Paypal founder Peter Thiel becomes marijuana’s first big investor Adan Posted on January 8, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Hot News Thiel’s Founders Fund is the first institutional investor to put money into the nascent cannabis industry, which is still illegal in half the US. Share this:Share Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email