Podcasts about mazakali

Raising capital for a cannabis business with Cliff Whatmore and Sumit Mehta today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. Sumit is a cannabis strategist, an internationally recognized speaker, and the author of the MAZAKALI GreenPaper, an authoritative voice on deep industry trends in its sixth year of publication with over 70,000 readers. In addition to his role at MAZAKALI, Sumit serves on several cannabis company boards and is the Chair of the NCIA’s Banking and Financial Services committee. Cliff Whatmore is the President of MAB Investments, AND Evolv Capital Partners Where he applies the rules of Behavioral Finance and Economics to develop novel investment strategies, and Wealth Governance Solutions. Cliff started early-stage investing in biotechs, and CPG companies; before focusing on the cannabis space in 2014. He has submitted studies on Private companies’ valuations using Behavioral pricing models. He has several successful exits over $500,000,000.00 and taken companies to the public markets. He has a strong background in food science including launching a Nutraceutical MATCHA +, a sports beverage, and is a member of the Institute of Food Technology and the Research Chefs Association. BOTH are Members of NCIA’s Banking and Finance Committee. So being on the Banking and Finance Committee, their group is taking on various issues ranging from raising capital for your business to the SAFE Banking Act at the federal level. We start with the topic of raising capital for a cannabis business that is still federally illegal. We walk everyone through the process here starting from having the brilliant idea while brushing your teeth to having a full-fledged business, essentially how we get from A to Z.

Steven Ernest is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Sharp Capital Advisors. Steven began his career at J.P. Morgan and leverages a decade of experience in the capital markets, as well as five years in the cannabis industry to advise owner/operators and investors alike in the cannabis space.Steven began his career in cannabis by co-founding Mazakali in San Francisco. He then joined Viridian Capital Advisors to lead business development efforts in raising capital for cannabis companies. In addition to advising companies, Steven has also been an angel investor in the cannabis space since 2015 and sits on the finance committee for Students for Sensible Drug Policy.Prior to joining the cannabis industry, Steven spent nearly a decade in the capital markets across institutional sales, trading, investment banking, business development, client relationship management, wealth advisory, and investment planning.

What does it look like in the cannabis financial market today? Director of Business Development, Steve is an Investment Banker with Viridian Capital Advisors and is responsible for investor relations and building the infrastructure of the firm in order to scale distribution. Steve leverages a decade of experience in the capital markets as well as 4 years of full time focus within the cannabis industry. He has been an angel investor in the space since 2015, co-founded a capital advisory platform called Mazakali in 2016 and sits on the finance committee for Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Prior to joining the cannabis industry, Steve spent nearly a decade in the financial capital markets across sales, investment banking, business development, valuation, trading, client relationship management, wealth advisory and investment planning. Check out Viridian Capital and Steven Ernest LinkedIN

Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/subscribe

Episode 20 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Sumit Mehta, CEO and founder of Mazakali, a Cannabis Investment Banking Platform. In this episode Trent Lapinskiand Sumit Mehta discuss the emerging cannabis industry, the science behind cannabis’s medicinal benefits, and Sumit’s new blockchain based cannabis investment platform. “If we looked back at 1935, and if we were having this conversation then, we might find it fairly ludicrous if someone suggested that we elect a governmental body into power that would put us in cages for having a relationship with a plant.” “When we begin to move into a World where we see all of the benefits around our lives, around our communities, around our animals, around our plants, and around our planet that this plant is going to be able to provide I am very excited and very optimistic to be a part of that future; because it is coming, and it is coming quicker then most of us are likely prepared for.” —Sumit Mehta Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

"RaisingCannabisCapital" is very time consuming and requires a unique skill-set that few entrepreneurs possess. In this encore episode of "Things to Know When Raising Cannabis Capital" Sumit Mehta and Brent Johnson from Mazakali explain investment banking including when cannabis entrepreneurs should hire them and why. Learn more at MJBulls.comProduced By MJBulls Media | Cannabis Podcast Network 

In this episode, Brandon sits down with Sumit Mehta of Mazakali to discuss bringing investment banking in cannabis, the state of institutional capital and incubators, and why Canada’s public markets are a gift and a curse for founders. Sumit and his team have invested in founders for years in cannabis, and bring decades of financial experience to the space. Tune in, listen up, and get acquainted with Sumit and Mazakali!