About Us

Born to Solve a Critical Problem

The cannabis industry and its participants have been caught up in a seemingly endless hunt for capital sources, but vital capital cannot properly flow into the industry without mature and systematic risk indicators to properly manage current exposure and future liability.

Despite solid efforts to reduce cash burn, increase sales, and lower the cost of goods sold, cannabis companies still require significant amounts of financing to complete build outs and strategic acquisitions.

With the tightening of the cannabis capital markets and the corresponding movement toward primarily debt financing, the role of credit scoring, rating, and monitoring have become increasingly important; and will likely be part of the baseline requirements of reputable lenders and investors.

CTrust was born of the union of minds and organizations representing decades of experience and trusted expertise across three critical areas required to effectively address today’s cannabis capital market challenges:

Cannabis Financial Restructuring & Receiverships
Cannabis Laws & Regulations
Cannabis Data & Analytics

Uniting Complementary Skills and Expertise

Set on raising the bar across the cannabis industry, three leaders joined forces to bring Trust back into the cannabis industry:

Robert Hoban, CTrust Chairman: a long-time cannabis industry veteran and visionary, C-suite executive, board member and attorney, Hoban co-founded the Clark Hill Law’s cannabis industry practice group and has been instrumental in the structuring and drafting of cannabis regulation in the United States as well as across Latin American and Europe.
Dotan Y. Melech, CTrust CEO: a former Federal bankruptcy trustee and a pioneer in cannabis receiverships, with thirty years of experience assessing and managing distressed assets, Melech led the largest receivership in the history of the cannabis industry and is committed to creating better alternatives for cannabis businesses and creditors.
Giadha DeCarcer, CTrust Founding Member: a seasoned tech innovator, keen strategist and successful serial entrepreneur, who most recently founded and led New Frontier Data (2014-2021), adds extensive experience and leadership in financial technology and cannabis to the CTrust team.

Our Beliefs

CTrust is founded on core principles and committed to serving a singular mission and vision: Transparency & Higher Standards in the Cannabis Industry

Values

Integrity Discipline Kindness

Vision

CTrust will become the indispensable tool for cannabis businesses to access capital that provides transparency into the financial health of the industry for lenders, investors and regulators.

Mission

Create an objective, quantifiable and more equitable environment for the cannabis industry’s investors, operators and consumers, thus incentivizing smart capital to invest in the industry.