Exclusive Interview with Leafly CEO Yoko Miyashita For the past 12 years, Leafly (NASDAQ: LFLY) has been on a mission to help consumers navigate the cannabis industry. The platform...
Tilray, Inc. Releases 11 Million Shares From Lock-Up Agreement NANAIMO, British Columbia, March 31, 2020-(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) (“Tilray”), a global pioneer in cannabis production, research, cultivation and...
Tilray, Inc. and Privateer Holdings, Inc. Sign Definitive Agreement to Extend Lock-up and Provide for Orderly Distribution of 75 Million Tilray Shares Held by Privateer 77 Percent of Tilray’s...
This is a copy of the June 16th edition of our weekly Newsletter, which we have been publishing since October 2015. Friends, After a fantastic start to the year,...
Tilray, Inc. and Privateer Holdings, Inc. Sign Letter of Intent to Extend Lock-up and Provide for Orderly Release of 75 Million Tilray Shares Held by Privateer Lock-up to be...
Privateer Holdings Inc. Releases Statement That It Does Not Plan to Register, Sell or Distribute Its Tilray Shares in the First Half of 2019 SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Privateer Holdings Inc. (Privateer),...
Brandon David of Investing in Cannabis talked with Jon Trauben of Altitude Investments, a venture-capital fund based in New York that invests in early-stage and growth companies in the...
Tilray® Announces Completion of Series A Funding Round Led by Global Institutional Investors C$60 million Series A financing will enable Tilray to increase production capacity and expand distribution in...
Privateer Holdings Closes $100+ Million Funding Round, Announces $5 Million Equity Pledge to Help Communities Harmed by Cannabis Prohibition Firm’s founders pledge $5 million worth of their personal equity...
The Goodship® Joins the Privateer Holdings Family of Cannabis Brands SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Goodship, Washington state’s popular and beloved cannabis edibles brand, announced today that it has joined the Privateer...
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leafly, the world’s largest and fastest-growing cannabis technology company, today announced that accomplished startup executive Chris Jeffery has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer. As...
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference & Festivals, a major gathering in Austin, TX that will celebrate its 31st anniversary this year, is known for allowing attendees to discover the...
Investment Bank Cowen and Company, which initiated coverage on the cannabis industry in September, is hosting a gathering of institutional investors in New York City on January 12th. Several...
Reuters reported that cannabis-focused private equity firm Privateer Holdings has launched a $100mm capital raise, closing on the first $40mm. The firm last raised capital in early 2015, attracting...
Tilray, the Nanaimo-based licensed producer under Canada’s MMPR program, hired a Canadian Big Pharma executive, Greg Engel, in early 2015 as its first CEO. At the time, he explained why...
As if the challenges of running a cannabis cultivation business aren’t great enough, some in the industry expect that domestic growers could soon see international competition. While cannabis remains...
Cannabis convenience through delivery is a popular option in California, but most markets don’t yet permit it. In fact, even in California many cities are opposed. The City of...
The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), the cannabis industry’s only national trade association, opened voting today for its Board of Directors. The Board has twenty-two Directors, each of whom serves...
Tilray, New South Wales Government, University of Sydney and the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Announce Clinical Trial Partnership for Cannabinoid Use to Combat Nausea and Vomiting Resulting from Chemotherapy Treatment...
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...
The long-awaited Marley Natural cannabis brand launched today. Privateer Holdings, which announced its deal with Bob Marley’s family in late 2014, announced several different products a day in front of...
Privateer Holdings Hires Federal Reserve Bank Official Dante Tosetti appointed Director of Treasury Compliance SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Privateer Holdings, the world’s leading investment firm shaping the future of the global legal...
Sacramento Bee reporter Peter Hecht explores the emergence of the cannabis industry, which is drawing investors like cannabis-industry focused Poseidon Asset Management and Privateer Holdings but also more diversified firms including...
Amanda Drury is co-anchor of CNBC’s “Power Lunch” and is also host of the popular CNBC segment “Power Pitch.” She recently moderated a panel discussion between Dooma Wendschuh of ebbu and...
In a Bloomberg interview, Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Privateer Holdings, discussed his company, its mission and the opportunity he sees. Cannabis prohibition is fundamentally wrong, especially for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans...
