Startup: Caliva
Investors: Joe Montana, Carol Bartz, other angel investors
Recommended by: Carol Bartz, former Yahoo CEO and angel investor
Recent raise: $75 million
What it does: Caliva is a dispensary chain and marijuana brand in California that sells both CBD and THC containing products in brick-and-mortar stores and online.
Why it's hot: "Their philosophy and aspiration to be the number one trusted lifestyle brand in cannabis resonates with me," said Bartz. "Caliva is setting out to make it the highest quality, safest, and most reliable cannabis products and to provide information and education to customers to make it all accessible."