Cannabis Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – July 16th to August 31st, 2025
Several interesting transactions closed in the Cannabis sector over the past two weeks. If you would like more info or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
PIPE
- Leef Brands, cannabis-branded products based in California, received CAD 2.09 million of development capital from investors on August 18, 2025.
Merger/Acquisition
- Columbia Care Pennsylvania, medical cannabis dispensaries for medical patients across Pennsylvania, was acquired by VP Investment Holdings for $10 million on August 18, 2025.
- Doctor Solomon’s, medical-grade cannabis formulations that deliver advanced relief for individuals, was acquired by Agrify on August 27, 2025.
Later Stage VC
- Green Gorilla, cannabis-based personal care products that heal human bodies and preserve the environment, raised $26,250 of venture funding from investors on July 31, 2025.
Early Stage VC
- Uncle Arnie’s, beverage business that creates approachable and accessible cannabis beverages, raised $7.5 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Delta Emerald Ventures and Mindset Capital on August 13, 2025.
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Ken Margolis
Managing Partner
As one of the founders of Castle Placement, Ken is passionate about helping great companies grow. Over 25 years of experience in investment banking and raising capital from institutional private equity/venture investors, family offices, foundations, endowments, hedge funds, banks and specialty finance lenders. Co-founded Castle Placement in 2009, providing investment banking services and raising private equity/debt capital for early-stage and middle market companies across a wide range of industries including financial services/fintech, real estate, technology, business services, energy/real assets and consumer/retail. In 2007, created a platform providing advisory and capital formation services to financial institutions and private equity funds investing in distressed bank portfolios and community banks which was merged into Castle Placement*. From 1999 to 2007, at Merrill Lynch was co-head of the 50+ person global structured credit products investment banking, sales and syndicate and head of the U.S. alternative investment group raising capital for alternative investment funds in financial services and asset management. From 1991 to 1999, was at Credit Suisse First Boston as a senior trader on a principal transaction desk responsible for managing a proprietary position of credit sensitive commercial/residential real estate and asset-backed securities and head of CSFB’s new issue whole loan and agency CMO desk. Began his career in 1985 at Arthur Andersen where he managed their structured finance group consulting on ground breaking securitizations of residential mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, corporate loans and other financial assets. FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 79 licenses.
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