The Cannabis Society Investor Conference LA (Invite Only)

  The Cannabis Society in partnership with Zuber Lawler is proud to present our Los Angeles Investor Conference on June 28th. We are dedicated to fostering the cannabis community through events, conferences, dinners, & many more. Join us for a unique deal making session and to hear from Industry experts, entrepreneurs, investors and service providers on what is to come in this emerging industry. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: 11:00 AM Registration 11:15 AM Opening remarks by The Cannabis Society 11:30 AM Keynote by Richard W. Carleton, CEO, Canadian Securities Exchange 11:45 AM Keynote 12:00 PM Keynote by Tom Zuber, Managing Partner, Zuber Lawler 12:15 PM Panel Discussion 12:45 PM BREAK 1:00 PM Panel Discussions 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Deal making CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS: Tom Zuber, Managing Partner of Zuber Lawler Tom Zuber has advised some of the most iconic companies in the world on their patent and trademark portfolios. He is at the cutting edge of cannabis patent and trademark law. Tom holds a law degree from Columbia Law School, a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard Government School, and a biomedical engineering degree from Rutgers University, where he graduated with highest honors. Heather Molloy, EVP Business Development, TerrAscend Heather Molloy has 20+ years of experience in strategic management consulting, finance, structured credit solutions, capital markets sales, and debt and equity investing for the legal cannabis market. Prior to joining TerrAscend, Heather provided project management, new business development, and operational and management support to clients, including insurance companies and alternative asset management firms. Richard Carleton, CEO, Canadian Securities Exchange Richard Carleton was appointed CEO of the Canadian Securities Exchange in July 2011. During his tenure, Richard and the CSE team led a re-capitalization of the exchange in 2012-2013 and established relationships with key influencers in the Canadian securities industry and beyond. These efforts positioned the exchange to take a leading role in the provision of public capital to entrepreneurial companies; from 2014 on, the CSE set a series of records for new listings, capital raised by issuers and trading turnover. An early advocate for the cannabis industry, the CSE is now the global exchange leader in the listing of issuers in the space. Recognized by the Financial Post Magazine as one of Canada’s “25 Cannabis Industry Power Players”, and a recipient of the American Trade Association’s “Captain of Industry” Award in November 2018, Richard is a frequent speaker on early stage company finance issues around the world. A member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1987, Richard is a graduate of the University of Ottawa (B.A. ’81) and the University of Toronto (LL.B. ’85). He has also completed the executive development programme at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Matthew Nordgren, CEO & Founder, Arcadian Fund Matthew Jason Nordgren is an ambitious executive, dedicated philanthropist, and accomplished athlete who brings a unique passion for creating strategic alliances. He brings breadth and depth of experience in finance, corporate development, and capital sourcing, as well as in building highly motivated teams of skilled professionals.  Mr. Nordgren is currently CEO and Founder of ARCADIAN Fund and ARCADIAN Capital Management, a venture fund/private equity strategy focused on the ancillary service providing companies in and around the cannabis and hemp industries. More specifically, on Series A/B type opportunities where proven businesses are looking for growth equity to continue scaling into new markets. He was recently name one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in the Cannabis Industry” by High Times Magazine. Additionally, he is the founder of Nordco Consulting LLC, a private consulting firm dedicated to the business development of middle market companies with forward-thinking vision. To date, Mr. Nordgren has personally been involved with over $7 billion in transactions and maintains a portfolio of approximately 32 companies. Viken Douzdjian, General Partner & Co-Founder for Argonautic Ventures SPC Viken is COO of Trellis, a compliance software company, and investor at Argonautic Ventures, an early-stage investment fund. At Trellis, Viken implements processes and builds a team to scale a compliance software company in the rapidly growing cannabis industry. Trellis’ clients include operators in California, Canada and other global cannabis markets. Prior to Trellis, Viken was an investment professional at Marlin Equity Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm. Viken evaluated platform and add-on investment opportunities and worked closely with management teams to ensure growth and value initiatives are being implemented effectively. While at Marlin, Viken specialized in restructurings and complex corporate carve-outs of technology and technology-enabled services companies. He assisted with Marlin's public equity presence with investments in publicly traded technology companies, such as Tangoe Inc.’s take-private. Prior to Marlin, Viken worked in the M&A technology group at Wells Fargo's Investment Bank in San Francisco where he focused on software, hardware, internet and semiconductor verticals. He specialized in Mergers and Acquisitions, Debt Financings, and Strategic Advisory. Viken earned a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Economics from Claremont McKenna College, where he graduated with honors and as a Bill Gates Investments Fellow. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Claremont McKenna College's Financial Economics Institute. Peter Luber, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Marin Financing LLC Mr. Luber is a co-founder and managing partner of Marin Financing LLC. Previously, he was a co-founder and portfolio manager at Post Street Capital Management, a long/short equity hedge fund from 2013-2015. Prior to the founding of Post Street Capital Management, Mr. Luber was an analyst and a portfolio manager at Weintraub Capital Management in San Francisco from 2002 to 2012. At WCM, Peter managed a portfolio focusing on the financial services, energy and industrial sectors. Prior to WCM, Peter was an Associate with Chase Securities, Inc. in their High Yield Corporate Finance Group. At Chase, Peter focused on underwriting and analyzing the debt associated with acquisitions, recapitalizations and capital investment. Peter received his B.A. in economics from Colby College and his MBA from the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business. Gian-Paolo Veronese, Business Development and Policy lead for Big Rock Partners Gian-Paolo Veronese is a hospitality, finance and policy leader, and the Business Development and Policy lead for Big Rock Partners. Gian-Paolo is the founder of Aventine Hospitality and Vero Enterprises; Finance manager of Law Offices of Mayor Joseph Alioto and Angela Alioto. He has decades of experience in California Cannabis policy advocacy work, which began with the unanimous passage by the San Francisco Board of Supervisor of Prop O in 1991. Kiana Anvaripour, General Manager & VP of Marketing, Beboe As General Manager of Beboe Therapies, and VP Marketing for Beboe Brands, Kiana Anvaripour oversees all THC and CBD marketing and brand initiatives, including concept, strategy, launch, and execution. Kiana brings over 17 years of luxury fashion and lifestyle experience to Beboe, having built international brands with deep knowledge of wholesale and direct-to-consumer business models, retail expansion, e-commerce, and luxury creative brand development. Previously, Kiana was the founder and CEO of dMondaine, a line of luxury lingerie that reached distribution in US, European and Asian luxury retailers including Neiman Marcus, Barneys, Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, and Net-a-Porter. dMondaine was featured in Women's Wear Daily (WWD), Italian Vogue, Vogue UK , Vogue US, Lucky Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, People Style Watch, and more. Kiana’s career began in London, England where she held numerous positions in luxury fashion having worked for Alexander McQueen, Preen and Roland Mouret. Anvaripour is a fashion illustrator by training having earned a Fine Arts degree from the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. In February 2018 Kiana joined Beboe, known as the “Hermes of Cannabis” according to The New York Times, to bring her broad knowledge of luxury to the thriving cannabis industry. Jason Osni, Co-Founder, Old Pal As a founder of Old Pal, Osni crafted the vision for one of the most notable brands in cannabis. He is also co-founder of Haoma, a D2C cosmetics comany that will be globally distributed in 2020. Previously he was CEO of Nativ, a premier cannabis brand, which has since been acquired. He is a member of Columbia Law School's Journal of Corporate & Financial Law and a Doctorate of Juris-Prudence at Fordham Law.  Alexander Lalka, Partner, Miller Thompson Alexander Lalka has a corporate law practice focusing on mergers and acquisitions and securities law. Alexander’s practice includes public and private acquisitions, public offerings, private placements, venture capital transactions, business combinations, and general corporate and commercial matters. He works with his Miller Thomson colleagues practising in business law, national securities, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions. Alexander routinely advises public companies on corporate governance and executive compensation matters, continuous disclosure requirements, and other obligations under securities laws and stock exchange policies. He often provides strategic advice to private companies in various industries when they are proceeding with a going-public transaction to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange or the TSX Venture Exchange including initial public offerings, capital pool transactions, and direct listings. David Hua, Co-Founder & CEO, Meadow David Hua is the CEO and Co-Founder of Meadow, a software company built from the ground up for California cannabis. Meadow’s powerful all-in-one point of sale software powers retail and delivery businesses across the state. Meadow has partnered with dispensaries and delivery services of all sizes throughout California, utilizing technology to maintain compliance with local and state regulations, scale with the Adult Use market, and create operational efficiencies that allow these businesses to thrive in a regulated industry. Hua also sits on the board of the California Cannabis Industry Association and the Cannabis Distribution Association. Matt King, Founder & Managing Partner, Royal Cannabis Ventures Entrepreneurial Investor passionate about cannabis, investing, technology, business development & strategy, executive leadership, and health and wellness.Currently founder of Royal Cannabis Ventures. RCV is a venture capital fund and advisory firm leveraging Fortune 100 operating experience to build the world's best cannabis companies. Brett Fink, SVP, Old Pal Brett Fink is a Senior Vice President and founding team member of Old Pal. As employee #1 he helped launch the brand in California and spin up new markets in Nevada and Oregon. Prior to Old Pal, Brett led part of the accelerator at 500 Startups in Silicon Valley where he worked with hundreds of companies from 0 to 50M in value, and was an employee of consumer brands such as Snapchat and Casper through growth rounds. Kimberly Dillon, Founder, Plant & Prosper Kimberly Dillon is a leading strategist in the cannabis industry and is on a mission to tap into the wellness potential of the plant. She is the founder of Plant & Prosper, a Cannabis Advisory firm and is also the founder of Frigg Wellness, a beauty line targeting the needs of of women. Most recently, she was the CMO of Papa & Barkley, a Cannabis startup that she helped grow to a 30 Million dollar business in two years and whose products are #1 or #2 in their respective categories. Named a “Brand star” by Adweek for her story driven approach to branding, she also serves as a mentor to the Initiative (cannabis accelerator) and is an advisor to a number of Cannabis and CBD Brands. She has spoken on the topics of Cannabis as Wellness, and Building Authentic Cannabis Brands at a number of key conferences including Goop, SXSW and NCIA. Prior to Cannabis she worked at several Blue Chip companies like Procter & Gamble and Clorox. She has two undergraduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and a MBA from the University of Michigan. Kimberly live in Los Angeles, where she performs standup comedy in her free time and is working on her 42nd passport stamp. SPONSORS