sam darwish, i towers ceo. bringing technology to cannabis.ak to dutchie ceo ross lipson on how the company doubled their valuation in several months. this is bloomberg. ♪ . ♪ jon: this is bloomberg markets. we are covering ipo's and dutchie, a technology platform for cannabis dispensaries, which has raised $350 million in funding, bringing its evaluation to more than $3.5 billion. ceo and cofounder is ross lipson. thank you for being with us. we just got through and segment on an ipo. this is a big funding round for you how did it come together? ross: thanks for having me. happy to announce our series b here at dutchie. we are a technology platform that provides consumers with saving easy access to cannabis. this has been a long time in the making. really great relationships with our investors, both previous and new. we thought this was the time to inject capital into the business to accelerate the mission. matt: what is the core business here, what is the digital cannabis platform looking to do? ross: we offer point of sale, and more. our go