Richard Groberg is a senior and accomplished operating and financial executive with a long and successful track record of working with entrepreneurs in high-growth and multi-location companies in: start-ups; company turnarounds, and stable operations – all while directing/completing complex financial transactions. Mr. Groberg’s cumulative track record of public and private capital raises (both equity and debt) plus M&A transactions exceeds $2.8 billion across several decades – with a recent focus on building and managing the back office operations of start-ups early-stage companies anticipating multiple rounds of financings. His engineered deal closings span the entire spectrum of credit worthiness from: angel investing at various stages to prepackaged bankruptcies to mezzanine offerings to public and private equity raises. Mr. Groberg has a B.A. in English from Emory University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University. Mr. Groberg has been involved in the cannabis industry since 2017.