Category: Cannabis
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![C21 Investments (CXXI.C) buys Oregon-based marijuana producer, sets stage for broad U.S. expansion]()
C21 Investments (CXXI.C) buys Oregon-based marijuana producer, sets stage for broad U.S. expansion
C21 Investments (CXXI.C) is about to get a lot bigger south of the border. The Canadian cannabis company just finalized the purchase of Swell Companies, an Oregon-based marijuana producer with 41 full-time employees. The acquisition helps C21 kill two birds with one stone: expand its U.S. operations while tapping into the fast-growing consumer packaged goods…
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Wayland Group (WAYL.C) and ICC Intl (WRLD.U.C) close huge asset deal wait no they don’t argh I’m dying
Investors in currently halted for not being able to put together last year’s financials like real grown up boys Wayland Group (WAYL.C) might have been celebrating today when it was announced their all-share deal to sell 49.9% of their international assets to ICC International (WRLD.U) had closed. One hopes the champagne they were popping wasn’t…
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TransCanna (TCAN.C) gets fruity in California cannabis market
On May 15, 2019 TransCanna (TCAN.C) announced an L.O.I with Tres Ojos Naturals, to acquire the branding asset package, Soldaze, which produces cannabis-infused fruit snacks in California. Before we get into the Soldaze deal, let’s review TransCanna’s 4-pronged business model: TransCanna provides investors access to a “closed loop ecosystem” built for consistency, reliability, and scale. TCAN…
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![1933 Industries (TGIF.C): how to raise money without stock dilution]()
1933 Industries (TGIF.C): how to raise money without stock dilution
Publicly-traded cannabis companies that are not run by nutbars, piglets or hype-merchants, currently have good access to capital. If you’re selling weed, hemp or vape pens – it’s just not that hard to find institutional money. A fast-growing cannabis company like 1933 Industries (TGIF.C) with 2018 revenues of $12.6 million – can snap its fingers…
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Supreme Cannabis (FIRE.T): Enough screwing around, you guys, get behind quality
The old junior markets rule #1 is ‘buy rumour, sell the news’, and no company I’ve ever seen illustrates this in practice more than Supreme Cannabis (FIRE.T). For several years now, whenever it tiptoes upwards in share price, a news event happens and shareholders sell off. It happens like clockwork, and it’s infuriating. Don’t get…
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![Hemptown USA raises $23 million and lays out plan for CBG global markets]()
Hemptown USA raises $23 million and lays out plan for CBG global markets
On May 14, 2019 Hemptown USA announced the completion of $23 million financing, led by Canaccord Genuity. The company is growing 1,500 acres of high-grade “feminized hemp” in Oregon, on the northern tip of the famous weed-growers Emerald Triangle. Feminised hemp comes from genetically altered seeds. Typically, they produce more medically active substances such CBD…
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![Heritage Cannabis (CANN.C) acquires a 30% stake in EndoCanna]()
Heritage Cannabis (CANN.C) acquires a 30% stake in EndoCanna
Heritage Cannabis (CANN.C) is back in the headlines Wednesday after announcing plans to acquire a minority stake in EndoCanna, one of California’s leading DNA-testing marijuana companies. The news comes about a week after Equity Guru identified extracts and their derivatives as one of the final frontiers of the cannabis boom – in an article covering…
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![TGOD (TGOD.T) gains access to 15,000 German pharmacies]()
TGOD (TGOD.T) gains access to 15,000 German pharmacies
Many Canadian cannabis companies natter on about “global expansion”. A select few have already done deals that are generating foreign revenue. The Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD.T) is one of those companies. On May 13, 2019 TGOD announced that its 100% owned subsidiary, HemPoland, has inked a deal with Mediakos to be the exclusive distributor of…
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Pasha Brands (CRFT.C) takes a contrarian weed grow approach: Smaller, but plentiful
Ask anyone who has more experience growing cannabis than a sophomore college student whether they’d be keen to grow a million square feet of weed, and they’d likely point out the problems inherent in such a task. Automation is nice. Hordes of newly trained staff are fine. Hooking up to a nuclear power station and…
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Shell Game: How Wayland Group (WAYL.C) built a paper empire and the loan that may drag it under
PROLOGUE: Cannabis companies, as we know them in our minds, rarely exist. Oh sure, some have buildings and staff, some grow things and others might even have a license. But even those with big buildouts and massive market caps are, for the most part, a promise of what’s to come, maybe, some time, kinda. But…
