Our Founders
Angelina Blessed
Angelina is the epitome of a pro-athlete turned brand founder with a knack for precision. As a Muay Thai fighter who spent 15 years training and competing in Thailand and Canada, and one of the first Canadian females to fight Muay Thai in China, she understands firsthand the importance of proper recovery. Angelina noticed the market was lacking edibles with low or no sugar or keta options. She created Blessed for those who push their bodies to the max and crave a recovery process that isn’t processed. With products designed with the active in mind, the company is a reflection of her lifestyle. In her spare time, you’ll find her floating, running, getting tattooed, training, and helping her friends heal.
Riley Starr
A lifelong Montrealer, Riley has always made a living working with his hands, his passion has always been for food and drink — whether it's tending a fragile sourdough culture, curing Parma ham, or brewing beer, a hobby that eventually became a nearly decade-long career managing production at several local brewpubs. His love of cannabis eventually brought that same sensibility to a craft that he saw struggling for culinary respectability. After training under an artisan chocolatier in Chambly, Quebec, and applying his palette for craft beverage to formulating infused sodas, he founded flir as a way to celebrate exceptional ingredients alongside the experience of cannabis edibles.
Dome Duong
Dome Duong (left) is an entrepreneur, Chartered Professional Accountant, and fractional CFO to cannabis businesses. He's been involved in the burgeoning cannabis industry since 2014 which led him to become one of the co-founders of Little Farma. Since that time, his passion for the cannabis industry has also led him to become a co-founder of other Canadian and US-based cannabis businesses involved in cultivation, manufacturing, and retail. Outside of his busy schedule, Dome slows down and spends quality time with his wife and two children.