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It’s been a decade since the great recession rocked the global economy. And while things can sometimes seem a little rocky still, research is showing that the US economy is doing quite well. The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently ranked the United States second on the global competitiveness index. The main reason? Innovation and business sophistication.

Canopy Alumni, Mason Levy and Rodolfo Ramirez, sold their company, WeGrow, to VividGro. Levy began working on the WeGrow in July 2015, with the goal of creating an educational platform for home growers. After realizing the popularity and effectiveness of cannabis as medicine, Levy began wondering why more patients weren’t growing their own medicine - afterall, cannabis grows naturally on every continent but Antarctica. What he found was a knowledge barrier. At the time, the only real educational resources on growing were large, expensive and technical books and internet resources which were unreliable and living in the dark ages. Always interested in how to engage people through consumer technology, Levy incorporated in December 2015 and began recruiting like-minded individuals to take part in building the WeGrow platform with the goal of eliminating the knowledge barrier and empowering consumers.

Remember when your dad was bugging you when you were 18 to start investing in an IRA and you were like - dad, you’re such a loser. And then you hit 45 and realized he was probably right? Yeah - I know - it always sucks when your dad is right.

BOULDER, CO, November 7, 2017 – Canopy™, a venture fund and business accelerator for ancillary products and services companies in the legal cannabis industry, is pleased to open the Spring 2018 application to startups in the legal cannabis industry. The accelerator, launched in Spring of 2015, has funded 73 cannabis ancillary companies and is looking for the next class of tech-focused entrepreneurs for its January 2018 program in Boulder, CO.

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Canopy™, a venture fund and business accelerator for ancillary products and services companies in the legal cannabis industry, is pleased to announce open registration for its 2nd FREE JumpStart Conference for Entrepreneurs & Startups, as well as Demo Days in 4 cities to mark the graduation of its Fall 2017 CanopyBoulder cohort.

"When investing in cannabis startups, it is important to think about goals and success in the long-term rather than the short-term," said Micah Tapman, co-founder and Managing Director of Canopy's growth fund. "Canopy's accelerator program helps us to find and develop promising new companies, while allowing Canopy's growth fund to foster their future success as the industry continues to mature."