Garden Society is a Cloverdale, California craft cannabis company founded in 2016 by Erin Gore and Karli Warner, built to redefine cannabis for women. A certified Benefit Corporation, it makes wine-country-inspired edibles - artisanal chocolates, gelees and gummies - alongside sun-grown pre-roll Rosettes, and sells across California and select multi-state markets. The company raised a $7 million Series A in January 2022 to scale manufacturing and expand nationally.
LEVEL is a science-driven cannabis company that engineers precision cannabinoid tablets - Protab, Hashtab, Rosintab and Tablingual - designed to deliver effects-specific experiences without sugar, calories or guesswork. Founded in 2015 by organic chemist Chris Emerson, PhD, LEVEL manufactures in California and has become the state's leading cannabis tablet brand.
Corganics is a Dallas-based life sciences company that makes scientifically formulated, physician-advised clinical CBD therapies sold exclusively through licensed healthcare professionals. Its broad-spectrum, THC-free products use Advanced Lipid Technology (A.L.T.) to improve bioavailability and are manufactured in cGMP-compliant, NSF-certified facilities with third-party testing and IRB-approved data. Founded in 2020 by pharmaceutical executives Chad Collins and Reggie Gatewood, the company aims to make CBD a trusted, clinic-grade therapy rather than a retail gamble.
Chad Collins is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Corganics, a Dallas-based clinical cannabinoid company that sells pharmaceutical-grade, broad-spectrum CBD exclusively through healthcare professionals. A 20-year veteran of biopharma, payor systems and medical devices - including stints as a VP at Galderma and CEO of Boston Select Asset Group - he co-founded Corganics in January 2020 with Reggie Gatewood to drag CBD out of what he calls the retail 'Wild West' and into the clinic. He is also the author of 'Run to the Fire,' the true story of his father, a doubly amputated Vietnam veteran, with a foreword by NFL Hall of Famer Roger Staubach.
Chris Emerson, PhD, is the Founder, Chief Scientist, and CEO of LEVEL, California's #1 cannabis tablet brand. A US Navy veteran and Chinese interpreter turned small-molecule chemist, he abandoned a Stanford postdoc in 2012 to spend four months living in a tent on a Mendocino cannabis farm - and emerged with a founding thesis that would reshape how the industry thinks about getting high. Instead of chasing THC percentages, he built LEVEL around effects-driven cannabinoid formulations using precise ratios of acidic, neutral, and degradative compounds the plant alone can't deliver. Two US patents, multiple peer-reviewed publications, and an IRB-approved clinical trial later, LEVEL is the top-selling cannabis tablet brand in California, now operating in seven states.

Amanda Goetz is a 2x founder, 4x CMO, USA TODAY bestselling author, and podcast host who built and sold a luxury CBD brand (House of Wise) from her garage during a pandemic-era divorce, then pivoted to a $500K+ solo portfolio career on her own terms. She reaches 150,000+ readers weekly with her anti-hustle newsletter Life's a Game, hosts the Girlboss Ambition 2.0 podcast, and authored 'Toxic Grit' — a takedown of hustle culture that became an instant bestseller in October 2025. A single mom of three based in Miami, she turned her hardest seasons into her most compelling IP.