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 10/07/2022

Week ended 10/07/2022

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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 10/07/2022

The Week’s Largest Closed Equity Transaction:

  • On October 4, 2022, The Biopharmaceutical Research Company (Private)(“BRC”), one a few U.S companies with a production license from the DEA to produce cannabinoids for federally approved researchers announced the closing of a $20M Series A round.
    • The round was led by Intrinsic Capital, with participation by Argonautic Ventures, AFI Capital Partners, Delta Emerald Ventures, and several family offices.
    • Proceeds will allow BRC to scale its operations, increase its product offerings, conduct research and execute its go-to-market strategy.

Another Closed Equity Transaction:

  • On October 4, 2022, Akerna Corporation (KERN: Nasdaq) issued 500,000 shares of convertible preferred stock for total proceeds of $4.75 million.
    • The preferred was issued at a 5% discount to its $10 par value and is redeemable at the option of the holders for 105% of par for a short period ending 90 days after the offering.
    • The preferred is convertible any time after the reverse stock split at $.25 per share.

Public Company Raises: 

  • One of the companies that raised capital this week is public and trades in the U.S.  on Nasdaq.

Equity vs. Debt Cap Raises: 

  • Equity accounted for both of this week’s raises.

Week ended 10/07/2022

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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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