# Apex Trading

> Apex Trading is a Portland-based B2B cannabis software company that gives licensed brands, cultivators, manufacturers, distributors and retailers one place to manage wholesale inventory, orders, customer relationships, branded storefronts, market data and integrations. Its defining bet is that software should support the relationship between a seller and a buyer instead of taxing or controlling it: Apex charges sellers a flat monthly SaaS fee, keeps marketplace participation alongside private storefronts and connects to compliance, accounting, ERP, payments and logistics systems.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Portland, United States
- **Founders:** John Manlove (Co-founder and CEO), Jenn Do (Co-founder and former Head of Customer Success), Rob Fess (Co-founder and Director of Marketing)
- **Team size:** 11-50 employees on LinkedIn as of 2026; the supplied company record reports 73 employees.
- **Products:** Apex Trading wholesale management platform, Branded storefronts and menus, Vendor marketplace, Integrations and API, Wholesale market intelligence
- **Notable:** Raised a $1.67 million seed round in 2019 to expand beyond its first five states., Reported serving more than 1,000 companies and tracking toward $100 million in 2020 transactions at the time of the 2019 round., Reached nearly 2,000 brands and roughly $13 million in monthly cannabis sales by July 2020.

## Products & services

- **Apex Trading wholesale management platform** — A B2B SaaS platform for real-time inventory, order processing, CRM, sales workflows, documents, user controls and reporting.
- **Branded storefronts and menus** — Custom wholesale storefronts, buyer-specific pricing and product sets, embeddable menus and direct ordering that keep the seller's brand in front.
- **Vendor marketplace** — A discovery layer where licensed retailers can find vendors and products while sellers can generate leads without surrendering ownership of the relationship.
- **Integrations and API** — Connections spanning Metrc, QuickBooks, Sage, ERPs, payments, logistics, communications and analytics, plus APIs for custom workflows.
- **Wholesale market intelligence** — Sales, inventory and pricing reports built from anonymized wholesale transaction data, including market snapshots by state and product category.
- **Spreadsheet menu and order import** — Integrated Google Sheets and Excel workflows that let buyers keep familiar ordering habits while moving data into Apex.

## Achievements

- Raised a $1.67 million seed round in 2019 to expand beyond its first five states.
- Reported serving more than 1,000 companies and tracking toward $100 million in 2020 transactions at the time of the 2019 round.
- Reached nearly 2,000 brands and roughly $13 million in monthly cannabis sales by July 2020.
- Expanded to 28 states plus Puerto Rico by 2025.
- Reported 1,200 brands and more than 6,000 retail locations in December 2025.
- Was described by FundCanna in June 2026 as serving 4,000+ unique clients and facilitating $150 million+ in monthly GMV.
- Built a validated Metrc integration and connections across accounting, ERP, logistics, payments and analytics tools.
- Turned anonymized platform transactions into recurring state-level wholesale pricing and demand reports.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Announced a CannaHauler integration that brings compliant transportation scheduling and delivery coordination into Apex workflows.
- **2025-12** — Published a 60-second company overview listing 1,200 brands, more than 6,000 retail locations and 28 state markets.
- **2026-06** — FundCanna announced that ReadyPaid BNPL would be embedded in Apex; the announcement cited 4,000+ unique clients and $150 million+ in monthly GMV.
- **2026-07** — Released Q2 2026 wholesale cannabis data snapshots for nine state-market segments using anonymized transactions from the platform.
- **2026-07** — Added integrated Google Sheets and Excel menu and order-import workflows and expanded API support for procurement and vendor-managed inventory tools.

## Links

- Website: https://www.apextrading.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apex-trading/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoJ1juNLeg0
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ApexTradingWholesale

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Last updated: 2026-08-20