Four friends, Kit Gallant, David Van Vlierbergen, Liam O'Brien and Kevin Wu, came from different professional worlds but shared one belief: the newly-legalized Massachusetts market deserved something genuinely better.

They founded Fernway in October 2018 and spent the next two-and-a-half years obsessing over hardware quality, before a single dollar of revenue existed.

That's where Transpring entered the picture. Before a single product hit shelves, Fernway chose Transpring as their founding hardware partner. When Fernway finally launched in February 2021 with six 510-thread cartridges, the preparation showed. By November of that same year, Fernway was the #1 vape brand in Massachusetts.