Merida Capital Holdings
Private equityNew York · Series B–Late Stage · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
Merida invests in the fundamental growth drivers of the rapidly developing cannabis industry, emphasizing cultivation technologies and products/services tied to cannabis as an agricultural product, plant-based medicine, pharmaceutical constituent, and recreational consumer product. The firm targets companies that have moved from start-up to revenue-generating growth stage, aiming to accelerate proven operating models and expand commercial pipelines. Its thesis centers on the normalization of cannabis in the US and globally, structured around four verticals spanning medical and adult-use markets. By backing essential providers with strong management teams, Merida anticipates where large industrial or enterprise players in adjacent non-cannabis fields may seek acquisitions or investments to grow their core businesses.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.
Team · 6 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 43 of 53 portfolio companiesConsumer ×16Wellness & Fitness ×12AgTech ×9Biotech ×7Direct to Consumer ×7Healthtech ×7Retail Tech ×7Advanced Manufacturing ×5
HQs:United States×19Italy×1
Investments · 53 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAnebulo Pharmaceuticals is developing selonabant, a drug candidate intended to reverse cannabis-induced toxicities, including acute CNS depression in children and acute cannabinoid intoxication in adults.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesLakeway, US
Joseph F. Lawler(Director)Richard Cunningham(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel George(Executive Officer)Aron English(Director)
BoardJason Aryeh(Director)Aron R. English(Director)
3Fifteen operates a chain of retail storefronts across multiple locations in Michigan.
ConsumerRetail TechAnn Arbor, US
Bast Fibre Tech develops engineered technical natural fibres, such as hemp, designed to replace plastic in consumer fabrics and nonwoven products.
AgTechCircular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsVictoria
Noel Hall(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Finnis(Executive Officer)Philip Christopher(Director)Guy Prevost(Executive Officer)Benjamin Lightburn(Director)George Murphy(Director)
CEA Industries is a publicly traded company pursuing a digital asset treasury strategy centered on acquiring and managing BNB tokens, giving shareholders indirect exposure to the BNB ecosystem.
AgTechCrypto & Web3
ChemID is a chemical and product data management platform that lets users upload, translate, compare, and secure product data through a universal data schema.
Data & InfrastructureNew MaterialsSaaS
Convectium builds automation equipment for cannabis oil producers, including vape cartridge packaging systems and Jiko, a device that infuses pre-rolls with concentrates.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareRobotics
Cresco Labs cultivates, manufactures, and distributes cannabis products sold wholesale under its own brands and through its retail locations across the United States, serving both recreational consumers and medical patients.
Advanced ManufacturingConsumerHealthtech
EndoDNA + BIOS is a clinical decision-support platform that interprets patients' genetic and biologic data—combined with labs, wearables, and lifestyle inputs—into structured, actionable insights for clinicians.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Leaf makes an all-in-one automated hydroponics growing system with high-precision sensors, dimmable multi-spectrum LED lighting, automatic nutrient dosing, and pH balancing for cultivating plants indoors.
AgTechHardwareIoT
GrowGeneration sells commercial cultivation products through its proprietary GrowGeneration Stack, a clone-to-harvest line of brands (Power Si, Drip Hydro, Char Coir, ION, The Harvest Company, and Dialed In) alongside a catalog of national brand inputs.
AgTechE-commerceRetail Tech
Green Thumb produces and sells cannabis products through its portfolio of brands and retail stores, and has operated in the cannabis industry since 2014.
ConsumerRetail TechWellness & Fitness
HempWood makes a hemp-based wood substitute and sustainable building supplies, including flooring, furniture, and general construction materials made from non-toxic hemp composite.
CleantechConstruction TechNew Materials
Henry's Original is a farmer-owned cannabis brand that cultivates sun-grown, Clean Green Certified and ECCO Certified flower in small batches using sustainable, organic-based methods.
AgTechConsumerDirect to ConsumerMendocino County, US
Her Highness CBD sells a line of CBD-infused products formulated for women, including skincare (facial oils, masks, moisturizers), tinctures, vape pens, sublinguals, foot pads, and intimacy oils.
Direct to ConsumerFemTechWellness & Fitness
High Road provides compliant, tech-enabled third-party marketing and delivery services for cannabis dispensaries, brands, and marketplaces.
Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplaces
House of Puff sells premium cannabis products, including rolling papers and holders, sold direct to consumers online with free shipping over $50.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Jerome Baker is an ecommerce retailer selling glass tubes, concentrate devices, calumets, and related smoking accessories and apparel, offering both direct consumer sales and wholesale.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Jova Wellness is a cannabis dispensary serving medical and recreational customers in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Retail TechWellness & Fitness
Jushi Holdings is a vertically integrated, multi-state cannabis operator running retail, cultivation, manufacturing, and processing operations across medical and adult-use markets.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechConsumerRetail TechWellness & FitnessBoca Raton, US
James Cacioppo(Executive Officer, Director)Erich Mauff(Director)Denis Arsenault(Director)Jim CacioppoJon Barack
Leafly is an online cannabis marketplace and information resource where consumers can browse strains, brands, deals, and reviews, and place orders with local dispensaries for pickup or delivery.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesSeattle, US
Yoko Miyashita(Executive Officer, Director)Martin Samuel(Executive Officer)
BoardChristian Groh(Director)Michael Blue(Director)
Leafwell operates an online telehealth platform that connects patients with doctors to obtain medical marijuana cards.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
CAMP is a Missouri-based cannabis brand producing small-batch flower, concentrates, and other products with a focus on terpene profiles and everyday pricing.
Consumer
Miss Grass is a cannabis brand offering THC and CBD products, including gummies and pre-rolled flower "minis" in sativa, indica, hybrid, and 1:1 CBD:THC varieties.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Lowell Farms is a California-based cannabis company providing extraction, manufacturing, processing, logistics, distribution, and sales support services for cannabis brands.
Advanced ManufacturingFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainSalinas, US
MainStem is a B2B procurement platform for the cannabis industry, unifying purchasing, finance (AP, payments, ERP/accounting sync), and supplier operations in one system.
B2B MarketplacesFintechSaaS
Manna Molecular develops cannabis-based wellness products that combine cannabis extracts with modern delivery technologies.
BiotechHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Materia Medica Processing is an Italian pharmaceutical company authorized by the Ministry of Health to distribute and produce cannabis-derived active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for medical use, supplying pharmacies for magistral preparations under medical prescription.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechHealthtechBolzano, IT
MediaJel is an advertising platform for regulated industries such as cannabis, letting marketing teams plan, launch, and measure programmatic ad campaigns across websites, mobile apps, CTV, and digital out-of-home while automating compliance with age and location restrictions.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaS
Mode makes a Bluetooth-connected handheld vaporizer device with real-time dose control, 510 cartridge compatibility, and a quick-snap connector, positioned around personal health and wellness.
ConsumerHardwareWellness & Fitness
New Frontier Data provides data-driven market insights and analysis for the cannabis industry, serving marketers and dispensary operators.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
New Leaf Data Services provides institutional-grade price reporting and wholesale market analytics for the cannabis and hemp industries.
AgTechData & InfrastructureFintech
1906 makes fast-acting, low-dose cannabis edibles ("Experience Drops") that combine THC and CBD with other plant compounds for targeted effects, positioning cannabis as part of daily wellness.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & FitnessHenderson, US
Peter Barsoom(Executive Officer, Director)
Pantry Food Co. makes chef-crafted, cannabis-infused whole foods including THC/CBD superfood bites, vegan fruit jellies, and signature olive oils, positioned as functional wellness edibles.
ConsumerFoodTechWellness & Fitness
Scott Jennings(Founder & CEO)Debra Kimless(Chief Medical Officer)
Irvine, US
Jason Vegotsky(Executive Officer, Director)Arun Kurichety(Executive Officer, Director)Armon Vakili(Director)
BoardRyan Moses(Director)Jennifer Hildebrandt(Director)James English(Director)
Phylos develops elite, phenotypically-stable, fully-feminized F1 hybrid cannabis seeds designed to give growers uniform, high-THC plants with agronomic traits that reduce production costs.
AgTechBiotech
John McFerson(VP of Breeding)
Pilgrim Soul sells live resin cannabis blends with specific terpene and cannabinoid profiles marketed to support creativity, along with a creative-thinking journal and online curriculum of mindset exercises and creative challenges.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
Rev Genomics uses genomic selection, tissue culture, and molecular analysis to develop high-value crop cultivars for breeders and seed banks.
AgTechBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Bertrand Vick(Founder/CEO)inRobert John Markelz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Gloria E Webster(Director, Promoter)
Simplifya offers operational compliance software that helps cannabis and hemp businesses manage and maintain compliance with state regulations, including regulatory databases, state-by-state topic summaries, and license verification.
Enterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSLakewood, US
Marion Mariathasan(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMitchell Baruchowitz(Director)Alan Bankier(Director)Bryan Lee(Director)Scott Sozio(Director)
The Kind Center is a marijuana dispensary offering recreational and medical cannabis products, including cartridges, flower, prerolls, extracts, and edibles, with in-store service and events.
ConsumerRetail TechLos Angeles, US
TrueGreen Global provides a cloud-based platform that uses UHF RFID and NFC smart packaging to digitally serialize and track individual cannabis products in real time, integrating inventory management, compliance, payments, and consumer engagement.
IoTRetail TechSaaS
Vella Bioscience develops products for women's sexual and reproductive health using nano-encapsulated liposomal cannabidiol and liposome-based biotech to improve absorption of active ingredients, with a focus on female arousal, orgasm, and related pain.
BiotechFemTechWellness & Fitness
Harin Padma-Nathan(Chief Medical Officer)
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAnebulo PharmaceuticalsOTC: ANEB
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesFrequently asked questions
- What stage does Merida Capital Holdings invest at?
- Merida Capital Holdings invests at the Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Merida Capital Holdings focus on?
- Merida Capital Holdings focuses on AgTech, Biotech, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
- Where is Merida Capital Holdings located?
- Merida Capital Holdings is headquartered in New York, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamResponsible Investing Across the Cannabis Ecosystem | Mitch Baruchowitz | Merida Capital Holdings
1BusinessWorld · Mitch Baruchowitz
CannaWeek: Ep 45 - Mitch Baruchowitz, Merida Capital Holdings
New Frontier Data · Mitch Baruchowitz