Data: Capital Raises And M&A Very Slow Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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INVESTMENT AND M&A ACTIVITY IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY

4/6/2020 - 4/10/2020

CAPITAL RAISES

The impact of COVID-19 on the global capital markets in general, and on the cannabis capital markets in particular, continues.
For the week of April 6-10, we recorded only 1 capital raise totaling $8.4 million, vs. 11 transactions totaling $185.3 million for the same period in 2019.
This transaction was a Series A equity raise for GrowFlow, a seed-to-sale software company.
This week marked the first time this year that we haven’t reported on a capital raise by a public cannabis company.
This week also represented the first time this year that we haven’t reported on a debt raise by a public or private cannabis company.

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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

We recorded 3 M&A transactions during this period, vs. 7 in the prior year period, a slight tick-up in activity from the prior weeks in 2020.
All three transactions were done by public companies, two were buy-side and one was sell-side.
Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. CURA CURLF, a leading vertically integrated cannabis operator in the United States, completed its acquisition of three Arrow Alternative Care dispensaries in Connecticut, expanding Curaleaf’s positioning in the CT market.
CordovaCann Corp. (CDVA.CN) LVRLF, a cannabis-focused consumer products company, completed the purchase of certain assets including intellectual property from Starbuds International Inc. The assets being acquired will enable Cordova to establish a cannabis retail platform and open up to five recreational cannabis stores and four medical cannabis clinics in Western Canada under the Starbuds brand name.
Rubicon Organics Inc. ROMJ ROMJF, a Canadian Licensed Producer, completed the sale of its 40,000 sq. ft. hybrid greenhouse in Ferndale, Washington for US$8.5 million to a group of real estate investors. Proceeds from the sale will strengthen the Company’s balance sheet, providing working capital to ramp-up production and sales across Canada.

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