Cannabis hiring platform Vangst has acquired Greenforce, a cannabis temporary staffing agency operating in Oregon and Arizona. GreenForce founder and CEO Ryan Rosenfeld will join Vangst as chief business officer, focused on further regional and national expansion. This is the second acquisition of the year for Vangst, which bought CannabizTemp in April.
“We are honored to welcome GreenForce customers and Ryan to the Vangst family,” said CEO Karson Humiston. “Ryan is a phenomenal entrepreneur who built a great business from the ground up, and I am very much looking forward to kicking ass together.”
Vangst said the acquisition brings its total customer count to more than 1,800. The company said it works with 90% of the top U.S. cannabis operators, and this acquisition will allow it to continue focusing on providing an exceptional experience for our customers and workers.
Greenforce was founded in 2016, and since that time, the company has expanded from its home state of Oregon and entered Arizona, providing skilled harvesting, cultivation, trimming, and other temporary labor services to licensed cannabis businesses. Greenforce has more than 100 clients across the two states, and has aggressive growth plans for the rest of 2024 and beyond.
“I am exceptionally proud of the business we built at Greenforce, and couldn’t be more excited for our next chapter with Vangst,” said Rosenfeld. “This transaction will give us the opportunity to expand more aggressively than ever before, provide an even more superior experience to our customers and workforce, and most importantly, continue to uplift the cannabis industry.”
