Jessica Billingsley

Executives from several companies in or adjacent to the cannabis industry delivered their elevator pitches to investors this week at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago. Akerna: On Track to Hit Earnings Guidance Akerna Corp. (NASDAQ: KERN), a SaaS software provider to the...

Akerna Corp (NASDAQ: KERN), a newly public cannabis compliance tech firm, announced last week that a Silicon Valley executive joined the company: Nina Simosko, a former executive at SAP SE (NYSE: SAP), was appointed as Akerna's chief revenue officer. As CRO, Simosko will...

The cannabis compliance technology provider Akerna Corp (NASDAQ: KERN) reported revenue of $11 million in fiscal 2019 on Monday, a 4.2% increase on the year.  The company's net loss grew from $2.5 million in fiscal 2018 to $12.3 million. The jump was attributed to an increase in...

Utah’s medical marijuana program is deploying a seed-to-sale tracking platform with a unique tagging technology.  The state has selected Akerna Corp (NASDAQ: KERN), a publicly traded seed-to-sale regulatory compliance technology provider, to run its program. This will be the world...

Akerna Corp (NASDAQ: KERN) CEO Jessica Billingsley discussed the company’s enterprise resource planning software technology in front of cannabis entrepreneurs and investors Thursday at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Detroit. “At Akerna, we are visionaries. We...

A major distinction has arisen within the ever-expanding community of cannabis producers, retailers, consumers and patients: are you a recreational user or a medical user? The adult use versus medical dilemma is seemingly the most basic question: “Why do I want to use this drug?...

Seed-to-sale compliance technology company Akerna Corp. (NASDAQ: KERN) will use its MJ Platform, the first of its kind resource planning software for the industry, in partnership with Leafly. The partnership aims to allow dispensaries to provide automatic updates onto Leafly.com. Leafly, one of the...

Akerna Corp (NASDAQ: KERN), a regulatory compliance technology company in the cannabis industry, on Tuesday confirmed an expansion in Europe. Akerna offers customers a central data management system for tracking regulated cannabis products. The company was born out of the merger of MTech and MJ...

Seed-to-sale regulatory compliance technology provider MJ Freeway and the special purpose acquisition company MTech Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: MTEC) announced Monday they have completed a merger and formed a new public company that's listing on the Nasdaq.  What Happened Through the...

The April 20 cannabis holiday exceeded sales expectations across the board in 2019. Benzinga recently chatted with Jessica Billingsley, co-founder and CEO of MJ Freeway to discuss 4/20 results, industry patterns and more following the company’s presentation and fireside chat at the Cannabis...

Investors heard from dozens of top cannabis executives April 17-18 at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Toronto.  Lift & Co  Lift & Co Corp (OTC: LFCOF) plans to leverage his company's leadership position as a trade marketing platform in Canada to fuel an...

With a decade of experience, Jessica Billingsley is a cannabis industry veteran. In 2010, she co-founded cannabis compliance software company MJ Freeway. During her fireside chat at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Toronto, the CEO explained how the company...

The Benzinga Events team is busy planning for the third Cannabis Capital Conference back in one of our favorite spots and the heart of the cannabis industry—Toronto. The cannabis industry is constantly developing, from market expansions and stock volatility to recent regulations and...

Benzinga’s 2019 Cannabis Capital Conference in Miami gathered some of the most prestigious cannabis executives, service providers, investors and media in the constantly expanding space. More than 700 attendees had exclusive access to company updates, industry news and more. Prominent speakers...

New Mexico's medical cannabis market finished 2018 with $106 million in sales across 35 licensed producers in the state. This represents a $19.6-million increase from the prior year. After years of serving cannabis patients, an expansion to recreational use may soon occur. New Mexico...