Leaf Trade, a Chicago company that makes technology for marijuana dispensaries, just landed $4.5 million to help it expand

Marijuana technology company Leaf Trade raised $4.5 million that it will use to expand to more markets and go deeper into states like Illinois where it already operates. All 55 dispensaries in Illinois, including the Mission Dispensary in Chicago pictured here, use Leaf Trade’s technology platform. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)