HubSpot Legal Chief Takes New Role at Cannabis Fintech Dutchie

Dutchie LLC, a cannabis industry payment services provider backed by high-powered investors, has hired John Kelleher as its general counsel.

Kelleher comes to Dutchie after more than a decade as legal chief for HubSpot Inc., a sales software company he joined in 2012 and helped take public two years later. Kelleher left Cambridge, Mass.-based HubSpot as of Sept. 6 but will assist in the search for his successor, according to a securities filing.

Dutchie was valued at $3.75 billion last year after completing a $350 million Series D fundraising. The Bend, Ore.-based company’s backers include asset management giant Tiger ...