Sitemap - 2021 - Highly Objective
🤝 Curaleaf acquires Bloom Dispensaries (AZ) for $211M and Natural Remedy (AZ) for $13M
🎙️ Podcast: Flower by Edie Parker – Founder & Creative Director, Brett Heyman
💨 Current Regulatory Environment Threatens Viability of California’s Legacy Cannabis Operator
💳 Curaleaf $425M, 8% Senior Secured Notes // Glass House $100M 10% Senior Secured Term Loan
🎙️ Podcast: MariMed – President & CEO, Robert Fireman and CFO, Jon Levine
💨 StateHouse Holdings (Loudpack, Harborside, Urbn Leaf) Merger Creates Major CA Operator
🎙️ Podcast: Poseidon Asset Management — Managing Partner, Morgan Paxhia
🚙 Uber Eats lists Cannabis (Tokyo Smoke) on its Marketplace in Ontario, Canada
🎙️ Podcast: Flowhub, CEO, Kyle Sherman
📜 South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace Reveals Cannabis legalization Bill
🎙️ Podcast: springbig CEO, Jeffrey Harris
📱 springbig to merge with Tuatara Capital Acquisition Corp. (TCAC), $300M TEV
🏦 JPMorgan Restrict Trading of Some U.S. Cannabis Stocks
💨 UPDATE: Grass Lands at Outside Lands was actually an Overwhelming Success
🌲 Grass Lands at Outside Lands downsized vs. 2019
🌿 NY Operators Launch Whole Flower
🎙️ Podcast: Jane Technologies CEO, Socrates Rosenfeld
🏦 Verano Upsizes Credit Agreement to $250M at 8.50% Interest with an Additional $100M Option
🏡 NJ Awards 14 New Medical Marijuana Licenses
🏪 PharmaCann Acquires LivWell, Enters Colorado and Michigan Markets
🎙️ Podcast: Toby Chanudomchok (@mayortoby) – Cannabis Investor (HF background)
🧾 Tilray Earnings – Revenue up 43% to $168M but Net Loss increases to ($34.6M)
📰 Trulieve Completes Acquisition of Harvest
Recapping Hall of Flowers Santa Rosa 2021
🤑 Trulieve — $350M 8% Senior Secured Notes
🎙️ Podcast: Harborside Co-CEO / Entourage Effect Capital Managing Partner, Matt Hawkins
📰 House Approves Cannabis Banking Reform (5th Time) as part of Defense Spending Bill
📰 California Cannabis companies sue state over revoked licenses
🏦 Cannabis Stocks Rally on New Legislation to Protect Banks
🎙️ Podcast: Planet 13 — Co-CEO, Bob Groesbeck
🧑⚕️ Aurora Cannabis CEO — Medical Marijuana First at the Federal Level in U.S.
📉 U.S. Cannabis Trading Volume Levels after Q1 Spike
🎫 Illinois Plans Extra Cannabis Lottery
🧾 Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Sales of $122M in August, down 4.6% from $129M in July
🤝 TerrAscend acquires Gage Cannabis for $545M
📰 Icanic Brands acquires LEEF Holdings for $120M Stock
💰 Ascend Wellness Holdings (AWH) — $210M Senior Debt Financing, 4-Year, 9.75%
🍪 Cookies opens First Dispensary on East Coast in Worcester, MA
🎙️ Podcast: Ayr Wellness — Chairman and CEO, Jonathan Sandelman
📝 Tilray Chairman and CEO, Sends Shareholder Letter Mapping out $4B Revenue Plan
🖥️ Jane Technologies $100M Series C
🍎 TILT Partners with Shinnecock Indian Nation of New York to develop Vertical Cannabis Operations
🏡 71% of New Jersey towns Ban Adult-Use Cannabis Retail
HEXO Prices $140M Public Offering, Plans to Enter U.S. through SPV
🎤 Weedmaps Sponsors Thirty Five Ventures’ Sports Business Media Network, Boardroom
🧉 Cann Launches Cannabis-Infused, Caffeinated Social Tonic
🚙🐉 Eaze to Acquire Green Dragon, Executing on Vertical-integration Plans
📈 PharmaCann confidentially files for IPO
UPDATE: Ayr Wellness Enters the Cannabis-Infused Beverage Market with Proposed Acquisition of Levia
🗣️ Ayr Wellness Rumored to buy Cultivauna (LEVIA) for up to $60M ($20M upfront)
🗣️ HERBL in talks to go public via SPAC combination with BGP at ~$600M valuation
🤝 Leafly To Go Public Through Business Combination With Merida Merger Corp I
Cannabis SPAC Achari Ventures Holdings I Files for $100M IPO
🏪 Planet 13's New OC Dispensary Generated $800K in First Month
📈 $128M in July sales for IL, up 10.6% Month-over-Month
🇬🇷 UK SPAC Takes Hellenic Dynamics (Greek Cultivation) Public In Deal Valued at $62.5M
📝 Ohio Lawmakers File Cannabis Legalization Bill
🎱 IL Announces Results of Lottery for 55 Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization Licenses
📈 Tilray reports Q4 & FY2021 Results, stock up 25.8%
🏦 Billionaire Charles Koch On Why Cannabis Should Be Legal
🤝 Verano acquires Sierra Well for $29M
🍑 Six companies awarded Medical Licenses in Georgia
💨 Old Pal raises $8M from Turning Point Brands
💬 Sen. Cory Booker on legalizing marijuana: “We’re on the right side of history in America”
🤝 Ayr Wellness Enters Illinois with Agreement to Acquire Herbal Remedies Dispensaries for $30M
🤑 Another Cannabis SPAC launches
🎫 IL Governor announces Lottery Dates for 185 Cannabis Dispensary Licenses
📢 Schumer Proposes Federal Decriminalization of Cannabis
📰 Schumer, other Democrats to unveil draft bill for cannabis decriminalization on Wednesday
📺 NBC launches in-depth coverage of Cannabis in special series all this week
🌵 Travis Scott Launches Cactus Farms Cannabis Line
🧾 Jefferies Analyst – MSOs are “Generational Wealth Builder”
💰 Illinois collects $317 million in Cannabis taxes for FY2021 (ended 6/30/21)
🏃♀️Sha’Carri Richardson's suspension gets everyone talking about Cannabis
NABIS raises $23 Million Series B
Virginia Cannabis Legalized as of today (7/1)
GH Group, Inc. and Mercer Park Brand Acquisition Corp. Complete de-SPAC Transaction
Clarence Thomas says federal marijuana laws may be outdated
Weekly: Cannabis + late-night talk shows
United Nations calls for global ban on cannabis advertising
Jimmy Kimmel & Conan O'Brien both run Cannabis segments
Connecticut Governor Signs Cannabis Legalization Into Law
The Valens Company completes acquisition of Leading US CBD Company, Green Roads
📈 WM Holding Company (MAPS) Completes Business Combination w/ Silver Spike
Columbia Care Launches $74.5M Private Placement (6.00% Secured Convertible Notes)
💰Cronos invests $110M for option to acquire 10.5% of PharmaCann ($1.05B valuation)
🗜️States Clamp Down on Delta-8 THC
📦Amazon backs Federal Bill to Legalize Marijuana
💰The Parent Company invests $50M into competitor, Glass House (Mercer Park SPAC)
🏬 Columbia Care Launches "Cannabist" Retail Brand
🍊Trulieve acquires 🌵Harvest in $2.1B stock deal
🌿Aurora Cannabis CEO predicts a “Monsanto” of cannabis will emerge
🏦GTI raises up to $250M Debt at 7% Interest
💨Companies report Record Sales Day on 420
🌴CA Brands Secure Funding – Connected ($30M), LEUNE ($5M)
🏙️New York State Passes Adult Use Cannabis Legislation
🗽New York lawmakers agree to legalize Recreational Cannabis
🚘 Dutchie raises $200M at $1.7B Valuation
Mexico Passes Bill to Legalize Cannabis
🌍Curaleaf enters Europe through EMMAC acquisition ($286M)
🍍Houseplant to launch in California
🛶Virginia legalizes recreational Cannabis
💵$120M Ceres Acquisition Corp. SPAC + Parallel valued at $1.9B
💰🏀🌿 Chris Webber and JW Asset Management —Launch $100M Cannabis Impact Fund
💊 Jazz Pharmaceuticals acquires GW Pharmaceuticals for $7.2B
📰Subversive's 2nd SPAC deal, Tuatara launches $150M SPAC, Agrify prices IPO.
🌵Recreational Cannabis sales begin in Arizona
💰MSOs raise large cash amounts given extremely strong demand / favorable tailwinds
👀 Australis Capital (AUSAF): Investors are buying into the turnaround story