Ancillary Cannabis Products & Services

Founding a company is a time-consuming and expensive endeavor, and you’re probably not thinking about a corporate lawyer when time and resources are everything. Company founders are forced to decide how to spend limited dollars between significant competing priorities. In many cases, early stage companies either underinvest in legal expertise…

In a tight labor market, it’s often the benefits and perks that help employers compete for talent. One key benefit an employer must consider is vacation. Should vacation be offered, and if so, how much and how should it be structured? What’s the real value of vacation to employees and…

KO client BIGR Ventures, one of the first institutional investors to invest in a CBD company, recently invested $3 million in a Series A round into RE Botanicals, a CBD supplement company. The CBD market in the U.S. is estimated to grow to $16 billion by 2025. KO partner Jennifer Rosenthal and Samantha…

As cannabis and hemp operations continue to grow in size and scale, KO client Front Range Biosciences has recently closed a $10 million Series A funding round. The deal, supported by KO team members Jennifer Rosenthal, Ryan Sykora and Krystal Rushton, will help the leader in cannabis, hemp and coffee…

KO client Canopy, an accelerator and venture-capital firm for startups ancillary to the cannabis industry, is launching Canopy Ventures I, a $50 million venture fund for growth-stage companies. KO represented Canopy in connected with the formation of the fund and serves as legal counsel for Canopy and a significant number…

KO client Front Range Biosciences, a startup agricultural biotech firm based in Lafayette, announced that they raised $1.5 million in funderin from five venture-capital firms. Front Range Biosciences provides industrial-scale tissue culture propagation and advanced breeding for plants. You can find the full article here.