Author: Alan Brochstein, CFA
Ackrell Capital, based in San Francisco, is an M&A advisory and financing firm that will soon be launching a venture fund targeting the cannabis industry. Shannon Soqui, its Head of...
After waiting more than six months, cannabis producers Tilray, which is owned by Privateer Holdings, Tweed, a subsidiary of Canopy Growth (TSXV: CGC), and Whistler Medical, partially owned by...
Earlier this month, Colorado-based GoFire LLC was named as one of the eleven companies included in the inaugural class of TechrIoT XLR8, an accelerator program focused on the Internet of Things (IoT)....
Health Canada’s website today reflects the granting of two new licenses to cultivate medical cannabis. Green Relief, based in Ontario, and THC Biomed (CSE:THC) (OTC:THCBF), based in British Columbia, received the 28th...
Two years ago, Growlife (OTCBB:PHOT) was the most widely held and actively traded cannabis stock, commanding a market cap of hundreds of millions of dollars. It had already peaked...
Leafly, one of the three core holdings of Privateer Holdings, has moved forward since the departure of founder Cy Scott, who left last year to form Headset. At the recent Cannabis...
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festivals, a major gathering in Austin, TX that will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, is known for allowing attendees to discover the...
Earlier today, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) posted 8 warning letters issued to marketers of products containing cannabidiol (CBD). Two of the companies receiving the letters were criticized for claims...
Similar to a year ago, when the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to six companies, the FDA issued several warning letters to marketers of products with cannabidiol...
This management team is asking $15mm for 21% of its company. Med-X, based in Los Angeles, is actively pursuing a crowd-funding campaign, the first cannabis-related company to do so via a...
Foria received tremendous acclaim for its first product, Foria Pleasure, a cannabis-infused vaginal lubricant that launched in California in 2014 and in Colorado in 2015, and it has kicked off...
Alta Vista Ventures (CNSX: AVV) reported today that it has restructured the deal to acquire Canadian licensed cannabis producer RedeCan Pharm. The company originally announced its intent to purchase...
CIBC World Markets, the capital markets division of one of the leading banks in Canada, published its Economic Insights report on 1/28 that included some perspective on the pending...
Jacob Securities, founded in 2006, was a pioneer in the Canadian cannabis industry, helping to raise capital for many companies. The firm was one of the two underwriters for Tweed’s...
Cannabis Frontier interviewed Kyla Hill, who is the founder and CEO of Get Hemp Butter in Washington, D.C. Kyla, who is very active in the local cannabis community and...
The two-day free online Cannabis Health Summit, produced by Green Flower Media, has started. The event, which has a goal of educating the public about cannabis as medicine, includes 20 speakers...
Three months after announcing it was acquiring Canadian licensed cannabis producer Hydropothecary, Canadian Cannabis Corp (OTC: CCAN), according to unconfirmed sources, will not be closing the deal. CCAN is...
BDS Analytics has published a report on the Washington cannabis market that provides a very granular look at the growth and composition of the market by segment and sub-segment....
GGS Structures produced a video of the operations of its customer, CannTrust, which is one of the licensed producers in Canada based in Ontario Summary Nick Anderson, the Plant...
Health Canada, which oversees Canada’s medical cannabis program, released quarterly data on 01/18/16 for the quarter ending 09/30/15, the 2nd quarter of the fiscal year ending 03/31/16. The data can be...
We have reported all too often on Instagram deleting cannabis industry accounts. This past week, Dixie Brands, one of the best known premium marijuana infused products manufacturers, was yet another victim...
Watch the webinar On January 7th, New Cannabis Ventures Founder Alan Brochstein hosted Troy Dayton, CEO of The ArcView Group, for a webinar to discuss the organization and how...
On January 14th, Oakland-based ArcView Group, the first cannabis-focused angel investing network and the publisher of the State of Legal Marijuana Markets research, filed a Form D with the...
Perhaps the biggest threat to the legal Canadian medical cannabis industry is the competition from the illegal dispensaries that operate openly in many parts of the country, especially in...
3D Printing: The Future of Elevation Instrument Design Printabowl Creates Design-Minded Water Pipes Using 3D Printing Technology January 12, 2016 – Printabowl, that produces elevation instruments for the fledgling...
