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Poseidon Asset Management

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7 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Poseidon invests in the cannabis industry, an emerging market with limited institutional capital and research. The firm employs active management and proprietary investment methodology developed through nine-plus years of fund co-management, extensive travel across North America, and analysis of hundreds of business plans. The team has built frameworks tailored to different cannabis sub-sectors and company stages, leveraging a proprietary database of valuations, metrics, and industry contacts to identify and support portfolio companies across the capital spectrum.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.

Instruments
Equity
Founded
2014
Tracked investments
6

Team · 7 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Morgan Paxhia· Co-founder and Managing Partnerin

Co-founder with over sixteen years of investment and finance experience, dedicating focus to cannabis since 2012. Morgan has built proprietary investment frameworks tailored to cannabis sub-sectors and company stages, drawing on extensive North American field work and analysis of hundreds of business plans.

Michael Boniello· General Partner
Federico Ferrari· Co-founder & Managing Directorin
Emily Paxhia· Co-founder and Managing Partnerin

Co-founder with over 10 years of consulting and research experience, specializing in extracting actionable market insights and applying them to operational strategy. Emily has reviewed thousands of cannabis companies, worked with founders on pitch preparation and go-to-market strategy, and has served on multiple portfolio company boards and policy organization boards.

Yash Agrawal· Managing Director - Poseidon Garden Ventures
Colin

Brings four years of cannabis operations and corporate development experience, including multi-state cultivation strategy management and institutional fund advisory roles. Prior experience includes equity analysis at a top-tier emerging hedge fund and institutional equity sales.

Patrick Rea· General Partnerin

Prior to joining Poseidon, Patrick founded and served as CEO of CanopyBoulder, the cannabis industry's leading business accelerator, for over six years. During that tenure, he raised and managed five funds and led investments in 115 companies, with 15 years of prior experience in the natural products and investment banking sectors.

Founder mafia

3 people who came through Poseidon Asset Management went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 5 of 6 portfolio companies

SaaS ×3AgTech ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1EdTech ×1Enterprise Software ×1Fintech ×1Healthtech ×1

HQs:United States×5

Investments · 6 tracked

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By year:2021 · 12019 · 23 dated

Confident Cannabisconfidentcannabis.cominMay 2019

Confident LIMS is a cloud-based laboratory information management system designed for analytical testing labs across industries including cannabis, food, agriculture, nutraceuticals, environmental, cosmetics, and industrial chemicals.

Enterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS

Steve Albarran(Founder)inTony Lewis(Founder)

Co-investorsBase Venture Management, Inc.Bullpen CapitalFJ LabsInnovating CapitalY Combinator

Green Flowergreen-flower.comin𝕏

Green Flower provides standardized education and training programs for the cannabis industry, aimed at job seekers, retail professionals, cultivators, regulators, advocates, and executives.

EdTechVentura, US

Max Simon(Executive Officer, Director)inStephanie Graziano(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAltitude Investment ManagementMontage CapitalPhyto Partners

Headsetheadset.ioin𝕏Jan 2019 · $12.1M

Headset provides real-time, verified cannabis market data collected from over 3,000 retailers across the United States and Canada, aggregating point-of-sale transactions to track sales trends and products.

AgTechData & InfrastructureSaaSSeattle, US

David Cyrus Scott(Executive Officer, Director)Scott Vickers(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Wassel(Executive Officer)

BoardNarbe Alexandrian(Director)Nico Richardson(Director)Michael Metzger(Director)

Co-investorsFounders FundSalveo CapitalWGD Capital, L.P.AFI Capital PartnersSilverleaf Venture Partners, LLC

MainStemmainstem.io

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 MarketplacesFintechSaaSSeattle, US

Alen Van Nguyen(CEO, President and Director)Craig David McCallum(CFO, Secretary and Treasurer)Noah Dahlmanin

BoardMitch Baruchowitz(Director)

Co-investorsMerida Capital Holdings

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

BastCoreTradiv

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Poseidon Asset Management made?
Poseidon Asset Management has 6 tracked investments.
What sectors does Poseidon Asset Management focus on?
Poseidon Asset Management focuses on Consumer, Crypto & Web3.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Emily Paxhia | Poseidon Asset Management

PodConx · Emily Paxhia

Emily Paxhia, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Poseidon Asset Management

CannabisLAB · Emily Paxhia

Cannabinoid Connect 165: Emily Paxhia, Poseidon Asset Management

Cannabinoid Connect · Emily Paxhia

Morgan Paxhia, Managing Director & Chief Investor at Poseidon Asset Management

CannabisLAB · Morgan Paxhia

Emily Paxhia, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Poseidon Asset Management

CannabisLAB · Emily Paxhia

Morgan Paxhia, Poseidon Asset Management: Interest Shifting to Ancillary Cannabis Market

Investing News · Morgan Paxhia

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Co-investors · 4

Bullpen Capital

Bullpen Capital is an early-stage venture firm that has funded over 100 companies, focusing on businesses that have found product-market fit but are overlooked by other investors.

Both backed · 1
$2M – $4M
Techstars

Techstars is a global startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds and mentors ambitious founders, providing $220K in capital, a three-month program, and access to a worldwide network of mentors, investors, and corporate partners.

$220K
NextView Ventures

NextView Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that works closely with founders, providing hands-on support to help build companies from inception to scale.

$250K – $4M
Evolution VC Partners

Evolution VC Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in and supports companies across all stages, focusing on 'culture-tech' businesses that shape and define contemporary culture.

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