Silverleaf Venture Partners

What Silverleaf Venture Partners does

Silverleaf Venture Partners is a privately held venture capital and growth equity investment manager founded in 2018 by Douglas J. Hannah and Andre M. Haroche, with operations based in Stamford, Connecticut. The firm invests exclusively in the cannabis industry, deploying capital into growth-stage companies operating across the cannabis value chain, including distribution, financial technology and reg-tech, retail data analytics, and B2C e-commerce. Its disclosed portfolio spans 30+ companies, with named holdings including NABIS (California cannabis distribution), Green Check Verified (cannabis-focused reg-tech for financial institutions), Happy Cabbage Analytics (ML-driven retail analytics), and Jane Technologies (B2C cannabis e-commerce, where Silverleaf participated in the Series A).

The firm has no proprietary technology platform; its product is investment management itself. Silverleaf generates revenue through management fees and carried interest on the capital it manages, with fees negotiated individually with investors rather than publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market is direct origination: founding partners leverage personal networks, industry conferences where Hannah speaks as a thought leader, and executive relationships to source deals and provide board-level support to portfolio companies. The firm's competitive position rests on the founders' combined three decades of principal investing experience, Hannah's 150+ completed round-trip transactions, and Haroche's prior operating experience as CIO of Liberty Travel (a $2B-revenue enterprise).

Silverleaf began investing with its partners' own capital alongside the Haroche family office before opening to outside investors, and currently operates with a three-person core team (two partners plus an operations manager with prior PE and Lehman Brothers treasury operations experience). Its served geography is the United States, with California representing a focal market. The firm's value proposition centers on vertical specialization, underwriting discipline aimed at minimizing downside while capturing upside, and active portfolio support through guidance, advocacy, and relationship networks in a regulated industry where many generalist investors remain constrained.

Name

Silverleaf Venture Partners

Legal name

Silverleaf Venture Partners

Website

https://slvp.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Silverleaf Venture Partners is a privately held cannabis-focused venture capital and growth equity investment manager founded in 2018, deploying capital across 30+ portfolio companies in distribution, reg-tech, analytics, and e-commerce for outside investors and partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital and Private Equity

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Cannabis venture capital
• Private equity investing
• Growth equity funding
• Portfolio investment management
• Startup capital investments

Headquarters

HQ city

Stamford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Investment Management Fees: The firm generates revenue through management fees and carried interest from private equity and venture capital investments in the cannabis sector and related industries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Silverleaf Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity investment manager that deploys capital into cannabis industry companies. The firm sources, underwrites, and manages equity investments across distribution, e-commerce, regulatory technology, and data analytics businesses operating in or serving the cannabis sector. It also provides portfolio support, guidance, and relationship networks to its portfolio companies.

Product overview

Silverleaf Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity investment manager. The company does not offer a distinct commercial product or software platform for external customers; rather, it provides investment management services to investors. The portfolio companies mentioned (NABIS, Green Check Verified, Happy Cabbage Analytics, Jane Technologies) represent the firm's investment holdings rather than products or services offered by Silverleaf itself.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cannabis-Focused Venture Capital and Growth Equity Fund

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 150 round-trip investment transactions completed by founding partner Douglas Hannah

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Poseidon Asset Management: Early cannabis-focused hedge fund and private investment firm. Like Silverleaf, Poseidon concentrates capital in cannabis and has been a pioneer in providing institutional-grade exposure to the sector.
• Phyto Partners: Cannabis-focused venture capital firm investing in ancillary, technology, and branded consumer cannabis companies. Comparable sector focus and stage of investing as Silverleaf.
• Casa Verde Capital: Cannabis-focused venture capital firm (originally backed by Jay-Z) investing across the cannabis value chain. Directly comparable as a sector-specialist VC targeting cannabis-adjacent startups and growth-stage companies.
• Artemis Growth Partners: Cannabis-focused investment and advisory firm supporting emerging cannabis companies. Comparable as a sector-specialist investor with operating support orientation.
• Green Acre Capital: Toronto-based cannabis-focused investment firm managing multiple funds across the cannabis value chain. Comparable as a sector-specialist manager deploying capital exclusively in cannabis.
• CanopyBoulder: Cannabis industry seed and early-stage accelerator/venture fund. Directly comparable as a sector-specialist VC backing cannabis startups, with similar portfolio composition in cannabis tech and infrastructure.
• Entourage Effect Capital: Cannabis-focused venture capital firm investing across multiple subsectors of the cannabis industry. Directly comparable thesis to Silverleaf's diversified cannabis portfolio approach.
• Merida Capital Partners: Cannabis-focused private equity fund deploying capital across cultivation, brands, and ancillary services. Closely comparable thesis and vehicle structure to Silverleaf's growth-equity cannabis investing.

Broad incumbents

• Lerer Hippeau: Generalist early-stage venture capital firm in NYC with cannabis-adjacent portfolio exposure. Not cannabis-specialist but competes for similar Series A deals in cannabis-adjacent tech.

Emerging players

• Compass Capital: Cannabis-focused investment platform deploying capital into emerging cannabis companies across multiple verticals. Emerging specialist manager with comparable focus to Silverleaf.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Silverleaf-Venture-Partners-102447284805218
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/silverleaf-venture-partners-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments12 records

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