Helping people find jobs in cannabis since 2016.

Vangst is the cannabis industry’s #1 job platform. We are proud to work with 1,500+ cannabis companies around the US to help them connect with the best talent in the industry.

Vangst team photo from company retreat 2022

Our Story

2015
Karson creates Gradujuana website from St. Lawrence University library.
2016
Gradujuana graduates, Vangst is born
2017
We land our 100th customer
2018
Raise $2.5M seed round, from Lerer Hippeau
2019
Launch Vangst GIGS & raise $10M Series A, from Snoop’s Casa Verde Capital
2020
Launch Vangst GIGs in 10 additional markets while also launching a new version of our product
2021
Land our 1,000th customer
2022
Raise $19M Series B, from Level One Fund

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Social Impact

Partnering with Mission Green to create change

91% of Americans agree cannabis should be legal in some form - yet there are over 40,000 people incarcerated in the United States. We’ve partnered with Mission Green, an initiative working to release those serving time for cannabis related offenses.

Learn More About Mission Green

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