{"id":2796,"date":"2021-11-30T19:06:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T19:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CAIiECYX979clkyAE7w1_ZLa6RgqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow3cCjCzCgy7sDMKy5hAc"},"modified":"2021-11-30T19:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T19:06:23","slug":"cannabis-data-firm-headset-raises-8-6-million-for-expansion-marijuana-business-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=2796","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis data firm Headset raises $8.6 million for expansion &#8211; Marijuana Business Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cannabis-data-firm-headset-raises-8-6-million-for-expansion-marijuana-business-daily.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"bialty-container\">\n<p>Cannabis industry data and analytics company Headset <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/headset-completes-8-6m-of-financing-further-cementing-position-as-the-market-analytics-leader-in-cannabis-301433478.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raised $8.6 million<\/a> in new funding.<\/p>\n<p>The funding includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$3 million of new capital in a fundraising round led by Norwalk, Connecticut-based private equity investment firm Althea.<\/li>\n<li>The conversion of $5.6 million worth of bridge notes, issued in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/headset-raises-3-2m-to-expand-its-leading-data-platform-into-new-markets-301120659.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2020<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/headset-raises-1-825m-to-expand-its-leading-data-platform-into-new-markets-301280996.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2021<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ad-header hide-for-small-only\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-ad-1708763104\" class=\"in-article-ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>The new capital will \u201cultimately enable Headset to quickly expand its market intelligence platform,\u201d the Seattle-based company said in a Tuesday news release.<\/p>\n<p>That will include \u201cthe expansion of (Headset\u2019s) market measurement services to all legal markets and (launching) new and exciting services designed to help organizations understand and activate consumer purchase behaviors at unprecedented levels,\u201d Headset CEO Cy Scott said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The company uses retail point-of-sale data to provide market intelligence and analytics to cannabis businesses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"columns large-12 medium-12 small-12 con_cta_wrapper\">\n<p><b>Solvent or Solventless? We can help.<br \/><em>MJBizDaily<\/em> Cannabis Extraction Buyers Guide&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"lp-pom-text-456\" class=\"lp-element lp-pom-text nlh\">\n<p>Get strategies and tips from expert processors on choosing cannabis extraction systems, costs, safety precautions and more. Curated by <em>MJBizDaily.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inside:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to choose between solvent-based and solventless extraction methods<\/li>\n<li>Learn which strains are most efficient for each extraction process<\/li>\n<li>Tips on safety precautions from design to training to protective equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Headset recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/headset-expands-cannabis-market-and-consumer-insights-to-arizona-illinois-and-maryland-301394803.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expanded its market coverage<\/a> to Arizona, Illinois and Maryland, giving the company a total of 15 operating markets in the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Headset and <em>MJBizDaily<\/em> entered <a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/mjbizdaily-headset-partner-for-exclusive-retail-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">into a data partnership<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cannabis industry data and analytics company Headset raised $8.6 million in new funding. The funding includes: $3 million of new capital in a fundraising round led by Norwalk, Connecticut-based private equity investment firm Althea. The conversion of $5.6 million worth of bridge notes, issued in August 2020 and April 2021. Advertisement The new capital will \u201cultimately enable Headset to quickly expand its market intelligence platform,\u201d the Seattle-based company said in a Tuesday news release. That will include \u201cthe expansion of (Headset\u2019s) market measurement services to all legal markets and (launching) new and exciting services designed to help organizations understand and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/cannabis-data-firm-headset-raises-8-6-million-for-expansion-marijuana-business-daily.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}