How Big Is Legal Cannabis In Colorado?

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MED Resources and Statistics

As of December 1, 2020

Medical Marijuana Business License Numbers:

  • 663 Cultivations
  • 6 Delivery (Permits)
  • 7 Operators
  • 216 Product Manufacturers
  • 1 Development and Research Cultivation
  • 431 Stores
  • 11 Testing Facilities
  • 6 Transporters

 Retail Marijuana Businesses License Numbers:

  • 712 Cultivations
  • 3 Hospitality
  • 9 Operators
  • 288 Product Manufacturers
  • 604 Stores
  • 12 Testing Facilities
  • 12 Transporters

Individual Licensees:

  • 185 Owner Entities
  • 1,726 Business Owners (Natural Person)
  • 39,653 Employee Licensees

MED Licensee Demographic Data

Cannabis Software And Consulting Leader MJ Freeway Closes $3 Million In Series B Extension Investment

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COLORADO: MJ Freeway, a leading provider of business management solutions and consulting services for the cannabis industry, has announced $3 million in Series B extension financing raised from existing investors. MJ Freeway received new investments from existing investors Roger McNamee and Tao Capital Partners. With the unprecedented growth of the cannabis market, the company will use this funding to invest in continued market expansion.

In 2016, the medical and recreational marijuana industry saw tremendous growth with sweeping votes for cannabis across the US and the world. According to a recent report from Arcview Market Research, America’s marijuana industry is expected to reach $22.5 billion by 2021. As the inventors of patented seed-to-sale tracking software, the company sees the investment as an opportunity to continue to effectively support this growing industry.

“MJ Freeway has been the leader in business management solutions catering to the needs of this unique market for seven years,” said Roger McNamee. “The new Platform product is a game changer that will enable the industry and regulators to succeed as the industry grows and becomes mainstream.”

“Even industry insiders could not predict the success cannabis saw during the 2016 ballot as nine states weighed in on marijuana reform. With the expectation that the cannabis market is set to more than double by 2018, we chose to invest additional capital with MJ Freeway,” said Joby Pritzker, Managing Director of Tao Capital Partners and Chairman of the Marijuana Policy Project, the largest organization in the United States focused on marijuana policy reform.

“We are grateful for the partnership we’ve developed with Roger McNamee and Tao Capital Partners. It’s thrilling to have received this funding from such experienced, forward-thinking investors who continue to help strategically advise our position in the market,” said Jessica Billingsley, COO and Co-Founder of MJ Freeway.

With the recent launch of MJ Freeway’s new enterprise level traceability and business management software, the company has seen a tremendous surge in sales. Adds Amy Poinsett, CEO and Co-Founder, “The response to MJ Platform, our enterprise resource management software, has been very positive. This solution, specifically designed to ease the compliance and business management aspects for cannabis operators, is revolutionizing the space and this funding will enable us to meet the demand.”

The extension financing marks a total of $11 million raised in MJ Freeway’s Series B investment round.

Feds Ask Supreme Court To Stay Out Of Lawsuit Over Colorado Marijuana

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COLORADO: The federal government has asked theU.S. Supreme Court to avoid wading into a lawsuit brought by Oklahoma and Nebraska over Colorado’s legalized marijuana system.

Oklahoma and Nebraska say Colorado’s legal marijuana system has created a flood of modern-day bootleggers who are buying pot in Colorado and then illegally crossing state lines. Oklahoma and Nebraska have sued Colorado, asking the Supreme Court to block the state’s legal marijuana system. Colorado asked the court to throw out the lawsuit, and the Supreme Court this fall asked the federal government to weigh in.

“Entertaining the type of dispute at issue here — essentially that one state’s laws make it more likely that third parties will violate federal and state law in another state — would represent a substantial and unwarranted expansion of this court’s original jurisdiction,” Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. wrote in his response filed Wednesday.