Merida is a leading investor in public companies KushCo KSHB), GrowGeneration (GRWG), Freedom Leaf (FRLF), and category leaders New Frontier Data, Manna Molecular, Steep Hill Labs, and Mainstem. Mitch has nearly a decade of experience in the legal cannabis industry and has participated in nearly $250MM in cannabis transactions.

His cannabis career began in assisting Colorado-based legal cultivators to structure state-compliant capital transactions and develop optimal business strategies for their operations. After several years of work with Colorado companies, he co-founded Theraplant, LLC where he architected the highest-scoring application in Connecticut’s highly selective licensing process.

In 2014, he co-founded LeafLine Labs, LLC, which was one of only two Minnesota companies to win a license to cultivate and dispense cannabis in extracted form. Baruchowitz is also a founder of Maryland-based Grow West MD, one of 15 companies selected for a cultivation and dispensing license. He has also founded a Pennsylvania-based cultivator that is in the preoperational licensing stage.