Los Angeles-based Sorting Robotics, which provides industrial automation solutions for the cannabis industry, has secured $2 million in debt financing from investment groups Kiso Capital and Prospeq. 

Sorting Robotics, the leading provider of industrial automation solutions for the cannabis industry, is proud to announce that it has secured $2 million in debt financing from investment groups Kiso Capital and Prospeq. This funding will support Sorting Robotics’ ongoing growth and expansion efforts across the cannabis industry’s value chain.

he creators of the Jiko+ are looking to conquer one of the points in the cannabis supply chain people have not been able to automate up to this point. Sure there have been infused preroll machines, but they were never a true donut, or as we call them now, hash hole. The tech attached to those machines was mostly needles attached to a heating element that would shoot the concentrate into each joint evenly as it removed the needle. A lot of the time the material being used in these infused prerolls, both the flower and hash, was between garbage and subpar.

Sorting Robotics this week introduced a new robot, the Jiko+ Donut Maker, that automates donut hole-infused joints and blunts. The robot can make 800 donut-style infused pre-rolls per hour, bringing the labor cost down from about $5 per joint to $0.10. 

Sorting Robotics today introduced the Jiko+ Donut Maker, a new robot that automates donut hole (hash hole) infused joints and blunts. Donut holes are formed when cannabis concentrates are meticulously placed in the middle of joints or blunts. As they burn, a donut-hole looking formation of ash appears on the end. According to the company, the Jiko+ Donut Maker can produce at scale with unmatched consistency, precision and efficiency.

While pre-rolls are finally getting their moment, posting notable growth across virtually every market, much of that growth has been powered by the infused pre-roll subcategory. In Michigan, for example, infused pre-rolls now make up over 40% of the category, and 9 of the top 10 best selling pre-roll products are infused. But what’s driving this trend? How can brands capitalize on this new opportunity?