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With Mitchell Baruchowitz (Founder, Merida Capital Partners).
Tue, Nov 20, 2018 @ 07:00 PM   FREE   Galvanize, 303 Spring St
 
     
 
 
              

      
 
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CannaGather is the largest cannabis industry community in New York. Join us for a lecture style event with amazing speakers plus a great networking community. No cannabis consumption is allowed at our events, due to New York State law...we hope this will change!

Mitchell Baruchowitz has 20 years of entrepreneurial, legal, regulatory & financial experience in highly regulated industries & nine years of cannabis investment experience. He is the founder & Managing Partner of cannabis-focused private equity fund Merida Capital Partners, which is currently on its second fund with ~$100MM AUM & is the largest outside investor in leading cannabis public companies KushCo(KSHB), GrowGeneration (GRWG), Freedom Leaf (FRLF) & leading private companies like New Frontier Data, MainStem, Emerald Scientific, Steep Hill Labs & Vireo Health.

Mitchell is considered a national expert in the regulatory component of cannabis limited licensing & multi-state cultivation operations & has architected top cultivation licensing scores in Connecticut & Minnesota. In 2013, Mitchell co-founded Theraplant, one of four Connecticut-based cultivators; Leafline Labs, one of two Minnesota cultivators; Grow West MD, one of 17 Maryland cultivation licensees, & Laurel Harvest Labs, a Pennsylvania-based vertical applicant in its pre-operational stage.

Prior to founding Merida, Mitchell was the former Associate General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer of publicly traded MarketAxess(MKTX). He was also the General Counsel of investment banking boutique Pali Capital, which had revenues of nearly $200 million & 200 employees when he was appointed in late 2009 by the Board to lead the restructuring & wind-down of the company. Since 2010, he has led numerous public & private offerings, assisted in the formation & funding of several credit funds & a $60 million REIT while the Head of Investment Banking of ACGM & at Cavu Securities.

Mitchell sits on the Board of New Frontier Data, Steep Hill Labs, Simplifya & Mainstem. He holds a B.A. in History from Brandeis University, & a J.D. from Boston University School of Law. He also holds FINRA 7, 24, 63, 79 licenses.

 
 
 
 
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