VIRTUAL PITCH EVENT
15 International Businesses Wield Brand Mastery as they Pitch for the cannabis crown
FINALS
1:00pm - 6:30pm EST
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Cheech Marin
Jason Tropf & Holly A Ford
Bruce Linton
The Sponsors
Cannabis10x Pitch Event sponsors are associated with the greatest minds, brands and leaders in Cannabis.
The Event
The Preliminaries
The first 100 to submit their business, pitches to the Cannabis 10X team to earn a spot as a Top 40 Brand to compete in the Semi-Finals.
The Semi-Finals
Semi-Finalists compete with a 2-minute drill to convince judges their business has what it takes to compete in the finals.
The Finals
15 Finalists have 5 minutes each to pitch the judges - followed by a fast-paced q&a. A live audience vote determines the 3 Cannabis Coin winners.
- 15 Businesses
- 3 Judges
- 1 Award
The Cannabis Crown
Cannabis Coin winners go head to head in a powerful final competition to earn the prestigious Cannabis Crown.
- 3 Businesses
- 3 Judges
- 1 Winner
The Hosts
Cannabis 10X founders, Jason Tropf & Holly A Ford, are creating limitless opportunities in the Cannabis space.
Jason Tropf
Cannabis 10x Founder & CEO
Holly Ford
Cannabis 10X Founder & Vision Leader
Holly A Ford is the Co-Founder and Visionary for the first Cannabis/Hemp only Business Brokerage, Cannabis 10X and its subsidiary 10X Events- a capital raise incubator; Founder and CEO of International Business Brokerage, Zarian Firm; and contributor to multiple publications on business acquisitions, investments and franchising.
In the franchising space, Ford is an award-winning franchise developer, best-selling author of; Create Your Own Wealth - A Collection of Two-Minute Topics on Franchising, contributor to 12 franchise publications; and frequent radio and pod-cast guest.
Ford’s mission is to "Empower Humanity with Creative Force". Via that mission she has made significant impact in the Cannabis, Pharma and Social Equity industries. She is the co-founder of Freedom Flower, a powerful organization that focuses on 'Just Laws' and true freedom for all of humanity.
In 2020 she co-founded Biologic Herbs, a science meets plant brain venture that uses centuries of herbal medicine in the spotlight of science to globally empower individual health. In the business sector, she has ignited an initiative to leverage businesses world-wide as a social entrepreneurial catalyst for global change through her program ‘Impact Franchising.’
A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH CHEECH MARIN
Cheech Marin, discusses life, legalization and Leary
with Cannabis 10x Co-Founders Jason Tropf and Holly A Ford.
Cheech Marin
Former Founder, Chairman & CEO Canopy Growth Corporation
Cheech Marin, is an American icon. Actor, comedian, writer and activist. Among Cheech's accolades, he remains most famed for his role as part of the duo Cheech & Chong. He later became Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez, on Nash Bridges and voiced Disney characters from Oliver & Company, The Lion King, Cars and Coco.
Cheech founded family owned business Cheech’s Stash, his very own, hand-picked cannabis line. “It will always be good,” claims their slogan.
On April 19, 2018, Cheech (as part of GLE Brands Inc) signed an agreement with Heritage Cannabis Holdings Corporation (CSE: CANN) to have exclusive rights to use cannabis and cannabis related products utilizing the Private Stash brand throughout Canada for a period of 2 years, with the agreement automatically renewing for an additional year upon achieving various milestones.).
Intellect, power and prowess. The Cannabis 10X judges make Kevin O'Leary look like a pussycat.
Bruce Linton
Former Founder, Chairman & CEO Canopy Growth Corporation
Bruce is the leading industry voice on CNN, FOX, BLOOMBERG, YAHOO FINANCE, CHEDDAR and regularly presents to a diverse range of industries, governments and Tiger 21.
Founder & former chairman, CEO and Co-CEO of Canopy
Growth corporation (CGC) formerly tweed marijuana Incorporated, a cannabis company based in smiths falls, Ontario, Canada. Bruce founded tweed in 2013 and renamed it canopy growth corporation in 2015. Canopy growth Corporation was the first cannabis company in North America to be listed on a major stock exchange (TSX-V in April 2014 and TSX in July 2016) and to be included on a Major stock index (S&P/ TSX composite index in march 2017).
Bruce led cgc from aTSX-V listed start-up company with an$80 million market cap to a NYSE/ TSX listed company (S&P/ TSX60) including more than 30 M&A activities. Ranking number one on the TSX30 with a market cap of over $20 Billion by the summer of 2019.
Bruce’s experience as a founder, CEO, and board member across a diversity of sectors was a huge influence for the success of Canopy Growth corporation. Earning market support for capital raises of over $6 billion in public capital markets and private placements, the company funded capacity growth and opened new markets, including a $5 billion cad investment by fortune 500 beverage company, constellation brands (NYSE: STZ). Bruce is co-founder and was Chairman and CEO of Canopy Rivers, inc. (TSX: RIV).
White Sheep Corp.
Hamish’s has been a custodian of hundreds of millions of investor dollars over the last three decades. A hands-on team builder, operations and marketing executive, Hamish is one of a rare few who has actual hands-on experience in building a successful cannabis company, passing more than 50 surprise Health Canada inspections. As the founding COO for Bedrocan Canada, Hamish delivered over $600 million in returns for shareholders. He was responsible for the first legal international transfer of live cannabis plant material from Holland to Canada, as well as the “greenfield” construction and commissioning of Bedrocan’s 52,000 sq.ft. state-of-the-art automated facility in suburban Toronto. The facility, subsequently acquired by Canopy Growth, is the most reliable production facility in the Canopy family.
Patrick Rea
CEO & Co-Founder, Canopy Boulder
Over 120 investments into 110 companies, with returns outpacing those of mainstream VC funds of the same vintage.
Working with the world's largest investment groups, CPGs, pharmaceutical, nutrition and cannabis companies Patrick has spent his entire career analyzing and evangelizing business and investment opportunities in consumer driven markets. Fifteen years of relationship building at the CEO level has provided him with a keen understanding of the winning (and losing) commercialization strategies for entrepreneurial companies.
He is a doer and a helper. He has traveled the world advocating the business of change. The people are his inspiration. As a result, if he doesn't have the answer, he almost always knows someone who will.
Specialties: cannabis, business accelerators, venture finance, natural, organic, dietary supplement, natural & organic personal care, nutrition and alternative health industry
The Speakers
Cannabis 10X speakers are industry leaders and business magnates.
CY Scott
CEO & CO-Founder, Headset
Curt Dalton
CEO & Founder, Cannabis.net
Bruce Linton
Founder & Former CEO Canopy Growth
CEO & Director Halo Labs
Kiran is a seasoned cannabis executive, serial entrepreneur and former M&A banker. Kiran has been Director of Halo Labs since September 2018 and its CEO since 2016, developing a leading company in cannabis extraction that utilizes every type of extraction and producing over 4 million grams of product since inception. Prior to cannabis, Mr. Sidhu was the Chairman, CEO and Founder of Transact Network, a leading EU electronic money institution which was sold to Bancorp (NYSE:TBBK) in 2011. Kiran was previously the CFO of On Stage Entertainment (NASDAQ:ONST) which he help lead to a NASDAQ IPO.
Greenbox Robotics
Knot Plastic
CBD Map
Illuminate Cannabis
Blinc
Endourage
HENDRX
RA Flower
Sunpath
Fourtuo
Cannabiz Labs
Chill Cawfee
HANF
Get the Dank Out
Discover CBD
House of Saka
Dadirri
Fume
Herron Farms
Quickvape.com
Pineapple Ventures
Southern Cross
Chill-Brands
On Tracka
Element Apothec
Ganjactivist
Voyager
My Cure All
NUG
Hush
Calethos
Feel State
Tree of Life Seeds
Ganja Vacations
Binashe Consulting
Halo Cannabis
The Finals
1:00pm (EST)
CANNABIS 10X
Jason Tropf, Founder
Holly Ford, Co-Founder
Holly Ford, Co-Founder
1:30PM
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
Bringing the brightest minds together with one aim: To discover, develop and support the growth of the most effective business models with incredible executive founding teams through Strategic Partnerships, Franchising, Acquisitions and Exit Strategies.
1:15pm (EST)
INTERVIEW:
Cheech Marin
Cannabis 10X Founders Jason Tropf and Holly A Ford interview Cheech on life, legalization and Leary.
1:45PM
Featured Speaker: Cheech Marin, American Iconic Actor and Founder Cheech's Private Stash
1:45pm (EST)
SPEAKER
Cy Scott
CEO, Headset
1:45PM
Round I
2:00pm (EST)
The Panaceas
5 Businesses Wield their Brands before the 10X Judges
2:00PM (EST)
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
Panel of esteemed judges question each presenter on a deep dive into the model presented.
Hush
2:00PM (EST)
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
Pineapple Ventures
Presented by: Josh Eisenberg, Co-Founder & CCO
2:10PM (EST)
Pineapple Express is one of LA's fastest growing cannabis delivery services and is looking for investors to help build out the rest of its facilities and licenses as well as expand its fleet.
Sunpath
2:20PM (EST)
Halo Cannabis
Presented by: Keyston Franklin, Co-Founder
2:30PM (EST)
Halo Cannabis, a community forward vertically integrated company.
Fume
2:40PM (EST)
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
Speaker: KRISHNAN VARIER
Audience Votes
2:50PM
Cannabis 10X Sponsor and Managing Director of Arcadian Capital
3:00pm (EST)
CANNABIS 10X Presents: The Cannabis Coin
Award Given To Best Concept
3:00PM
Jason Tropf and Holly A Ford Award the Cannabis Coin for Round I: Panaceas
3:15pm (EST)
SPEAKER
Kiran Sidhu
CEO & Director, Halo Labs
3:15PM
Round II
3:30pm (EST)
Transmutation
5 Businesses Wield their Brands before the 10X Judges
3:30 (EST)
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
Panel of esteemed judges question each presenter on a deep dive into the model presented.
Dadirri
3:30PM (EST)
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
HANF
Presented by: Joern J Follmer, Partner
3:40PM (EST)
Central Europe’s oldest and largest Cannabis Wellness retail chain.
Hendrx
3:50PM (EST)
Endourage
4:00PM (EST)
Endourage is Hemp derived cannabinoid formulations for the Clinician directed use market
Voyager
4:10PM (EST)
Voyager has developed a pocket-sized Dispenser for consumers to precisely dose their cannabis in two formats: oil-drops for sublingual use and water-drops for beverage infusion. The drops come in Pods which connect to the dispenser. Consumers can buy popular formulations from Voyager and other well-known Cannabis brands. By creating an Ecosystem of a Dispenser + multiple Pods from which consumers can pick from, Voyager is providing users the freedom to enjoy their cannabis safely anytime, anywhere.
4:20pm (EST)
Speaker: Alan Stone, Founder Wallstreet Research
Audience Votes
4:20PM
Cannabis 10X Sponsor Wallstreet Research
4:30PM
Jason Tropf and Holly A Ford Award the Cannabis Coin for Round I: Panaceas
4:45pm (EST)
SPEAKER
Curt Dalton Interviews Bruce Linton
CEO & Founder Cannabis.net
4:45PM
Curt Dalton interviews Founder of Canopy Growth Corp, Bruce Linton
5:00pm (EST)
5 Businesses Wield their Brands before the 10X Judges
5:00 (EST)
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
Panel of esteemed judges question each presenter on a deep dive into the model presented.
Nug
5:00PM (EST)
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
House of Saka
Presented by Tracey Mason, Co-Founder & CEO
5:10PM (EST)
House of Saka, Inc., producers of award-winning Saka PINK and WHITE Vinfusions(TM) - the first and only infused beverages made from alcohol-removed Napa Valley Wines - is seeking minimum of $250K follow-on equity investments to round out our Series A raise of $2M against a $10M pre-money valuation.
Blinc
5:20PM (EST)
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
Tree of Life Seeds
Presented by: Jason Martin, CEO
5:30PM (EST)
Tree of Life Seeds - Because Health & Wellness Matters Most! Since 2015 an industry pioneer and single source USDA, FDA, & GMP licensed and certified hemp solution for B2B & B2C needs.
Herron Family Farms
Presented by: Mike Herron, Founder
Top shelf organic, probiotic cannabis flower grown in clean mountain air & water mixed in with some California sunshine!
5:50pm (EST)
Speaker: Rajotte Law Group
Audience Votes
5:50PM
Cannabis 10X Sponsor
6:00pm (EST)
CANNABIS 10X Presents: The Cannabis Coin
Award Given To Best Concept
600PM
Jason Tropf and Holly A Ford Award the Cannabis Coin for Round I: Panaceas
6:15pm (EST)
THE CANNABIS 10X CROWN
3 Category winners compete for the coveted Cannabis Crown.
6:15PM
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
Presenters have a 2:00 Elevator Pitch to convince judges, audience and investors that they deserve the coveted Cannabis Crown.
6:25pm (EST)
CANNABIS CROWN AWARDED!
Judges make the final selection for the Cannabis Crown!
6:25PM
Founders Pitch Investors, Buyers & Strategic Partners
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