Helene Servillon (Founding Partner @ JourneyOne Ventures) on cannabis obstacles and tailwinds

Problems that alcohol, pharma, and CPG don’t address, what makes a cannabis business investible, and obstacles and tailwinds for the cannabis industry

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This week we had on Helene Servillon (@HServillon) from JourneyOne Ventures.

JourneyOne is a first-time fund focusing on backing cannabis companies poised for high-velocity growth. Helene is the founding partner of the fund, and she does everything within her role.

In this talk, we discuss:

• Problems that alcohol, pharma, and CPG don’t address

• What makes a cannabis business investible

• Obstacles and tailwinds for the cannabis industry

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