KushCo Holdings FKA Kush Bottles was founded in 2010 by Nicholas Kovacevich and Dallas Imbimbo in Santa Ana, California.[2][3] In 2013, the company lobbied for regulations requiring child-resistant packaging for medical and retail marijuana in Colorado.[4] Ben Wu was appointed[5] CEO of the company in 2014[6][7] while Kovacevich held the role of COO.[4] KushCo Holdings incorporated in Nevada in 2014.[8] It also acquired the KIM International Corporation in 2014.[9][10]
.[2] In May 2015, Kush acquired the Colorado-based packaging manufacturer, Dank Bottles founded by Justin Jones.[11][12] In October 2015, it launched an eCommerce site for its clients, mostly dispensaries and producers of cannabis.[2][11] In December of that year, the company went public on the OTCQB marketplace with the stock ticker symbol, KSHB.[11]
In May 2017, KushCo Holdings acquired CMP Wellness, a distributor of vaporizers and associated accessories.[13][14] The same month it also acquired Roll-Uh-Bowl, a supplier of silicone water pipes.[15] By the end of 2017 the company had sold 100 million things and had 4,000 legal cannabis clients.[16] Also in 2017, revenue for the company rose 258% compared to the previous year.[17] In February 2018,
Kush Co Holdings received $6 million in equity funding from Mérida Capital Partners with the goal of expanding product lines and entering new markets.[18] In March 2018, the company announced its intention to open a distribution center in Massachusetts.[19]
KushCo Holdings moved into the Cannabidiol market in 2018 with the purchase of Summit Innovations, a vaporizer brand that sells products to turn cannabis into CBD oil.[20]
KushCo Holdings sells a variety of ancillary cannabis-related products.[21][22]
