
Advisors
Trustworthy Advisors for
Early Stage Cannabis Companies
Real Ones Only.
No Nonsense.
Services
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Growth Strategy
We help you create the strategies, tactics and KPIs needed to drive growth.
Whether it’s a brand new company, a new product or a pivot, we can help you deploy defensible GTM strategies and track and report on progress towards key performance indicators.
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Fundraising & Investment
We’ll act as a trusted guide and help you find the right investors on the right terms.
We’ll provide a comprehensive fundraising strategy including an audit of investment collateral (pitch deck, financial models, data room, etc.), development of the fact-basis, identification of prospective investors and timeline with associated milestones.
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Due Diligence
Looking at a cannabis acquisition, strategic partnership or investment?
Our winning combination of organized storytelling and financial modeling skills will help you create a clear criteria to evaluate the deal. We can quickly identify a successful deal, create best alternatives to a negotiated deal or tell you to walk.
FAQ
What is the Receptive Capital Advisory practice?
The advisory arm of Receptive Capital, an investment and advisory firm focused on the legal cannabis industry in the United States.
Who is it for?
Our focus is early stage companies. Our collective experiences punch above their weight class for this group of companies. We offer our services to a wide range of industry sectors from cultivation to software companies and everything in between.
What services do you provide?
We focus on on our collective expertise in business development, marketing and financing. You can see our services section above for a bit more detail.
What makes your team different?
We like to work with companies who value our time just as much as we value theirs. After spending a combined 15 years in the cannabis industry, here are a few things that make us different.
You can trust us.
We’re effective, respectful communicators.
We’re results-driven strategic thinkers.
We’re professionals. We don’t put up with nonsense.
We care about facts backed by data.
How do you charge for your services?
We work on project rates which may or may not include a monthly retainer. We do not currently work for equity but we may in the future.
Who are the Advisors?
Rick Bashkoff is the principal advisor. Rick works with a network of qualified service providers when needed.
Industry Sectors

Are you interested in working with us?
The Receptive Capital Thesis
Cannabis will be everywhere.
By 2030, cannabis will be an integral part of our everyday lives, society, and culture.
The industry that anchored itself during the world’s first global pandemic in nearly a century, scaled quickly in a post pandemic world and claimed it’s rightful place alongside the world’s most important and impactful industries.