The crushed velvet sofas and mahogany panels of Mayfair may seem a world away from skinning up a joint in the park but London high finance and cannabis are colliding in what has been dubbed a 21st-century green rush.
Dozens of City types descended on the boutique Dukes hotel in St James’s on Tuesday for the Cannabis Invest UK conference, a kind of speed dating for the cannabis industry where companies showcase themselves to investors.
Former investment banking analyst Patrick Morton, who hosts the regular event, says the conference was in response to investor demand for up-and-coming cannabis firms as a wave of legal changes across Europe relax weed laws.
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