Mérida, Yucatán

A Subterranean Ecosystem in the Chicxulub Crater

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Friday, October 30, 2020
Extinction events, Geological history of Earth, Mérida, Yucatán, Chicxulub crater, Chicxulub, Geology, Earth

HOUSTON and COLUMBIA,Md., Oct. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A new study reveals that the Chicxulub impact crater and its hydrothermal system hosted a subterranean ecosystem that could provide a glimpse of Earth's primordial life.

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  • HOUSTON and COLUMBIA,Md., Oct. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A new study reveals that the Chicxulub impact crater and its hydrothermal system hosted a subterranean ecosystem that could provide a glimpse of Earth's primordial life.
  • The Chicxulub impact crater, roughly 180 kilometers in diameter, is the best-preserved large impact structure on Earth.
  • They showed that the Chicxulub crater hosted a vast hydrothermal system that persisted for hundreds of thousands of years, if not millions of years.
  • In a series of studies over those two decades, scientists showed the Chicxulub crater had a porous, permeable subsurface environment; that the crater hosted a vast hydrothermal system; and, finally, in the current study released today, that the system hosted a microbial ecosystem.

MediaJel Closes $2.5M Series Seed Round Led by Merida Capital Partners

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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Health sciences, Medicine, Health, Brave, Merida, Mérida, Yucatán, Hemp, Medical cannabis

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaJel , a leading data-driven advertising technology company, today announced thatit has closed ona $2.5 million Seed Round of financing led by Merida Capital Partners .

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  • WALNUT CREEK, Calif., June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaJel , a leading data-driven advertising technology company, today announced thatit has closed ona $2.5 million Seed Round of financing led by Merida Capital Partners .
  • As part of Merida's investment, Merida Operating Partner and Omnicom Chairman Emeritus, Thomas Harrison, has joined the MediaJel Board.
  • "We are on a rapid trajectory directly in line with the burgeoning cannabis space," said Aaron Silverman, President and co-founder of MediaJel.
  • Merida Capital Partners is a private equity firm targeting fundamental growth drivers which accelerate the rapid development of the cannabis and hemp industries.

Merida Capital Partners Launches $200MM Third Fund; Crosses $125MM in Assets Under Management; Announces New Toronto Office and Three Key Hires

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Friday, April 12, 2019
Professional services, Finance, Retail, Tobacco, Brave, Merida, Hemp, Fictional characters, Ships, Oceans, Professional services, Finance, Retail, Tobacco, Brave, Merida, Ships, Fictional characters, Mérida, Yucatán, Shipwrecks

MERIDA CAPITAL PARTNERS LAUNCHES $200MM THIRD FUND; CROSSES $125MM IN ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT; ANNOUNCES NEW TORONTO OFFICE AND THREE KEY HIRES

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  • MERIDA CAPITAL PARTNERS LAUNCHES $200MM THIRD FUND; CROSSES $125MM IN ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT; ANNOUNCES NEW TORONTO OFFICE AND THREE KEY HIRES
    Merida Capital Partners (Merida), a cannabis-focused private equity fund, has launched its $200MM third fund, which will focus on concentrated, high conviction investments in leading companies in the cannabis ecosystem.
  • Merida also announced the expansion of its international operations, opening an office in Toronto, Canada to go with its New York flagship office and satellite offices in San Francisco and Bethesda, Maryland.
  • In addition, the firm announced the expansion of its team with three new key hires, which brings the firms total employee count to 19.
  • David Lubotta has joined Merida as a Partner and will oversee Meridas Canadian efforts from its new Toronto office.