Born from the wreckage of an early cannabis marketplace, Apex Trading rebuilt the model around flat-rate software, direct buyer relationships and the gloriously unsexy work of keeping inventory, orders and compliance in sync.
Chris Fevry and Dharry Pauyo built the state's only social-equity-owned cannabis transporter - then helped kill the rule that put two drivers in every van.
Distru is an Oakland-based software company that builds a purpose-made ERP for the licensed cannabis industry. Its seed-to-sale platform unifies inventory, order fulfillment, manufacturing, CRM, and financial tools while keeping operators compliant through deep two-way integrations with state track-and-trace systems like Metrc and BioTrack. Founded in 2016 and led by CEO Blaine Hatab, Distru serves cannabis distributors, manufacturers, cultivators, and retailers across roughly 25 states and processes more than $2 billion in transactions annually.