Ghost Management Group, LLC is a technology company based in

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. that has a portfolio of advertising, web,

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and logistics software.

Overview

The firm was founded in 2012 by

Justin Hartfield Justin Hartfield is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist from Orange County, California. He is a co-founder and general partner at the Ghost Group venture capital firm and was the CEO at WeedMaps before stepping down in 2016 to pursue other ven ...

and Doug Francis. Ghost Group targets accredited businesses and investors that are either already involved or have shown interest in becoming involved in the legal cannabis industry. In June 2013 the firm announced the launch of Emerald Ocean Capital fund. The market of consumer-facing products, especially software and technologies, will be the focus of Emerald Ocean. After announcing the launch of the fund, Emerald Ocean expressed intentions of raising 10 to 25 million dollars in its first round. Additionally, the capital fund will function as a venture capital incubator, with an 8,000 square foot office facility in

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for select startups. Ghost Group concurrently announced the launch of Ghost Domain Capital, an investor in category Internet domains.

References

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