{{Short description|American company based in San Francisco, California}} {{Infobox company | name = Eaze | logo = Eaze_company_2019.jpg | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | industry = Cannabis delivery<br>[[Medical cannabis]]<br>[[Recreational cannabis]] | founded = {{sda|2014}} | founder = Keith McCarty | hq_location_city = [[San Francisco, California]] | hq_location_country = United States | key_people = Ro Choy, CEO{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} | website = {{URL|https://www.eaze.com}} }}
'''Eaze''' is an American company based in [[San Francisco]], California that launched a medical cannabis delivery app of the same name in 2014.<ref name="Robinson">{{cite news|last1=Robinson|first1=Melia|title=I spent the day as a legal marijuana dealer — here's what happened|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-working-for-eaze-2016-4|access-date=April 15, 2017|work=[[Business Insider]]|date=April 20, 2016|archive-date=April 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416130241/http://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-working-for-eaze-2016-4|url-status=live}}</ref>
==History== Eaze was launched in 2014 by Keith McCarty to deliver medical marijuana to patients in [[California]].<ref name="Buhr">{{cite web|last1=Buhr|first1=Sarah|title=Weed on-demand startup Eaze inhales $13 million in funding to grow into new markets|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/24/putthatinyourpipeandsmokeit/|website=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=April 15, 2017|date=October 24, 2016|archive-date=April 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416125907/https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/24/putthatinyourpipeandsmokeit/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/08/05/uber-for-pot-eaze-attracts-investors-for-sf-pot-delivery-app.html|title=Inside Eaze, San Francisco's 'Uber for weed'|last=Solomon|first=Mark Berniker, Justin|date=2014-08-05|work=CNBC|access-date=2017-10-12|archive-date=2017-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121135458/https://www.cnbc.com/2014/08/05/uber-for-pot-eaze-attracts-investors-for-sf-pot-delivery-app.html|url-status=live}}</ref> McCarty started the company in his San Francisco apartment with four employees. The company provides a mobile app to connect users with cannabis dispensaries, but does not grow or sell marijuana itself, and has been nicknamed “the [[Uber]] of Weed”.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/an-exclusive-look-inside-a-weed-delivery-startup-with-billion-dollar-dreams-2017-08-29|title=The startup burning $1 million a month in hopes of selling $1 billion of pot a year|last=Cherney|first=Max A.|work=MarketWatch|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107112232/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/an-exclusive-look-inside-a-weed-delivery-startup-with-billion-dollar-dreams-2017-08-29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Nolan">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/silicon-valley-has-turned-vaping-into-a-booming-industry_us_596e8ec3e4b05561da5a5b93|title=Silicon Valley Has Turned Vaping into a Booming Industry|last=Nolan|first=Greg|date=2017-07-18|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-01|archive-date=2017-07-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722004737/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/silicon-valley-has-turned-vaping-into-a-booming-industry_us_596e8ec3e4b05561da5a5b93|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2017, the company operates in more than 100 cities within California.<ref name=":0" />
In 2017, Eaze reported 300 percent growth over the previous year. It has 81 employees, and performs 120,000 deliveries per month to 250,000 users.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.axios.com/eaze-raises-another-27m-as-investors-continue-to-invest-in-cannabis-tech-2485302531.html|title=Eaze raises another $27M as money piles into cannabis tech|date=2017-09-14|work=Axios|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030165143/https://www.axios.com/eaze-raises-another-27m-as-investors-continue-to-invest-in-cannabis-tech-2485302531.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/news/five-weed-apps-and-cannabis-tech-digital-tools-8323655|title=Five Must-Have Cannabis Apps for Tech-Savvy Stoners|last=Hartman|first=Shelby|date=2017-06-13|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2017-11-01|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107032028/http://www.laweekly.com/news/five-weed-apps-and-cannabis-tech-digital-tools-8323655|url-status=live}}</ref> A survey of Eaze users revealed that 66% are male, 57% are between 22 and 34, just over half have a [[bachelor's degree]], and 49% have an annual income over $75,000.<ref name="Fortune">{{Cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2017/06/27/eaze-marijuana-delivery/|title=Mostly Young, Well-Educated Men Are Ordering Marijuana Delivery|work=Fortune|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030044518/http://fortune.com/2017/06/27/eaze-marijuana-delivery/|url-status=live}}</ref> The company's vaporizer cartridge sales reached $1 million in sales in 4 months, and 31% of customers had ordered a vaporizer by the end of 2016.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="Nolan"/>
In 2016, Eaze founder Keith McCarty stepped down from his position as [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] and was replaced by Jim Patterson, who served as the company's chief product and technology officer.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/15/eaze-ceo-steps-down/|title=Eaze CEO steps down|last=Buhr|first=Sarah|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2017-10-11|language=en|archive-date=2017-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233048/https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/15/eaze-ceo-steps-down/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== EazeMD == [[File:Eaze hand.png|thumb|right|250px|User showing the app]] EazeMD is a service that helps people acquire a medical marijuana card. It is a California-based [[Telehealth|telemedicine]] service in which physicians assess patients through an online video chat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2015/06/30/eaze-doctor-online-prescription-marijuana-pizza-couch/#4f0667c89bad|title=I Got A Marijuana Prescription And Pot In Minutes Without Leaving My Couch|last=Mac|first=Ryan|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107033259/https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2015/06/30/eaze-doctor-online-prescription-marijuana-pizza-couch/#4f0667c89bad|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-its-like-to-be-one-of-americas-busiest-weed-doctors/|title=What It's Like to Be One of America's Busiest Weed Doctors|date=2017-09-05|work=Tonic|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en-us|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030802/https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/43385g/what-its-like-to-be-one-of-americas-busiest-weed-doctors|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/eaze-app-can-get-you-doctors-note-and-bag-of-weed-in-10-minutes-2015-6|title=This app can get you a doctor's note and a bag of weed in as little as 10 minutes|work=Business Insider|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026005314/http://www.businessinsider.com/eaze-app-can-get-you-doctors-note-and-bag-of-weed-in-10-minutes-2015-6|url-status=live}}</ref> It is California's largest telemedicine service for marijuana referrals.<ref name=":1" />
In June 2017, a former employee of one of these physicians accessed patient data in the physician's records system, causing a security breach. However, there was no evidence that Eaze data was accessed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.axios.com/records-of-some-patients-who-use-marijuana-delivery-service-eaze-may-h-2449315107.html|title=Records of some patients who use marijuana delivery service Eaze may have been accessed|date=2017-06-27|work=Axios|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023027/https://www.axios.com/records-of-some-patients-who-use-marijuana-delivery-service-eaze-may-h-2449315107.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Eaze Insights == Eaze Insights conducts surveys of their users and compiles data into reports on cannabis use. Statistics from their reports have been cited in ''[[Seattle Weekly]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/food/your-parents-are-probably-smoking-weed/|title=Your Parents Are Probably Smoking Weed {{!}} Seattle Weekly|date=2017-07-19|work=Seattle Weekly|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023000/http://www.seattleweekly.com/food/your-parents-are-probably-smoking-weed/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/debraborchardt/2017/09/26/california-cannabis-retail-market-revealed-big-data-tells-all/#6dbd8e2139e3|title=California Cannabis Retail Market Revealed: Big Data Tells All|last=Borchardt|first=Debra|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107034341/https://www.forbes.com/sites/debraborchardt/2017/09/26/california-cannabis-retail-market-revealed-big-data-tells-all/#6dbd8e2139e3|url-status=live}}</ref> [[HuffPost|''The Huffington Post'']],<ref name="Nolan"/> ''[[Business Insider]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/new-eaze-report-marijuana-consumer-trends-2017-2|title=8 key findings on marijuana consumer trends from the 'Uber for weed'|work=Business Insider|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105082246/http://www.businessinsider.com/new-eaze-report-marijuana-consumer-trends-2017-2?|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'',<ref name="Fortune"/> and other general interest publications.
== Financing == The company announced its $10 million [[Series A round|Series A funding]] in April 2015 by multiple venture capital firms, including the [[Snoop Dogg]]-backed Casa Verde Capital.<ref name="Huddleston">{{cite journal|last1=Huddleston |first1=Tom Jr.|title=5 companies with the biggest buzz in the marijuana industry|journal=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=April 20, 2015|url=http://fortune.com/2015/04/20/marijuana-industry-five-companies/|access-date=April 15, 2017|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|issn=0015-8259|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417054342/http://fortune.com/2015/04/20/marijuana-industry-five-companies/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="McAlone">{{cite news|last1=McAlone|first1=Nathan|title=This app can get you a doctor's note and a bag of weed in as little as 10 minutes|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/eaze-app-can-get-you-doctors-note-and-bag-of-weed-in-10-minutes-2015-6|access-date=April 15, 2017|work=Business Insider|date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=May 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530170742/http://www.businessinsider.com/eaze-app-can-get-you-doctors-note-and-bag-of-weed-in-10-minutes-2015-6|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2016, Eaze announced its series B funding in the amount of $13 million from five investors, making the company "the highest-funded startup in the history of the cannabis industry, as well as its fastest-growing one".<ref name="Buhr" /><ref name="Burns">{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=Janet|title=Weed Delivery App 'Eaze' Bags $13M As Highest-Funded Cannabis Startup Yet|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2016/10/25/weed-delivery-app-eaze-bags-13m-as-highest-funded-cannabis-startup-yet/#3958f3a75881|access-date=April 15, 2017|work=[[Forbes]]|date=October 25, 2016|archive-date=April 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416223906/https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2016/10/25/weed-delivery-app-eaze-bags-13m-as-highest-funded-cannabis-startup-yet/#3958f3a75881|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kokalitcheva">{{cite journal|last1=Kokalitcheva|first1=Kia|title=Here's Why One VC Poured Money Into a Marijuana Delivery Startup|url=http://fortune.com/2016/10/24/eaze-marijuana-investor/|access-date=April 15, 2017|journal=Fortune|date=October 24, 2016|archive-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510131053/http://fortune.com/2016/10/24/eaze-marijuana-investor/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2017, the company raised another $27 million in venture funding.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/14/eaze-is-moving-into-recreational-marijuana-delivery-with-27-million-in-new-funding/|title=Eaze is moving into recreational marijuana delivery with $27 million in new funding|last=Buhr|first=Sarah|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2017-11-01|language=en|archive-date=2017-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104204933/https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/14/eaze-is-moving-into-recreational-marijuana-delivery-with-27-million-in-new-funding/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Series B funding was led by Bailey Capital, joined by [[DCM Ventures]], Kaya Ventures, and FJ Labs. According to the company' officials in 2017, Eaze managed to raise more than $52 million since its inception in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/09/14/eaze-marijuana-delivery-tech-investment-california/88083/|title=Eaze accelerating marijuana delivery tech with $27 million investment|work=The Cannabist|access-date=2017-10-12|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013007/http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/09/14/eaze-marijuana-delivery-tech-investment-california/88083/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Cannabis|Companies}} * {{Official website|https://www.eaze.com}}
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