In a quiet industrial building invisibly nondescript in southwest Santa Rosa, blue-gloved workers in white laboratory coats pre-roll joints with high quality cannabis buds. Each carries the Marley Natural label founded by the legendary reggae artist’s estate. Under a constant 67-degree thermostat, its white walls are an international pot investment firm’s entry into California’s medical marijuana industry. Privateer Holdings, Seattle-based self-proclaimed first private equity firm focusing exclusively on cannabis, considered basing its headquarters nearer Southern California’s hungry consumer market. However, last year the company chose Santa Rosa, renting a…
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