Cannabis Startups funded by Y Combinator (YC) 2026

May 2026

Browse 5 of the top Cannabis startups funded by Y Combinator.

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  • Canix
    Canix
    Y Combinator LogoS2019
    Active • 22 employees • San Francisco, CA, USA
    Canix is building the first generation of modern software for the burgeoning cannabis industry. We help our customers overcome daunting compliance regulation, sell more product, and optimize their day to day operations—from cultivation, to processing, to distribution. Recent winner of TechCrunch Disrupt 2020, find out more at TechCrunch and canix.com.
    saas
    cannabis
  • Nabis
    Nabis
    Y Combinator LogoW2019
    Active • 300 employees • San Francisco, CA, USA
    Nabis is the #1 licensed cannabis wholesaling platform in California, supporting over 300 exclusive brands and supplying the entire network of state-licensed dispensaries with top-tier products. Nabis offers clients lightning-fast fulfillment, warehousing, payment processing, financing, data analytics, sales and marketing services to enable more brands and retailers to innovate, launch and scale.
    fintech
    marketplace
    b2b
    cannabis
    analytics
  • FLOWER CO.
    FLOWER CO.
    Y Combinator LogoW2019
    Active • 30 employees • Los Angeles, CA, USA
    We sell weed on the internet. We're a vertically integrated legal cannabis company delivering next-day in Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Francisco, East Bay, Marin, Humboldt, Sacramento, and Vallejo. We're venture-backed and growing exponentially.
    e-commerce
    cannabis
  • Meadow
    Meadow
    Y Combinator LogoW2015
    Active • 14 employees • San Francisco, CA, USA
    Headquartered in San Francisco since 2014, Meadow builds powerful Point of Sale and eCommerce software for retailers in the legal cannabis industry. Meadow’s all-in-one platform allows dispensaries to sell products, manage menus and inventory, reward customers, dispatch delivery and pick-up orders, and create exceptional in-store experiences for customers. Meadow powers dispensaries and delivery services of all sizes, utilizing technology to maintain compliance with local and state regulations, scale with the Adult Use market, and create operational efficiencies that allow these businesses to thrive in a regulated industry. Meadow’s team is dedicated to making the best retail software in cannabis, and to creating a more collaborative and inclusive legal cannabis industry. To learn more about Meadow, visit getmeadow.com.
    saas
    cannabis
  • Confident LIMS
    Confident LIMS
    Y Combinator LogoS2015
    Active • 17 employees • Palo Alto, CA, USA
    Confident LIMS is a leading Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) serving high-throughput labs in regulated industries. Confident LIMS is a B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform with strong network effects among our lab customers and their testing clients. We currently serve >60% of the legal cannabis industry in the United States and are expanding into mainstream agriculture, food & beverage, and environmental industries. In early 2022, we pivoted away from seeking to be the leading online B2B wholesale marketplace in the legal cannabis industry to be the best LIMS in the world in the agriculture, food & beverage, environmental and industrial chemicals industries.
    saas
    b2b
    cannabis
    compliance
    enterprise-software