“Can a cannabis-vertical POS platform own the full operational and financial stack for dispensaries in a cash-heavy, highly-regulated industry where mainstream fintech won't go?”
Founded in 2014 as a cannabis delivery and telemedicine startup, Meadow pivoted after Y Combinator graduation to become a specialized point-of-sale and dispensary management platform for cannabis retailers. The company recognized that standard POS and inventory software was non-compliant with cannabis regulations and built vertical-specific software. By 2022, having saturated California, Meadow began multi-state expansion and embedded payments infrastructure (via Finix) to serve an industry historically underserved by mainstream financial rails.
Meadow processes payments through Finix.
Meadow integrates with QuickBooks.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Meadow's stack: Payments / PSP (Finix); Accounting (QuickBooks).
Meadow was founded by David Hua and is founded in 2014, headquartered in San Francisco, CA (California-focused; Michigan expansion 2022).
Meadow has raised $2.1M+ (seed disclosed; additional rounds undisclosed publicly) in total (latest round: Seed, 2016).
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