What Cannabis & Saúde does

Cannabis & Saúde is a Brazilian digital health platform that operates the country's largest information portal dedicated to medicinal cannabis, combined with a doctor-discovery marketplace. The platform serves patients seeking cannabinoid-based treatment for conditions including chronic pain, fibromyalgia, anxiety, depression, epilepsy, autism, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and cancer-related palliative care, as well as the prescribing physicians (medical doctors, dentists, and veterinarians) who treat them. The entity is legally organized under ICTS Desenvolvimento de Sistemas e Tecnologia LTDA. (CNPJ 35.716.886/0001-59), headquartered at Alameda Araguaia, 2104, Alphaville Industrial, Barueri, São Paulo.

The platform is built on a WordPress content management system layered with an appointment-booking marketplace featuring doctor profiles, condition- and price-based filters, and a pre-booking request flow. Telemedicine infrastructure enables remote consultations nationwide across Brazil, while the editorial team publishes daily Portuguese-language content covering 30+ therapeutic indications, clinical studies, regulatory updates, and patient testimonials. The 'Pergunte ao Prescritor' feature adds a free anonymous Q&A channel answered by registered physicians within 72 hours. The platform reports 250+ prescribing physicians onboarded, 30,000+ consultations booked cumulatively, 1.4 million page views in its first year, and a survey base of 1,000+ patients.

The business model combines marketplace intermediation (doctors set their own consultation fees starting at R$ 200, with average monthly treatment cost of ~R$ 300), sponsored and editorial content monetization, and ancillary services for prescribers. Patient acquisition is content-led: SEO-targeted articles on condition keywords (e.g., 'fibromialgia cannabis') feed a top-of-funnel that converts through bookings, amplified across Instagram, YouTube (Lives and Shorts), Facebook, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, and WhatsApp. The platform also assists patients with ANVISA import authorization at no additional charge, embedding regulatory navigation into the patient journey. The company is privately held, with no disclosed funding rounds or institutional ownership beyond the operational controller.

Name

Cannabis & Saúde

Legal name

ICTS DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SISTEMAS E TECNOLOGIA LTDA.

Website

https://cannabisesaude.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cannabis & Saúde is Brazil's largest medicinal cannabis information portal and doctor-discovery marketplace, connecting patients with 250+ prescribing physicians via nationwide telemedicine, supported by an editorial team publishing across 30+ therapeutic indications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Cannabis Information and Telehealth Marketplace

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Cannabis Dispensary + Pharmacy/Clinical Model (Patient Services) (CRANAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Third-Party White-Label Ordering & Delivery Platforms (SaaS + Logistics) (CRANAGAF)

Keywords

• Medical cannabis portal
• Doctor appointment marketplace
• Cannabinoid therapy platform
• Cannabis telemedicine services
• Prescriber referral network

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Medical consultation marketplace fees: The platform connects patients with prescribing doctors and facilitates appointment booking. While the platform states it does not charge patients for the booking service, doctors set their own consultation fees which patients pay directly. The platform earns revenue as the intermediary in these bookings.
2. Sponsored content and advertising: The portal publishes news articles, studies, interviews, and educational materials on medical cannabis. Content is driven by an editorial team and likely includes sponsored or partner-supported articles, serving as an advertising/sponsorship revenue stream.
3. Professional services for doctors: The platform recruits and onboard doctors onto its network, providing a curated pool of prescribing physicians. Doctors benefit from patient referrals through the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cannabis & Saúde operates Brazil's largest medical cannabis information portal combined with an appointment marketplace that connects patients with over 250 prescribing physicians, dentists, and veterinarians experienced in cannabinoid medicine. The platform publishes editorial content on conditions treatable with cannabis, lets patients browse and book consultations (telemedicine or in-person), and provides free Q&A with prescribing doctors and assistance with ANVISA import authorizations.

Product overview

Cannabis & Saúde operates as Brazil's largest medicinal Cannabis information portal and appointment scheduling platform. The core offering consists of the Portal Cannabis & Saúde (news and educational content) and a Plataforma de Agendamento de Consultas (appointment scheduling service) that connects patients with over 250 prescribing physicians. Additional services include the Pergunte ao Prescritor Q&A feature and comprehensive educational content covering over 30 conditions treatable with Cannabis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portal Cannabis & Saúde

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30,000 consultations booked through the platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Vigo AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2026Vigo Academy is a medical education institution specializing in cannabis-based medicine. The platform partners with Vigo Academy to promote educational events such as masterclasses on Cannabis in veterinary medicine. The partnership supports continuing medical education for prescribing professionals and expands the platform's event programming.
• Vigo Academy (educational partner)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColumnist Ana Gabriela Baptista serves as Director of Vigo Academy, representing a cross-editorial and educational partnership between the portal and the academy. Vigo Academy provides content expertise and educational programming in cannabis medicine.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Leafly: Leafly is the leading cannabis information portal and dispensary marketplace globally, combining editorial content with doctor/clinician directories. Cannabis & Saúde mirrors this content-plus-marketplace model in Brazil's medical cannabis vertical, making it the most structurally comparable peer.
• Weedmaps: Weedmaps operates a cannabis marketplace plus editorial platform connecting consumers to dispensaries and doctors. Like Cannabis & Saúde, it monetizes an audience seeking cannabis products or consultations via advertising and listings — directly comparable business model.
• Veriheal: Veriheal is a cannabis-focused telemedicine platform connecting patients with prescribing physicians. Cannabis & Saúde operates the same patient-to-cannabis-doctor marketplace, including telemedicine booking and regulatory support — a direct competitor in the medical cannabis access category.
• NuggMD: NuggMD is a dedicated medical cannabis telemedicine marketplace in the US. Both it and Cannabis & Saúde operate appointment-booking platforms that pair patients with cannabis-prescribing physicians, with telemedicine as the primary distribution channel.
• The Cannigma: The Cannigma is a science-led cannabis information and education publisher. Cannabis & Saúde's editorial portal — covering conditions, cannabinoids, regulations and patient stories — sits in the same evidence-based information category, making it a strong content-side comparable.

Broad incumbents

• Zocdoc: Zocdoc is a general doctor appointment-booking marketplace in the US. Cannabis & Saúde applies the same patient-doctor pre-booking marketplace model but vertically specialized for medical cannabis — a comparable marketplace mechanism at smaller scale.
• Doctoralia: Doctoralia (Docplanner group) operates Brazil's largest general doctor directory and booking platform. Cannabis & Saúde competes for the same patient-doctor connection flow within the cannabis specialty — a direct marketplace model competitor in the Brazilian territory with broader scope.
• Doctoralia (Docplanner) Brazil: Docplanner/Doctoralia is a large horizontal doctor appointment marketplace that could expand into medical cannabis prescribing. As a general incumbent, it represents the most realistic direct marketplace competitor Cannabis & Saúde could face within Brazil.

Emerging players

• Memed: Memed is a Brazilian digital prescription platform widely adopted by physicians. While horizontal rather than cannabis-specific, its prescriber-side footprint gives it a credible on-ramp to enter cannabis prescribing, making it a comparable regional emerging player in the prescription workflow that Cannabis & Saúde touches.
• Dutchie: Dutchie is a cannabis e-commerce and platform provider for dispensaries. While product-retail focused, its marketplace-plus-content platform embodies the same media/marketplace hybrid that Cannabis & Saúde is building in the Brazilian medical cannabis context.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CannabiseSaude
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCwF5rL5E_wW3jaRVVN9vYKw
• Facebookfacebook.com/Canabisesaude
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cannabis-sa%C3%BAde
• Instagraminstagram.com/cannabisesaudeoficial

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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