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Cowen-linked cannabis and cryptocurrency firm to raise $4m

Company with Brian Cowen on its advisory board plans to become the ‘Amazon of Cannabis’ and eliminate cash from legal cannabis purchases

Brian Cowen: GetTangi said that ‘following a short absence due to illness Mr Cowen has expressed his desire to get back to work with the Tangi team.’ Picture: Inpho/James Crombie

​​GetTangi, a cannabis and cryptocurrency company with Brian Cowen on its advisory board, is aiming to raise $4 million to build out what it describes as “the Amazon of cannabis”.

Last week, the company made a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US announcing it was about to raise capital.

Ronald Strauss, the company’s founder and chief executive, told the Business Post that the fundraising is “a first step in a ...