Weekly Deal Watch: Infused products and extracts sector a major focus for cannabis capital raises

Investments in the infused products and extracts sector have nearly tripled in 2019, making it one of the fastest-growing areas for raising cannabis capital.

The sector has raised $390.29 million through the week ended June 14, most of that ($322.28 million) through equity deals.

This weekly series from Marijuana Business Daily and Viridian Capital Advisors provides the latest data on cannabis investment activity and M&A, along with key takeaways, analysis and trends based on recent market moves.

The data below, provided by Viridian, is through the week ended June 14.

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Top raises closed last week:

• Coda Signature, a private, Colorado-based maker of edibles and concentrates, raised $24.4 million through an equity deal. The money will be used for strategic North American market expansion and to add to the management team, the company said. MJBizDaily spoke with Coda CEO Mark Grindeland at MJBizConNEXT in New Orleans last week. Click below to hear more about the deal and the company’s plans for future growth.
• Gabriella’s Kitchen, a health and wellness company based in California and Canada, raised 20 million Canadian dollars ($15 million) to fund expansion. The company trades on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol GABY.

Top M&A deals closed last week:

• Ionic Brands (CSE: IONC), a Vancouver, British Columbia-based cannabis brands company, completed an $8.87 million acquisition of Nevada-based Vegas Valley Growers North. Vegas Valley possesses four marijuana business licenses and a 60,000-square-foot cultivation facility due to be completed later this year.
• Pure Global, a Toronto cannabis company that trades on the TSX Venture Exchange as PURE, closed its acquisition of The Great Canadian Hemp Company, a health and wellness firm based in Ottawa. The deal is valued at roughly CA$560,000 ($420,000).

Viridian Capital Advisors is a financial and strategic advisory firm that provides investment banking, M&A, corporate development and investor relations services to emerging growth companies and qualified investors in the cannabis sector.