OUR 9TH YEAR OF PROVIDING PROPRIETARY CAPITAL MARKETS INTELLIGENCE ON THE CANNABIS / HEMP / PSYCHEDELIC SECTORS

Equity Capital Raises

Equity Transaction Chart

Viridian publishes weekly data on equity capital raises in the Cannabis/CBD/Psychedelic industries. This data includes information about the company issuing equity (public/private, state/country location), deal size, deal structure, pricing, share information, deal implied valuation, and warrant information.

Week ended 07/19/2024

Week ended 07/19/2024

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Equity Commentary

Viridian publishes weekly insights on equity capital raises in the Cannabis/CBD/Psychedelic industries. These insights typically highlight the most interesting/meaningful equity transactions of that week, and commentary on market conditions, equity deal structures and investor groups.

Week ended 07/19/2024

Equity Raises:

  • On July 17, 2024, Simply Solventless Concentrates (HASH: TSX), A Canadian company engaged in the provision of pure, potent, terpene-rich cannabis products to discerning cannabis consumers, closed a non-brokered private placement of unit for gross proceeds of $2.81M.
  • HASH sold 15.4M units at $.18 per unit. Each unit consisted of one common share and ½ of a warrant with a 60% exercise premium and a 2-year term.
  • Despite the cost of the warrants, the $.18 net share price was 1% above preannounced price levels.
  • The proceeds will fuel the growth of the company’s brands, including Astrolab, Footyhooty, Lamplighter, Roilty, and Zest, and help lower the cost of goods sold through the commissioning of in-house hydrocarbon extraction.
  • The transaction implies a market cap and enterprise value of $9.0M and $11.91M, respectively, valuing the company at approximately 1.75x annualized revenues.

Public vs. Private Raises: 

  • All three of the week’s capital raisers are public companies and trade in Canada (two on the CSE and one on the TSX). In addition, one trades in the U.S. on OTCQX.

Equity vs. Debt Cap Raises:

  • Equity accounted for 1.8% of the week’s capital raise activity.

Week ended 07/19/2024

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Weekly Valuation Tracker

Viridian highlights a specific industry sector and provides a deep dive into valuation metrics and comparable company valuations for public companies operating in that sector.  The Weekly Valuation Tracker provides proprietary, actionable valuation data.

This week’s valuation tracker focuses on the 7 U.S. MSOs with market cap over $500M in the Viridian Value Tracker database in gauge the valuation impact of the 2nd earnings that have been released so far, Green Thumb (GTII: CSE), Curaleaf (CURA: CSE), and Trulieve.   

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