Receptive Capital Blog
Opinions and updates on the East Coast cannabis markets.
Pace Functional Energy is Here
Pace Functional Energy is Here. Each can of Pace provides 90 mg of caffeine from green tea and 10 mg of THC for that functional buzz. The flavor Dragonberry features electric dragonfruit and sweet strawberry.
MJ Unpacked 2023 Week in New York
It was a great week of meeting entrepreneurs, operators, investors and advocates in the New York cannabis and East Coast cannabis community. The feeling at the events in and around MJ Unpacked was telling. Everyone has their gripe, but no one is throwing in the towel.
Waiting To Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and The Fight for Racial Justice
Today we’re celebrating 420 by highlighting and encouraging you to purchase a new book by Tahira Rehmatullah and Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, PhD. The title is Waiting To Inhale: Cannabis Legalization and The Fight For Racial Justice.
Acting As If The Next Check Isn’t Coming
Cannabis entrepreneurs who tell us that they are acting as if the next check isn’t coming seem to be the same cannabis entrepreneurs who have investor interest. Cruel trick, but a reality.
Incremental Change in Insurance Reimbursement for Medical Cannabis
Insurance reimbursement for medical cannabis is one area where we are seeing this incremental change.
Keeping An Eye On The Carolinas
We’re keeping our eyes on the states that no one is talking about, like North Carolina and South Carolina. Yes, you read that correctly. The Carolinas are getting closer to the right side of history.
Participating in the Regulatory Process in New York’s Cannabis Industry
After speaking with trusted advisors who helped us recognize the magnitude of the moment here in our home state of New York, we decided to submit comments to the OCM with respect to proposed adult use regulations. The regulations, as proposed today, create substantial roadblocks to those of us who wish to deploy growth capital for the New York adult use cannabis market.
Why Aren’t More People Talking About Cannabis As A Potential Alternative To Opioids?
Cannabis is a potential alternative to opioids because it has been shown to be effective at treating pain. From multiple recently published studies, adult use cannabis markets have a measurable positive impact in the fight against the opioid addiction crisis.
The “I’m High Right Now” Campaign Is Smart
We’re thrilled to see Cannabis Media Council’s “I’m High Right Now” campaign get the attention it deserves and we look forward to future campaigns from Cannabis Media Council.
Miss Grass Homecoming in New Jersey
Lots of attention on NY and well-deserved. However there is a very exciting story happening in NJ. Miss Grass, a female-founded, female-led brand, originally launched in CA, is taking the state by storm in homecoming fashion for Kate Miller.
Confusing the Customer in New York
A legal adult use cannabis market is not possible in New York if the illicit retailers can operate in plain sight and confuse the consumer without consequences.
Old Pal “Baked At Home” Hits The Mark
This product hits the mark and, in our view, provides validation for the "cannabis will be everywhere" element of our thesis. The cannabis plant is so dynamic and we have decades of product innovation ahead of us. That is what makes the consumer side of this business so attractive to us as investors.
Step by Step Process of How Our Syndicate Works
Here is a step by step process of how an investment is completed through the Receptive Capital Syndicate.
Who I Am and Why I Launched the Syndicate
I’m Rick Bashkoff, Managing Director of Receptive Capital. Prior to joining the cannabis industry, I held senior positions at one of the largest record companies in the world, a pioneering media tech startup, an enterprise SaaS company in growth mode and an early stage cannabis tech company. I specialize in building long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships and I’m highly skilled in the creation and execution of a wide variety of business models and business plans. Throughout my career I have been an active investor through personal investments focused on technology, CPG, cannabis and crypto.