HALLEY Venture Partners

Halley Venture Partners, L.P. is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and based in Lafayette, California. The firm specializes in early-stage investments primarily within the legal cannabis industry, focusing on cannabis-related technology and agricultural companies. Halley Venture Partners aims to support ancillary cannabis technology businesses that enhance sales, facilitate product development, reduce operational costs, ensure regulatory compliance, and explore the medical benefits of cannabis and hemp. The firm is composed of a diverse team of professionals, including financial experts, engineers, scientists, and legal advisors, who work collaboratively to identify and nurture promising companies and visionary founders in the cannabis sector.

Aaron Taffet

Investment Partner and Investment Committee Member

Past deals in Cannabis

Willow Industries

Series A in 2022
Willow Industries, LLC is a Denver-based company specializing in technology for the decontamination of cannabis and hemp. Founded in 2016, the company provides innovative solutions to reduce harmful contaminants such as yeast, mold, bacteria, and various pathogens, including Aspergillus and Salmonella. Its flagship product, the WillowPure machine, employs ozone-based oxidation to effectively cleanse and purify cannabis flower and trim without compromising their medicinal properties, aroma, or potency. In addition to its decontamination technology, Willow Industries offers consulting services related to post-harvest procedures, compliance, regulations, and evaluations of dry and cure rooms, ensuring that businesses adhere to industry standards while maintaining product quality.

Lucid Green

Venture Round in 2021
Lucid Green enables the cannabis industry to communicate trust and transparency through a direct connection with the consumer. It gives brands a direct-to-consumer and direct-to-budtender marketing channel while incentivizing brands and their suppliers to provide accurate and timely product information. As a blockchain solution, all actions by data uploaders and data consumers are governed and driven by a sophisticated, immutable ledger and a token economy. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

springbig

Series B in 2020
Springbig provides loyalty, digital communications, and CRM technology solutions to retailers in the cannabis industry. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. After years of experience in big-box retail, their founders saw tremendous opportunity in the underserved cannabis industry and decided to bring advanced loyalty programs, an essential marketing tool in such a competitive industry, to cannabis dispensaries and brands.

Front Range Biosciences

Venture Round in 2020
Front Range Biosciences brings modern agriculture to cannabis and hemp to improve reliability, efficiency, and safety for cultivators and consumers. They provide advanced agricultural science services to plant growers.

Front Range Biosciences

Series B in 2019
Front Range Biosciences brings modern agriculture to cannabis and hemp to improve reliability, efficiency, and safety for cultivators and consumers. They provide advanced agricultural science services to plant growers.

Willow Industries

Venture Round in 2019
Willow Industries, LLC is a Denver-based company specializing in technology for the decontamination of cannabis and hemp. Founded in 2016, the company provides innovative solutions to reduce harmful contaminants such as yeast, mold, bacteria, and various pathogens, including Aspergillus and Salmonella. Its flagship product, the WillowPure machine, employs ozone-based oxidation to effectively cleanse and purify cannabis flower and trim without compromising their medicinal properties, aroma, or potency. In addition to its decontamination technology, Willow Industries offers consulting services related to post-harvest procedures, compliance, regulations, and evaluations of dry and cure rooms, ensuring that businesses adhere to industry standards while maintaining product quality.

Bloom Automation

Seed Round in 2019
Bloom Automation, Inc. is a manufacturer of robotics specifically designed for the commercial cannabis industry. Established in 2016 and based in Woburn, Massachusetts, the company specializes in developing technology that automates the trimming and processing of cannabis plants after harvest. By utilizing advanced computer vision systems, Bloom Automation collaborates with growers, equipment manufacturers, and facility managers to enhance production efficiency. The company's solutions aim to streamline complex, labor-intensive tasks, allowing cultivators to reduce labor costs while improving the quality of their cannabis products. Through its innovative approach, Bloom Automation seeks to create significant value for its customers by transforming operational challenges into efficient, mechanized processes.

Bloom Automation

Seed Round in 2018
Bloom Automation, Inc. is a manufacturer of robotics specifically designed for the commercial cannabis industry. Established in 2016 and based in Woburn, Massachusetts, the company specializes in developing technology that automates the trimming and processing of cannabis plants after harvest. By utilizing advanced computer vision systems, Bloom Automation collaborates with growers, equipment manufacturers, and facility managers to enhance production efficiency. The company's solutions aim to streamline complex, labor-intensive tasks, allowing cultivators to reduce labor costs while improving the quality of their cannabis products. Through its innovative approach, Bloom Automation seeks to create significant value for its customers by transforming operational challenges into efficient, mechanized processes.

springbig

Venture Round in 2017
Springbig provides loyalty, digital communications, and CRM technology solutions to retailers in the cannabis industry. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. After years of experience in big-box retail, their founders saw tremendous opportunity in the underserved cannabis industry and decided to bring advanced loyalty programs, an essential marketing tool in such a competitive industry, to cannabis dispensaries and brands.

Front Range Biosciences

Venture Round in 2017
Front Range Biosciences brings modern agriculture to cannabis and hemp to improve reliability, efficiency, and safety for cultivators and consumers. They provide advanced agricultural science services to plant growers.
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