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Big-Money VCs Look to Capitalize on Marijuana Startups

KQED News Staff

Jan 27, 2015 at

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This week, venture capitalists are holding an investment forum at San Francisco's swank Fairmont Hotel to hear startup pitches. That may sound routine, but this time the pitches aren't about tech -- they're about cannabis.

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