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Marijuana Delivery Company Eaze Worth Over $300 Million

Eaze is basically Uber for pot, and they’re about to have a $300 million dollar evaluation on their business. The San Francisco based company is closing a deal today that…

DALY CITY, CA – APRIL 18: Leaves of a mature marijuana plant are seenin a display at The International Cannabis and Hemp Expo April 18, 2010 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. The two day Cannabis and Hemp Expo features speakers, retailers selling medical marijuana smoking paraphernalia and a special tent available for medical marijuana card holders to smoke their medicine. Voters in California will consider a measure on the November general election ballot that could make the State the first in the nation to legalize the growing of a limited amount of marijuana for private use.

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Eaze is basically Uber for pot, and they're about to have a $300 million dollar evaluation on their business. The San Francisco based company is closing a deal today that would add another 65 million dollars through a venture capital investment. The largest new investor is serial entrepreneur Jim Clark, who co-founded both Silicon Graphic and Netscape.

Delivery Drivers would be W2 taxes employees. A source close to the deal says he expects Eaze will focus its energy on "on-the-ground expansion to states that have legalized recreational marijuana." There is no word on when Eaze will start moving into Michigan. But it begs the question of ... Is this safe? And would you be a weed delivery driver on the side?

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