Jason Raznick

Global Cannabis Times (GCT) recently unveiled its inaugural GCT100 list, highlighting the top 100 movers and shakers in the cannabis industry. The list features a diverse group of individuals, including journalists, artists, investors, brand-builders, geneticists, podcasters, and politicians. Among...

The Michigan Venture Capital Association held its anniversary gala at the Greenfield Village on Thursday, Sept. 29 — the site of an open-air museum founded by Henry Ford. The 200-attendee event, which celebrated 20 years of MVCA’s existence, was also a recognition of disruptive...

In recognition of triple-digit growth, over the span of three years, Inc. magazine recognized Benzinga for a second year as one of the fastest-growing companies. Based in Detroit, Benzinga is a media outlet and data provider for large-name institutions and retail investors. Its core product...

“We’ve run our numbers and estimate that roughly $1 billion in deals will be closed on September 13 and 14 in Chicago. You’ve never seen anything like this,” says Chief Zinger Jason Raznick, talking about the upcoming Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, taking place at the...

The first reason of all is that the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference is being held in Chicago on Sept 13-14, which means several things including the Art Institute of Chicago.  Home to some 300,000 works of art in dozens of collections, the Art...

Benzinga’s founder and CEO Jason Raznick was the Honorary Chair and Keynote Speaker at the 25th annual “Strictly Business” fundraising event on Wednesday, which focuses on the metropolitan Detroit business community. The event raises funds for the non-profit organization JVS Human...

Fresh after a sale to Toronto-based private equity firm Beringer Capital, Benzinga, a media network and data platform, and TiiCKER, a fintech specializing in investor relations, announced a new partnership agreement. Context: Founded in 2010 by CEO Jason Raznick, Benzinga, one of the fastest-...

Benzinga, a large content provider to brokerages and news outlets, hosts live conferences to recognize disruptive innovation in finance and technology, trading, and emerging assets. Two of those events – Benzinga’s Psychedelics and Cannabis Capital conferences – happened last week...

That was the best night ever! That’s what many said coming away from an April 21 afterparty that marked the end of Benzinga’s Psychedelics and Cannabis Capital conferences. Hosted at Groot Hospitality and David Grutman’s LIV Nightclub, which is inside of the iconic...

While “Shark Tank” judge Kevin O’Leary views legal psychedelics as a once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity, his take on cannabis is 180 degrees away. “There isn’t a dime of institutional money here, at the sovereign level,” O’Leary told Benzinga founder...

The market opportunity for legal psychedelics is in the hundreds of billions of dollars, “Shark Tank” judge Kevin O’Leary told the inaugural Benzinga Psychedelics Capital Conference on Tuesday. Investors never get the opportunity to position themselves in a brand new sector,...

On the latest episode of the #RazReport, Benzinga CEO Jason Raznick caught up with Anthony Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Vinovest. What Is Vinovest: Founded in 2020, Vinovest is an alternative investment platform that provides access to the niche market of wine investing. Historically, wine...

Cryptocurrency has taken the world by storm and by many accounts, “gone mainstream.” There are plenty of use cases for digital currency in the modern world: easy international transfers without having to worry about forex exchanges, private transactions, and more. But one thing that has...

NBA legends Allen Iverson and Al Harrington were in Detroit recently to launch their new cannabis strains. Calvin Johnson, former Detroit Lions wide receiver as well as Detroit’s own rapper SADA Baby were also there. And so was Benzinga! As part of...