Wikileaf

Company Background:

• Founded in Seattle in 2014 by Dan Nelson.
• Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Most Brilliant Business Ideas of 2014.
• Acquired by Nesta, a Canadian fund, in 2016.
• Provides online resources for medical and recreational marijuana patients.
• Dubbed ‘The Priceline of Pot’ for its reverse auction price comparison model.

Business Model:

• Provides dispensaries with free menu pages.
• Offers increased exposure opportunities for a cost.
• Provides geo-targeted advertising for dispensaries.
• Aims to help dispensaries increase their exposure.
• Plans to offer additional advertising opportunities.

User Features:

• Allows users to compare dispensary prices and menus.
• Enables users to leave reviews based on product quality and service.
• Provides information on cannabis strains and their effects.
• Offers strain recommendations based on time of use.
• Displays THC content, medical use, and user reviews for each strain.

Mobile App:

• Launched mobile app for Android in October 2016.
• Released Apple version in November 2016.

Related Websites:

• See Also: Leafly, a cannabis consumer information website.
• See Also: Weedmaps, a cannabis pricing and mapping website.

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