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Business Funding for Cannabis and CBD Businesses

The cannabis industry faces a capital problem unlike any other: much of it operates legally under state law, generates substantial revenue, and still cannot access the banking and lending that every other industry takes for granted — because cannabis remains federally illegal, most banks and conventional lenders simply will not work with it. Y Millennial Funding provides business funding for cannabis and CBD businesses — cultivators, processors and manufacturers, dispensaries and retailers, delivery operations, testing labs, and ancillary businesses — doing $100,000 or more in annual revenue. We work with an industry that most funders avoid. We underwrite based on revenue patterns and the financial performance of the business rather than conventional credit channels, and funding is structured as a percentage of revenue, so remittance flexes with how the business actually performs. Cannabis operators use funding for licensing and compliance costs, for cultivation and processing equipment, for dispensary and retail build-out, for expansion to additional locations or license types, for inventory, security, and compliance infrastructure, and for working capital. We want to be straightforward: cannabis is a specialized and heavily regulated space, federal and state law continue to evolve, and terms and structure are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. A merchant cash advance is not a loan; it is the purchase of future receivables. Not all applicants qualify, and approval depends on revenue patterns, time in business, regulatory standing, deposit consistency, and other factors.

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Merchant cash advances are not loans. Funding amounts, terms, and timing vary based on business performance and underwriting. Not all applicants qualify.

Why MCA Works for Cannabis & CBD Businesses

Merchant cash advance and revenue-based funding can work for cannabis businesses because the structure is based on the purchase of future revenue and underwritten on revenue patterns rather than on conventional credit channels. Y Millennial Funding works with cannabis businesses — an industry that most funders avoid. Underwriting is based on revenue patterns and the financial performance of the business. Remittance is a percentage of revenue, so it flexes with how the business performs. For a cannabis operator largely shut out of traditional banks and lenders, access to capital at all is the central issue, and revenue-based funding is one of the few avenues genuinely available. Because cannabis is a specialized and heavily regulated space, terms and structure are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Common Cannabis & CBD Businesses Challenges We Address

  • Being shut out of traditional banks and lenders almost entirely because of cannabis's federal status; the extreme difficulty of accessing capital that nearly every other industry takes for granted; the high cost of licensing
  • compliance
  • and build-out in a heavily regulated industry; expansion and equipment costs; the capital intensity of cultivation
  • processing
  • and retail operations; navigating a patchwork of state regulations; tight margins under heavy tax treatment

How Cannabis & CBD Businesses Businesses Use Their Funding

  • Licensing and compliance costs; cultivation and processing equipment; dispensary and retail build-out; expansion to additional locations or license types; inventory and supplies; security systems and compliance infrastructure; technology and seed-to-sale tracking systems; working capital; real estate improvements and facility upgrades

Why Banks Say No to Cannabis & CBD Businesses

Traditional banks and lenders do not struggle to fund cannabis businesses so much as they decline to, almost entirely. Because cannabis remains federally illegal, most banks will not even hold cannabis business accounts, and conventional lenders will not extend credit to cannabis operations — the federal risk is something they will not take. This shuts cannabis businesses out of nearly the entire traditional financial system: no standard business loans, no conventional lines of credit, often not even ordinary banking. An entire industry, much of it operating legally under state law and generating substantial revenue, is largely cut off from the capital that every other industry relies on.

Industry Terms We Understand

Common terms include cultivation, processing, dispensary, seed-to-sale tracking, license type, vertical integration, multi-state operator (MSO), 280E tax treatment, adult-use and medical markets, and ancillary business. Operators talk constantly about access to banking and capital, because it shapes everything.

Frequently Asked Questions

All funding is subject to underwriting. Information below is general guidance.

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