This is a copy of the September 9th edition of our weekly Newsletter, which we have been publishing since October, 2015.
Friends,
One of the big stories this year has been the emergence of highly successful initial public offerings (IPOs). Most of the new issues in the cannabis sector over the past several years have been reverse-mergers, where a cannabis company has merged into another company that is already trading publicly but typically not engaged in any commercial activities. Make no mistake, this can be a very successful go-to-market strategy. Canopy Growth, for instance, went public this way, and look at it now.
It was less than two years ago that we saw the first true IPOs. Innovative Industrial Properties went public in November 2016 on the NYSE at $20 and moved below $15 in the first days of trading. CanniMed went public at C$12 near the end of 2016 (who goes public between Christmas and New Year’s?) and fell below C$8 six months later. MedReleaf went public in June 2017 and immediately fell below the IPO price of C$9.50. apparently the “worst IPO in Canadian history.” Not to worry, as all three of these pioneers succeeded despite the initial challenges, with IIPR more than doubling in price and CanniMed and MedReleaf acquired by Aurora Cannabis at substantial premiums to their IPO prices.
This year, we have seen nothing but successful IPOs, including Green Organic Dutchman on the TSX and, more recently, Inner Spirit Holdings and Charlotte’s Web on the CSE. Of course, the Tilray NASDAQ IPO has been nothing short of phenomenal, with the stock, priced at $17, trading as high as $98 this week, less than 45 days since the debut. Many companies going the more traditional reverse-merger route have fared well too, including recent new issues MedMen and especially Green Thumb Industries, both of which sport relatively large market caps within the U.S. multi-state operator sector and robust trading volumes, with each company doing bought deals at prices higher than their go-public transactions.
Not surprisingly, we are seeing the calendar of new issues, including IPOs and reverse-mergers, start to build. In order to help our readers stay on top of these developments, we introduced the Cannabis Stock IPOs and New Issues Tracker this week, which is professionally managed by New Cannabis Ventures. We currently include 17 companies on the path to trading publicly, with a good mixture of U.S. and Canadian companies in both the direct and ancillary parts of the industry. We hope that you find this free service useful and look forward to providing exciting updates.
With revenue in excess of $30 million in the first half of 2018, Charlotte’s Web, which just went public in Canada through an IPO, is capitalizing on the robust demand for CBD products. The stock currently trades solely in Canada, but we expect it to have a U.S. stock symbol shortly.
To learn more about Charlotte’s Web Holdings, visit the company’s Investor Dashboard that we maintain on its behalf, click the blue Follow Company button in order to stay up to date with their progress.
New Cannabis Ventures publishes curated articles as well as exclusive news. Here is some of the most interesting business content from this week:
- Aphria Completes Sale of Stake in Liberty Health, Retaining 5-Year Option to Repurchase
- Aurora Cannabis Closes $200 Million Tier 1 Bank Debt Deal
- California Cannabis Cultivator Canndescent Raises $13 Million to Fund Multi-State Expansion
- Exclusive: Canadian Cannabis Producers Recover 2018 Losses with 34% Rally in August
- Guest Post: Cannabis Compliance: How to Prevent Looping at Your Cannabis Retail Store
- Exclusive: Cronos Group Co-Founder Goes After U.S. Cannabis Market with Royalty Model Company
- Cronos Group to Invest up to $122 Million in Collaboration to Produce Cannabinoids by Biosynthesis
- Exclusive: Global Cannabis Stocks Soar 24% in August
- Exclusive: How Inner Spirit Holdings is Taking its Cannabis Retail Franchise Model Across Canada
- Exclusive: Making the Case for Investment in the U.S. Cannabis Industry
- MedMen to Sell $75 Million of Units at $5.50
- Ontario Adds 6 Cannabis Suppliers and 10 Accessories Providers
- Exclusive: Seattle-Based Headset is Empowering Cannabis Companies with Real-Time Data
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Sincerely,
Alan & Joel
