Peli Labs
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Peli Labs, Inc. was a cannabis manufacturing and distribution company based in Ojai, California (Ventura County), founded in 2018 by co-founder and CEO Cecil Page — previously senior extraction engineer at Shryne Group (STIIIZY). The company specialised in cannabis extraction science and aimed to build a Type-6/7 manufacturing facility, vertically integrate, and compete in the California cannabis market once federal legalisation arrived. It raised about $1.5 million and remained pre-revenue with five employees as of 2020.
02 / Peli Labs FAILURE REASONS
Failure reasons
Peli Labs did not survive to scale. Still pre-revenue and small after years of effort, the company surrendered its California cannabis manufacturing licence (DCC-10004775), which expired in May 2023 with a 'surrendered' status per the California Department of Cannabis Control — the standard marker of a manufacturing operation that has ceased. No relaunch or new activity has been documented since.
03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Cecil Page founds Peli Labs, Inc. in Ojai, California, after fulfilling his contract as senior extraction engineer at Shryne Group (STIIIZY) to pursue his own cannabis facility.
- Investor pitch
Page presents Peli Labs at the Cannabis Investing Forum: pre-revenue startup, five employees, about $1.5 million raised or founder-invested to date, pursuing a manufacturing facility in Ojai.
- Licence issued
The California Department of Cannabis Control issues Peli Labs a provisional Type-6 manufacturing licence (DCC-10004775) in June 2022.
- Licence surrendered
The licence expires in May 2023 and is recorded as 'surrendered' by the Department of Cannabis Control — the manufacturing operation has ceased.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
Material for this section is being gathered and checked. It will appear here once ready.
Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
- 01
Peli Labs held a provisional California Type-6 manufacturing licence issued in June 2022.
- 02
The licence expired in May 2023 and its status was recorded as 'surrendered' by the California Department of Cannabis Control.
- 03
No new licence, relaunch or subsequent business activity for Peli Labs has been documented.