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VIDEO: Behind the scenes with British cannabis firm Avida Global

The company is on track to become a world-leading, vertically integrated seed to sales operation

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Avida Global's production facility in north east Columbia

British cannabis firm Avida Global is on track to become a world-leading, vertically integrated seed to sales business. CEO David Kirby reveals the highs and lows of the journey so far.

Founded in 2018, Avida Global is a producer of high-quality medicinal cannabis oils for the worldwide medical and well-being markets​.

While its management team – hailing from backgrounds in business, horticulture, banking and finance – is headquartered in London, its production facility is in north east Colombia, a region renowned for its natural growing advantages.

But in a fast-growing, highly-competitive market, what sets Avida apart?

CEO David Kirby, who has worked for the likes of Capgemini and Shell, takes our sister title, Cannabis Wealth behind the scenes.

 

Avida Global is currently fundraising via Seedrs and has already overfunded its £1 million target by more than 137 percent.

This is Avida Global’s first crowdfunding campaign having already raised more than £6.1million to date.

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Sarah Sinclair is an award-winning freelance journalist covering health, drug policy and social affairs. She is one of the few UK reporters specialising in medical cannabis policy and as the former editor of Cannabis Health has covered developments in the European cannabis sector extensively, with a focus on patients and consumers. She continues to report on cannabis-related health and policy for Forbes, Cannabis Health and Business of Cannabis and has written for The i Paper, Byline Times, The Lead, Positive News, Leafie & others. Sarah has an NCTJ accreditation and an MA in Journalism from the University of Sunderland and has completed additional specialist training through the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society in the UK. She has spoken at leading industry events such as Cannabis Europa.

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