William Sumner
It’s time for your Daily Hit of cannabis financial news for August 9, 2018.
On the Site
High Times
The longest-running marijuana media company High Times is launching an unfiltered “over-the-top” online streaming-video product called High Times TV. The channel is live now on tv.hightimes.com and available as an app for iOS, Apple TV, Android, and Roku. HTTV was created in order to give a home to the best cannabis-related videos across the internet. In turn, creators and fans will get a much-needed resource to find entertainment and information that continues to come under fire from traditional outlets that have tried to restrict content featuring marijuana. You may recall that recently, YouTube began deleting Spanish language cannabis related channels.
Canopy Growth Corporation
Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC) has acquired all of the remaining outstanding shares of its Chilean in-market entity, Spectrum Cannabis Chile SpA . According to the statement, in exchange for Cannagrow SpA’s 15 percent interest in Spectrum Cannabis Chile SpA, Canopy Growth paid cash of US$750,000. Prior to the acquisition, the Company controlled 85 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of Spectrum Cannabis Chile SpA.
In Other News
Terra Tech Corp.
Today, Terra Tech Corp. (TRTC) reported its financial results for the second quarter, ending on June 30, 2018. Revenue for the quarter rose 11% from $7.8 million during the same period in the previous year to $8.7 million. The company’s net loss also rose from approximately $500,000 to $11.4 million. Cash on hand slightly declined, falling from $5.4 million as of December 31, 2017, to $5.2 million. “During the second quarter of fiscal 2018 we focused on both growing topline revenues, which reached $8.7 million for the quarter, and investing in building out infrastructure to support our longer-term growth strategy,” commented Terra Tech CEO Derek Peterson.
The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd.
The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (TGOD) announced that is has chosen Shopify to build its e-commerce platform for medical cannabis and future recreational cannabis sales. Shopify is slowly becoming one of the leading sources in the cannabis industry for e-commerce solutions. The company has already entered into agreements to build e-commerce platforms for Aurora Cannabis, The Hydropothecary Corporation, and the provincial government of Ontario. “We are pleased to announce this agreement with e-commerce giant Shopify,” said Csaba Reider, President of TGOD. “We see tremendous value in this relationship and Shopify will play an instrumental role in our ability to rapidly scale and provide our premium organic cannabis to global markets.”
Cronos Group Inc.
Cronos Group Inc. announced that it has entered into a supply agreement with Cura Select Canada, Ltd. In terms of revenue, Cura is one of the largest cannabis companies and is best known for its Select Oil and Select CBD brands. Cronos has signed a five year take-or-pay supply agreement in which Cura will purchase a minimum of 20,000 kilograms of cannabis per year from Cronos Growing Company Inc., which Cura will use to develop and manufacture cannabis extracts and products. “We are thrilled to be partnering with one of the cannabis industry leaders in extraction technology and value-added products,” said Mike Gorenstein, CEO of Cronos Group. “This supply agreement is the start to a synergistic collaboration for our newly created entity Cronos GrowCo and through the structure with Cura, is the type of creative and forward-thinking partnership that is at the core of industry-leading infrastructure that Cronos seeks to establish.”
