Ricardo Almanza is a partner and founder of CBDBox, a legal consulting firm on cannabis that offers solutions in business advice on the subject in Mexico and worldwide, as well as business ties with international companies related to the industry. He currently has a personal consumption permit, one of the first 5 in the City of Querétaro. Together with the entire CBDBox team, it has managed to enter 1,680 registrations interested in processing their permit, 628 already with a folio in COFEPRIS and 360 protection won and 41 permits issued.

Together with his entire work team, he has managed to formally constitute before Mexican Laws, 420 Latam Consultora S.A.P.I. de CV, being this one of the first companies with cannabis purposes nationwide in its corporate purpose, in addition to already having registration with the Treasury (SAT in Mexico for its abbreviation) which allows it to pay taxes, thus leaving a historical precedent For those companies that want full legality in this business, together with this, the company 420 Latam is currently bankarized, being able to transact both in pesos and in US dollars. Recently, through constant work and perseverance, the first favorable legal resource for the importation of Cannabis Sativa Linium and its derivatives has been achieved.

He is also the founder of HouseHoppers, an innovative and pioneering real estate development crowdfunding platform. In 2016, I founded Ejimex, the company that advises and manages the procedures of ejidatorios and investors before municipal, state and federal agencies such as the National Agrarian Registry, through legal defense in disputes before Agrarian Courts of all Mexico.

In addition, he is the creator of Off The Box, a business center for entrepreneurs where a creative and disruptive space is provided with a completely different twist and favorable to business accommodation services. He has an active position on the Board of Directors of Disruptive Capital Services LLC.

He is a passionate entrepreneur, cannabis advocate and activist, connoisseur of tech finance models, excellent entrepreneur with interest and skills in trade, business development, finance, international relations, and marketing. He advises various clients on different financial, performance and investment matters. He has a Law Degree from the Latin American University and a Degree in International Trade from the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac. He has an accreditation as an expert in Fintech and Crowdfunding by the Universidad Anáhuac. He has studied in Canada the management of the cannabis industry, which allows him to know the industry, its products, laws and everything related to give it added value.