INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The legalization of cannabis and hemp for medicinal and recreational use in states across the U.S
and in Canada has opened up a huge vein of green, green cash for startups.Two entrepreneurs tantalized early on by the smell of dank profits
are Pax Labs CEO Bharat Vasan and Eaze and Wayv founder Keith McCarty
They will join us on stage at Disrupt SF to hash out the opportunities for investors and help founders avoid seeing their vision go up in
smoke.Bharat Vasan took over as chief executive at Pax Labs in February 2018
Before that, he served as president and COO at August Home, which sold to Assa Abloy in 2017
Prior to August Home, Vasan was co-founder and COO at Basis Science, which sold to Intel in 2018 for a reported $100 million
Vasan was also at Electronic Arts from 2002 to 2010, where he went from senior manager of Mergers - Acquisitions to serving as CFO and
The company, which makes cannabis vaporizers, has plans to use the funding for international expansion and new products, but Vasan also
But none of that exists within cannabis
October.Keith McCarty, founder and CEO of Wayv, has a rich history in the tech space and as an entrepreneur
After spending five years at Yammer, and then Microsoft following the acquisition, McCarty went on to found Eaze, a legal cannabis delivery
The supply chain logistics of the cannabis industry, combined with the fast-changing regulatory market, presents an opportunity for one
startup to solve for this problem
McCarty wants that to be Wayv, a new venture that has raised $5 million in funding.Wayv wants to be the Eaze of the enterprise, connecting
licensed cannabis companies to licensed brands to provide next-day delivery of cannabis products.These two titans will join us at Disrupt SF
in October to discuss the changes in this market and the opportunities appearing before the tech world as a result of those changes.Disrupt
Tickets are available here.
