Patricia Olasker, Partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP By John Jannarone From the Tilray IPO to Constellation’s big investment in Canopy Growth, cannabis deals struck a record level in 2018, making a hefty workload for investment bankers. But...

High Times Purchases B2B Conference Operator Buyers Industry Guide By John Jannarone The parent of High Times magazine has acquired a major cannabis event operator just days after clearing most of the debt from its balance sheet, a likely sign...

Level Brands to Acquire cbdMD in All Stock Transaction   By John Jannarone Level Brands is betting the farm on hemp. The company, which went public in 2017 as a licensing vehicle for Kathy Ireland’s kathy ireland Worldwide, announced this...

Hightimes Holding Corp Extends IPO Deadline to January 31, 2019   By John Jannarone The parent of High Times magazine has reduced $28.6 million of existing debt through a conversion and warrant exercise, trimming its overall debt burden by more-than...

Target Hospitality to Become New Listed Company through Merger with Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp   By John Jannarone Oil and gas from the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico has catapulted the U.S. into a petroleum superpower. One...

Grubhub Rival Waitr to Go Public through Merger with Landcadia Pending November 15 Vote   There’s still a chance to invest in online food delivery before the real lines show up. Waitr, an online food delivery company that pairs up...

One Spa World to Go Public through Merger with Haymaker Acquisition Corp By John Jannarone The cruise industry is sometimes fraught with dangerous waters. But now, investors have a better way to navigate them. Meet One Spa World (OSW), the...

Ant Financial is World’s Largest Fintech Company, Alibaba Owns 1/3 Stake By John Jannarone Chinese fintech firm Ant Financial has agreed to buy $100 million of shares in Brazilian digital-payments company StoneCo (ticker: STNE), adding to a list of high-profile...

Payment Processor StoneCo IPO Values Company at up to $6.2 Billion By John Jannarone Warren Buffett and Wal-Mart heir Rob Walton are buying tickets to Brazil. Should investors join them for the ride? Brazilian digital-payments company StoneCo (ticker: STNE) plans...

Days between IPO and First Secondary Offering – Dealogic By John Jannarone Newly-listed companies are sprinting back to the market. IPO companies have waited an average of just 598 days before coming to market with a secondary share offering so...