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Cliintel’s Rick Batenburg honored with C-Suite Award from Denver Business Journal
The people-focused venture capital firm’s founder and CIO earned recognition for his leadership, innovative contributions within his organization and community involvement DENVER — (Sept. 6,
13 Industry Leaders Pay Tribute To Charlotte Figi, A Hero Of The CBD Movement
Charlotte Figi suffered her first seizure when she was three months old and on Wednesday, her mother Paige Figi’s Facebook page updated a previous post to announce Charlotte “is seizure free forever.” The 13-year-old was hospitalized earlier this month with pneumonia, which caused her seizures to return and resulted in respiratory failure and cardiac arrest. She died peacefully in her mother’s arms on April 8, 2020.
Rick Batenburg III Of Clear Cannabis Inc. Gets Gritty On Cannabis VC
Rick Batenburg III=RB: I am from Loveland, Colorado. The short answer on B-school is, yes, I graduated second in my class at Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts. However, my business education began decades earlier while going to the office with my father and learning negotiation and investment prowess through osmosis. I have two mentors: First and foremost, my father, Rich Batenburg Jr., and professionally I am mentored by Jim Jungjohann, a hedge fund manager.
Cannabis Biz Rundown: Sliding Sales And CEO Turnover May Continue, Says Investor
This year was not especially auspicious to CEOs. As of October 2019, a record number of 172 CEOs from companies that included Nike, WeWork and Under Armor, left their posts. The legal cannabis industry was not immune from this CEO-apocalypse. Last summer, Canada’s Canopy Growth, the largest cannabis company in the world, ousted co-CEO Bruce Linton.
A Deeper Dive With Rich Batenburg Jr., President And Chairman: Clear Cannabis, Inc.
Rich Batenburg Jr.: My cannabis-focused investment company operates in several states, many of which we entered at original deployment of a legal marijuana program. While we hear about officials from new jurisdictions coming to Colorado to do research, as well as hiring regulatory consultants from Colorado, it seems like they listen and then try to reinvent the wheel.
“The future of the cannabis space is about brands” -Rick Batenburg
SNNLive spoke with Rick Batenburg III, Chief Investment Officer of Clear Cannabis, Inc., a private company, at the Planet MicroCap Showcase 2019 in Las Vegas, NV.
“Clear Cannabis sees success being measured in national brand recognition” -Proactive Investors
Clear Cannabis Inc CIO Rick Batenburg III chats with Proactive Investors’ Steve Darling during the 9th Annual LD Micro Invitational Investor Conference in Los Angeles, CA. The Denver based company has the goal of providing consistent standards across the cannabis product industry.
Meet the father-son cannabis investment firm guiding cannabis businesses
The only firm licensed to invest in Colorado cannabis companies is a father-son team with roots in finance, yes, but also comedy and cable television. Cliintel Capital Management Group is the one investment fund that’s been blessed by the state with the “Qualified Institutional Investor” designation, a classification and term created by state Senate Bill 16-040 that became law in 2017. It allows “qualified institutional investors” to own as much as 30 percent of a retail or medical cannabis business.