GCT100 2023 Nominees: Finance

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2 years ago

April 3, 2023

Global Cannabis Times Staff

Green is also the color of money. Here we present the bankers and investors who help cannabis growers, retailers and ancillary companies with the funds and financial services necessary to build and grow their businesses. A mix of bankers with Wall Street pedigrees and outsized, outside-the-box celebrity investors, this category is one of the GCT100’s most diverse.

Financial Services Nominees

Vivien Azer
Managing Director & Senior Research Analyst
Cowen, New York, NY, United States

Dan Daviau
President & CEO, Canaccord
Toronto, ON Canada

Alan Gold
Executive Chair, Innovative Industrial Properties
San Diego, CA, United States

Leah Heise
Constellation Advisor, Kearney
Washington D.C. , United States

Daniel Muller
Founder & CEO, AeroPay
Chicago, IL, United States

Dan Roda
Co-Founder & CEO, Abaca
Little Rock, AR, United States

Sundie Seefried
Founder, President & CEO, Safe Harbor Financial
Arvada, CO, United States

Dress Wedding, CSO, SuperNet
Oakland, CA, United States

Pablo Zuanic
Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald
New York, NY, United States

Investing Nominees

Adam Arviv
Founder, Kaos Capital
Toronto, ON Canada, United States

Mitchell Baruchowitz
Founder & Managing Partner, Merida Capital Holdings
New York, NY, United States

Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus Jr.
Founder, Casa Verde Capital
Long Beach, CA, United States

Shawn “Jay Z” Carter
Founder, TPCO
Los Angeles, CA, United States

Sean “Diddy” Combs
Chair & CEO, Combs Enterprises
New York, NY, United States

Andy DeFrancesco
Chair & CEO, SOL Global
Miami, FL USA, United States

Scott Greiper
Founder & President, Viridian Capital Advisors
New York, NY, United States

Brendan Kennedy
Co-Founder, Privateer Holdings
Seattle, WA, United States

Skip Motsenbocker
Founder & President, Floris Capital Management
San Diego, CA, United States

Jamie Pearson
Investor & Advisor
Billings, MT, United States

Rob Sechrist
Co-Founder & President, Pelorus Equity Group
Newport Beach, CA, United States

Helene Servillon
Founding Partner, Journeymen Ventures
Boulder, CO, United States

David Traylor
Senior Managing Director, Golden Eagle Partners
Englewood, CO, United States

Gary Vaynerchuk
Chair, VaynerX & CEO, VaynerMedia
New York, NY, United States

Chris Webber
Private Investor
Detroit, MI, United States

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