Plant Prophets
00:06:57 · S1, Pranav Sood
[00:06:57] S1: But you get the benefit of being introduced to money. And what else? You... So you got... You were introduced to money. That successful? And then what what else did the accelerator do for you? And how long did you stay associated with [00:07:11] S2: Yeah. I mean, typically, money is is the number one. But for us, it was actually the connections to customers. So Okay. You know, me being a Toronto boy coming out to California Right. A brand new industry, completely different regulatory framework, That was the challenge when I came to California. So having a foot in the door was very important. And having that trust factor right away that, no, this guy's, you know, putting something together that's pretty legit. And and it gave me that, you know, presence to to be able to start working with folks in California. And then from there, we were able to tease out our platform. We were able to build additional features and really cater to the California market. [00:07:54] S1: Mhmm.
00:07:54 · S1, Pranav Sood
[00:07:54] S1: Mhmm. [00:07:54] S2: And then things started to take off. So right from there, we we are... One of our largest clients was Harborside. So that was one of our first clients. Then we got someone like Caliva. Then we got LoudPack. And so some of the largest operators in in the California market embraced us and just started working with us because I think we came to the market with a very different mindset. A lot of the other solutions out there really just focused on the regulatory requirements and compliance, and that's how they built their platform. We kinda took it a different approach. We were we were focused on what's your workflow? How do we make that workflow more efficient? And then just make sure that the data is translated appropriately for compliance. So Okay. Think people really embrace that fact that we... We're focused on making you a better operator, it easier for you to to operate as opposed to shoving down a compliance system down your throat. So Okay. [00:08:51] S1: I get it. [00:08:52] S2: That's how we we kinda got into it. We got big names and then we got introduced to Costa Verde who you mentioned earlier. Yeah. That was through the accelerator program. They were seeing the traction that we were getting and decided to lead our seed round. We raised the full round, which was about $2,000,000 And then we just kept growing from there and eventually got introduced to Akerna and then the acquisition happened. So, yeah, long story. [00:09:21] S1: No. No. That's great. That that that is great. Tell me more about your relationship with the plant.
00:09:21 · S1, Pranav Sood, S0
[00:09:21] S1: No. No. That's great. That that that is great. Tell me more about your relationship with the plant. [00:09:27] S2: Like personally? [00:09:29] S1: Yeah. [00:09:30] S2: Yeah. I mean, I've I've definitely used as a consumer. I'm a highly anxious person myself, so I find it to be helpful, especially being an entrepreneur. It's a it's a pretty stressful kind of environment. And... But more so, it was really around seeing other folks use the the plant and how beneficial it was. And Mhmm. And then seeing how regulations come on top of it to make it a bit more, you know, bureaucratic and a bit more difficult to operate in that environment. And those were the barriers that I really wanted to focus on removing to make it a more efficient supply chain and ultimately, you know, get patients the product that they need as quickly as possible and to the highest quality possible. [00:10:17] S1: Okay. Well, that's that's great. That is that is absolutely awesome. So we're gonna take a break, and then we'll come back and we'll dig into some more things there. Thank you for that overview. I really appreciate that Pranav. We'll continue our discussion with with Pranav Sood from Trellis. I'm Vern Davis, your host of Plant Profits fueled by Produce Global People Solutions. Thank you. [00:10:40] S0: Plant Profits will return so our sponsors can profit from these messages.
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00:13:08 · S0, S1
[00:13:08] S0: The Plant Prophets are back to lead the pursuit of the promised land of Plant Prophet. Only on Cannabis Radio dot com. [00:13:18] S1: Hey. Welcome back. I'm Vern Davis, your host of Plant Prophets. I'm here with Pranav Sud, who is the founder and CEO of Trellis. And he just got through giving us a really cool overview of kind of his why he got into this and why he put everything into this, and he's been really successful. And before we left, he mentioned Akerna and Jessica. Jessica Billingsley. And Jessica's been on this show a few times, and she's a friend of the show. And I'd I'd love to understand how you guys connected, and what made that all click. Tell us a little story about that.