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It’s time for your Daily Hit of cannabis financial news for April 8, 2019.
On The Site
POSaBIT
Seattle-based fintech company, POSaBIT began trading this morning on the CSE under the ticker PBIT. The company that serves cannabis retailers by delivering bitcoin-enabled payment processing and point-of-sale systems, with built-in compliance features customized to the state each retailer operates in.
For the nine months ending Sept. 30, 2018, the company generated $1.39 million in revenue, a 266% increase over the prior year for the same time period. The company said that pursuant to private placement financings undertaken in conjunction with the listing, POSaBIT generated gross proceeds of $1.3M. The company’s footprint includes California, Nevada, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Washington.
In Other News
1933 Industries
Cultivator and producer of cannabis flower 1933 Industries Inc. (CSE: TGIF) (OTCQX: TGIFF) signed a licensing agreement dated April 3, 2019 between House of Hawk, LLC and the company’s subsidiary, Infused MFG, LLC for the launch of several co-branded CBD wellness products for a two-year term in North America.
Chris Rebentisch, USA COO and Founder of Infused stated, “It’s truly an honor to be working with Tony Hawk’s Birdhouse Skateboards™ brand and their incredible organization. Birdhouse team members Clive Dixon, Ben Raybourn, David Loy and Clint Walker will help support the new partnership via social media. The opportunity of offering our sports recovery products under a partnership with Hawk’s brand Birdhouse adds credence to our brand. Tony is an internationally recognized action sports figure and responsible for fuelling the growth of skateboarding as a professional sport.” Mr. Rebentisch added, “Infused recognizes that the action sports vertical is an underserved market. Our mission is to offer the best of breed recovery products in the market today and we look forward to working with Birdhouse in this endeavour.”
Mr. Tony Hawk remarked, “We’re excited to be a part of this new movement that is becoming more recognized as a healthy alternative to recovering from the aches and pains that we regularly incur in the action sports world. And we couldn’t be happier to join forces with Canna Hemp™, an established and trusted partner with an expertise in this market.”
Greenlane
Greenlane Holdings, Inc. has commenced an initial public offering of 5,333,333 shares of its Class A common stock, of which Greenlane will be offering 4,666,666 shares and the selling stockholders will be offering 666,667 shares. In addition, the selling stockholders will also grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 800,000 shares. The price range for the initial public offering is currently estimated to be between $14.00 and $16.00 per share. Greenlane has applied to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “GNLN.”
Cowen and Canaccord Genuity are acting as joint-lead bookrunners for the proposed offering. Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Roth Capital Partners and Northland Capital Markets will act as co-managers for the proposed offering.
