The Tuatara Portfolio Companies

 

We seek to build a portfolio of businesses that is diversified yet tied together with exceptional people, of the highest integrity, who have a strong desire to be trailblazing innovators. Tuatara’s portfolio companies are market leaders that can adeptly navigate rapidly evolving regulatory frameworks whose practices will help instill excellence in the industry.

 
 

Long Play, Inc. was forged by the strategic combination of GCH, Inc. and Pure Greens in April 2021 to create a vertically integrated company with a portfolio of brands and products for the national recreational, medical and wellness cannabis markets. Long Play owns the Willie’s Reserve and Willie’s Remedy brands, and builds upon Nelson’s celebrity brand recognition and industry relevance to establish a cannabis lifestyle brand reaching customers across multiple state markets. The Company operates a large scale state of the art greenhouse complex and utilizes a highly automated production and extraction platform and has five dispensaries throughout CO. The Company’s unique operating infrastructure, and in particular Pure Greens’ advanced greenhouse infrastructure, is modeled after sophisticated large scale agricultural systems that helps to foster the Company’s low cost/mass scale production platform that is comparable with the very top tier in the cannabis cultivation sector.


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Teewinot Life Sciences Corporation is an international biotechnology company focused on the bio-synthetic production of cannabinoids. Teewinot has developed the patent-protected CannSynthesis® process to produce pharmaceutically-pure cannabinoid molecules at scale for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and social consumption end-markets as well as for the academic research communities. Teewinot currently holds 10 U.S. patents, one Canada patent, and has more than 40 additional pending patent applications in the U.S. and internationally.


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Green Dot Labs is a Colorado-based manufacturer of ultra-premium cannabis concentrates and vaporization cartridges for the medical-use and social consumption markets. Green Dot is a price-setting segment leader with a brand that represents superior quality, differentiation, and consistency. Green Dot Labs owns over 120 proprietary and industry-renowned genetic strains that they have developed over the last decade. The Company has also established a set of trade secrets around their cultivation and processing methodologies that support the quality of their concentrates with unparalleled consistency.


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In November 2018, Slang Worldwide and former Tuatara portfolio company Organa Brands finalized a strategic transaction in which Slang acquired Organa Brands, a leading distributor of branded cannabis oil products. The acquisition established Slang Worldwide as a leading global cannabis consumer packaged goods company with a robust portfolio of renowned brands distributed across 2,600 stores in 11 states in the US. Slang Worldwide is focused on acquiring and developing market-proven regional brands as well as creating new brands to meet the needs of cannabis consumers worldwide. Slang Worldwide is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol SLNG and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the trading symbol 84S.


Enlighten Technologies is a leading digital-out-of-home media and retail technology company dedicated to the cannabis industry. Enlighten offers a suite of retail technologies for dispensaries including point-of-sale kiosks, customer royalty platforms, digital smart menus, sales data analytics and business intelligence. This suite of products represents a comprehensive spectrum of enterprise solutions, positioning Enlighten as a "one-stop-shop" for retailers in the cannabis industry. Enlighten Technologies was acquired by WM Technology, Inc., parent company of WeedMaps, in January 2022.


Connecticut Pharmaceutical Solutions (“CT Pharma”)is the leading medical cannabis wholesaler in Connecticut and holds one of four cannabis producer licenses awarded by the State’s Department of Consumer Protection. The Company’s unique positioning is further augmented by its diversified portfolio of pharmaceutical-quality products. CT Pharma was acquired by Verano Holdings Corp. in December 2021.


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Green Flower Media (“GFM”) is a trusted leader in cannabis media and education.  GFM is based in Ventura, CA, and it develops certificate programs and continuing education courses for higher education curriculum for colleges and universities, cannabis training for corporations and governmental agencies, as well as industry-endorsed streaming content through subscription services.  GFM’s current content portfolio features over 1,500 hours of high-quality video content presented by 700+ cannabis industry experts, including medical doctors, research scientists, and well-respected cannabis entrepreneurs.


Willow Biosciences is a Calgary, Canada-based biotechnology company focused on developing high-value intellectual properties on a yeast-based cannabinoid biosynthesis platform. Willow has applied its integrated suite of technologies to develop manufacturing processes for numerous active pharmaceutical ingredients with various therapeutic benefits, including cancer treatment, pain management, and CNS disorders. In the cannabinoid field, Willow owns proprietary yeast-based lab strains that produce cannabidiol (CBD), tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and cannabigerol (CBG), as well as minor and novel cannabinoids.   Willow (CSE: WLLW) is publicly traded on the Canadian Stock Exchange.


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Demetrix is a biotechnology company focused on the production of cannabinoids for their innovative applications in the consumer product, supplement, and pharmaceutical markets. Demetrix was founded 2015 by Dr. Jay Keasling and Dr. William Haseltine, leaders in the biotechnology industry with track records of successfully leveraging cutting-edge scientific advancements to build companies that have improved human health globally. The founders have brought on veteran executives in yeast engineering, forming a management team that has collectively brought six biosynthetically-produced molecules to commercial markets.

Media: Forbes | WSJ | TechCrunch | New Cannabis Ventures |


Hana is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and currently holds and operates two vertically integrated medical cannabis licenses in the state. The Company’s operating infrastructure includes a large-scale commercial greenhouse platform strategically positioned at 4,000 feet of elevation that produces year-round growth, an indoor cultivation, production and distribution facility at a prime location in the Metro Phoenix area, and two retail dispensaries. Hana’s facilities are strategically positioned within the state to serve as hubs for manufacturing and distribution of a multifaceted portfolio of branded cannabis products.


Formed in January 2021, The Parent Company is California's leading vertically integrated cannabis company. The company's three manufacturing facilities guarantee unparalleled access to high-quality, low-cost cannabis, while its vast wholesale distribution network of more than 450 California dispensaries, an unrivaled direct-to-consumer omnichannel platform, three consumer delivery hubs and five omni-channel retail locations, currently service approximately 70% of the largest legal cannabis market in the country. The Company's curated product portfolio includes eight of the most valuable and scalable brands in cannabis, including Monogram by Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, Caliva, Deli, Fun Uncle, and Mirayo, which sets the tone for The Parent Company's industry leadership in California and beyond.


Front Range Biosciences is an agricultural biotechnology company that specializes in next generation plant breeding, plant tissue culture, and cannabis seed development to improve the reliability and quality of industrial hemp and medical cannabis plant genetics. FRB distributes its genetics through owned and partner nursery facilities in Colorado and California, as well as through a partnership with the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics in Barcelona, Spain. FRB is headquartered in Lafayette, Colorado.

Media: Business Insider | HempGrower | New Cannabis Ventures


Kiva Brands is a California-based Company that develops, manufactures, and distributes premium cannabis products. The Company operates a house of infused edibles brands, selling gummies under the Camino and Lost Farm brands, chocolates under the Kiva and Terra brands, and mints under the Petra brand. As a market leader in California and five additional state markets, Kiva is focused on continuing to serve its customers with high quality, innovative products that continue to broaden the appeal of infused edibles in the cannabis industry.


Tuatara Capital Acquisition Corp. (“TCAC”) was a $200 million Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the cannabis industry that are compliant with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. The Business Combination of TCAC and springbig officially closed in June 2022. TCAC has been renamed SpringBig Holdings, Inc. and trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbols “SBIG” and “SBIGW”.


Long Play, Inc. was forged by the strategic combination of GCH, Inc. and Pure Greens in April 2021 to create a vertically integrated company with a portfolio of brands and products for the national recreational, medical and wellness cannabis markets. Long Play owns the Willie’s Reserve and Willie’s Remedy brands, and builds upon Nelson’s celebrity brand recognition and industry relevance to establish a cannabis lifestyle brand reaching customers across multiple state markets. The Company operates a large scale state of the art greenhouse complex and utilizes a highly automated production and extraction platform and has five dispensaries throughout CO. The Company’s unique operating infrastructure, and in particular Pure Greens’ advanced greenhouse infrastructure, is modeled after sophisticated large scale agricultural systems that helps to foster the Company’s low cost/mass scale production platform that is comparable with the very top tier in the cannabis cultivation sector.


Hound Labs is a health technology company that combines science and technology in novel ways to create portable solutions that improve health and wellness. The Company believes its ultra-sensitive and portable technologies will pave the way to practical and fair solutions for some of the leading public health and safety issues. Hound Labs’ first portable solution is the HOUND® MARIJUANA BREATHALYZER, which allows employers and law enforcement to identify recent cannabis use rapidly and accurately by testing breath on-site. The Company was founded in 2014 by a team including CEO Dr. Mike Lynn, an ER physician, reserve deputy sheriff, and former venture capitalist. Tuatara Capital, Benchmark, EEC, Icon Ventures, Intrinsic Capital Partners, NFP Ventures, and individual investors have funded the Company.