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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, 2022) — Cliintel Capital, a venture capital firm providing funding and strategic consulting to growth-oriented companies in emerging vice sector markets, today announced that its founder and chief investment officer,…

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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.

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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.

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