Digest #292                 
 
Thank you to the City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Department for renewing their partnership with us! We're incredibly grateful to all of our partners, new and renewing. 
 
Jane Technologies, the locally-based online cannabis marketplace, has just closed a $21M Series B funding round. In a second related article, checkout what Forbes wrote about Jane Tech. (You may recall that we introduced you to Jane Tech's CEO Socrates Rosenfeld in a 2017 Q&A.) Kudos to the team!
 
We're still celebrating our SIXTH anniversary this month (all of July).  
 
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