments on how Canada continues to be a major player in the worldwide recreational and medical cannabis industry.

420 Intel Canada is the Canadian Industry news outlet that will keep you updated on how these Canadian developments in recreational and medical marijuana will impact the country and the world. Our commitment is to bring you the most important cannabis news stories from across Canada every day of the week.

Marijuana industry news is a constant endeavor with new developments each day. For marijuana news across the True North, 420 Intel Canada promises to bring you quality, Canadian, cannabis industry news.

You can get 420 Intel news delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for our daily marijuana news, ensuring you’re always kept up to date on the ever-changing cannabis industry. To stay even better informed about marijuana legalization news follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.