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LeafLink offers a comprehensive wholesale management platform and marketplace for the regulated cannabis industry. Its software ecosystem connects cannabis brands with retailers and distributors, streamlining ordering and enhancing business efficiency. The core offering facilitates e-commerce for wholesale cannabis products, encompassing flower, concentrates, edibles, and various accessories.
Zachary Silverman and Ryan Smith co-founded LeafLink in 2015. Their insight recognized the nascent cannabis market’s critical need for a standardized, efficient wholesale infrastructure. They aimed to resolve complexities in transactions between cultivators, producers, and dispensaries, inspiring a dedicated digital solution for business-to-business cannabis commerce.
LeafLink serves licensed cannabis brands seeking expanded market reach and retailers simplifying procurement and inventory. The company’s long-term vision is to be the premier wholesale platform in the cannabis sector, enabling businesses to seamlessly manage their entire sales-to-cash cycle and foster accelerated, sustainable growth.
Leafr has raised $760K across 1 funding round.
Leafr has raised $760K in total across 1 funding round.
Leafr has raised $760K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $760K Seed in February 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2025 | $760K Seed | — | Haatch | Announced |
Leafr has raised $760K in total across 1 funding round.
Leafr's investors include Haatch.
Leafr is a technology platform that connects businesses with vetted freelance sustainability specialists and rated tools to implement sustainability initiatives efficiently. It serves companies from startups to FTSE100 across the UK, Europe, and US, solving the problem of limited time, skills, and capacity for sustainability projects like carbon accounting, ESG reporting, Life Cycle Assessments, B Corp certification, and emissions calculations[1][3][4]. By offering access at 1/3 the market cost and much faster deployment—often in minutes—Leafr enables businesses to achieve sustainability goals without high consultancy fees or long hiring processes, while also providing a unique rated marketplace for sustainability software based on consultant reviews[2][3][4].
Leafr was co-founded by Nick Valenzia and Gus, who drew from their complementary experiences in sustainability challenges. Nick spent years helping corporates with impact and sustainability projects, observing even big-budget companies struggle to find the right expertise. Gus built a platform for fashion brands to clean up supply chains but found users had tools yet lacked skills to use them effectively[3]. This led to their core question: how to give businesses affordable, quick access to sustainability expertise? They launched Leafr as a tech solution to bridge this gap, growing to the world's largest network of over a thousand independent specialists without excessive admin or fees[2][3]. A pivotal moment was doubling an oversubscribed funding round in 2024 amid a 40% drop in climate tech funding and high interest rates, proving strong mission traction despite economic headwinds[2].
Leafr rides the surging demand for sustainability driven by ESG regulations, climate urgency, and corporate net-zero pledges, where businesses face expertise shortages amid tightening compliance like CSRD in Europe[3][5]. Timing is ideal as climate tech funding rebounds post-2024 dips, with platforms democratizing access to specialists amid talent wars—helping firms from startups to enterprises integrate sustainability without building in-house teams[2][3]. It influences the ecosystem by scaling "action over words," fostering a rated tools market that standardizes software evaluation and empowers consultants, ultimately accelerating corporate transitions to low-carbon operations[2][4][5].
Leafr is poised to dominate as the go-to hub for sustainability expertise, with plans to fully rebuild the platform and triple its client base within 12 months, targeting "sustainability as simply good business."[2][3] Rising regulatory pressures and AI-enhanced tools will amplify growth, while expanding its tools marketplace could disrupt fragmented software procurement. As climate action intensifies, Leafr's model—affordable, fast, data-backed—will evolve its influence, bridging businesses to specialists and tools at scale, fulfilling its mission to make sustainability accessible and impactful for all.
