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Peter Thiel Invests In The Marijuana Business

Posted on the 10 January 2015 by Worldwide @thedomains

Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal has is diving into the world of legalized marijuana, through his Founders Fund he has made an investment in Privateer Holdings who is the first private equity firm to invest solely in the legal cannabis niche. In the domain world 2014 saw many domain investors getting into the niche of marijuana related domains. Over the last 30 days 1782 marijuana .com domains have been registered.

Here are some recent registrations:
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  • marijuanaday.com
  • cultivate-marijuana.com
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  • marijuanactr.com
  • marijuana4meds.com
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  • marijuanamountain.com
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  • flmedicalmarijuanaassociation.com
  • marijuanaanchorage.com
  • marijuanavaporisers.com
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  • marijuanaclubrewards.com
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  • marijuanaonlinerewards.com
  • marijuanabusinessrewards.com
  • marijuanashoprewards.com
  • marijuanarewardsplus.com
  • primitivemarijuana.com
  • usemedicalmarijuana.com
  • miwokmarijuana.com
  • allthebestmarijuana.net
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  • marijuanadeliverycalifornia.com
  • washingtonmarijuana411.com
  • marijuanakim.com
  • theartisanmarijuanacompany.com
  • marijuanacertificationtraining.com
  • biblemarijuana.com
  • prescribedmarijuana.com
  • medical-marijuana-patients.com
  • medicalmarijuanavendors.com
  • legalmarijuanaconsultants.com
  • mihimarijuana.com
  • medicalmarijuanaseo.com
  • herbal-marijuana.com
  • marijuana-leaf.com
  • bouldercoloradomedicalmarijuana.com
  • ohiomarijuanaretailers.com
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  • pomomarijuana.net
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  • wellymarijuana.com
  • marijuanaachiever.com
  • marijuanalozenge.com
  • houston-marijuana-lawyer.com
  • marijuanablissbars.com
  • medicalmarijuanablissbars.com
  • rxmarijuanaedibles.com
  • mrnaturalmedicalmarijuanachoclates.com
  • bseenmedicalmarijuana.com
  • marijuana-funding.com
  • marijuanapanel.com
  • dutchmarijuanaseedbank.com
  • medicalmarijuanastoreusa.com
  • humboldtmedicalmarijuana.com
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  • marijuanamath.com
  • marijuanagateway.com
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  • medicalmarijuanahealthinsurance.com
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  • topmarijuanawebsites.com

USA wrote about the investment:

Founders Fund announced Thursday that it has made a multi-million-dollar investment in Privateer Holdings, the world’s first private equity firm investing exclusively in the legal cannabis market. Founders Fund is backed by Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal. Founders Fund has more than $2 billion in assets under management.

Seattle-based Privateer owns Leafly, a Yelp-like app and website service that works much like a marijuana search engine to connect medical and recreational users with legal suppliers, along with strain reviews. Privateer in November announced an agreement with the family of reggae star Bob Marley to launch what it said was the first global cannabis brand, Marley Natural, with trademarked heirloom marijuana strains and products. It also owns Tilray, a Canada-based medical marijuana company.

Read the full article on USA TODAY


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