Author Archives: Granite Hall Partners

Critics of corporate cannabis can say what they will about MedMen, but the dispensary chain is taking its largest social issue stand yet with the release of a captivating commercial directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Jonze starring Grey’s Anatomy actor Jesse Williams. Now streaming on its website and YouTube channel, the two-minute short film is part of the […]

There is a subset of medical cannabis companies established by people who healed themselves with their own plant-based medicine, then went into business to serve others. Obviously it takes more than a compelling personal experience to get a company off the ground. It helps to live in a state such as California that has a […]

MedMen Releases Preliminary Second Quarter 2019 Systemwide Revenue Results LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MedMen Enterprises Inc. (“MedMen” or the “Company”) (CSE: MMEN) (OTCQX: MMNFF) (FSE: A2JM6N) announced today unaudited systemwide revenue for its fiscal 2019 second quarter ended December 29, 2018. Across the Company’s operations in California, Nevada, New York and Arizona, systemwide revenue was US$29.9 million (CA$39.7 […]

December 23, 2018 Exclusive article by Carrie Pallardy Exclusive Interview with Chief Investment Officer of Granite Hall Partners Patrick Barry Granite Hall Partners is not a cannabis investment firm. Instead, the Chicago-based private funds company focuses on alternative investments. Over the past three years, U.S. cannabis companies have been in the firm’s toolkit for developing alternative […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sunniva Inc. (“Sunniva”, the “Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”) (CSE:SNN) (OTCQB:SNNVF), a North American provider of cannabis products and services, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary,  Natural Health Services Ltd. (“NHS”), will partner with HelloMD, a leading online cannabis telehealth company, to offer […]

Acquisition of Vertically-Integrated Operator Adds to MedMen’s Growing Footprint in One of the Top Medical Marijuana Markets in the U.S. LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– MedMen Enterprises Inc. (“MedMen” or the “Company”) (CSE: MMEN) (OTCQX: MMNFF) (FSE: A2JM6N) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) to acquire control of Kannaboost Technology Inc. and CSI Solutions LLC, […]

MedMen’s stock has soared 61% in a week since the company announced a $682 million deal to buy PharmCann Getty Images MedMen Enterprises Inc. co-founder Adam Bierman believes the company’s $682 million acquisition of PharmCann last week marked the culmination of the U.S. cannabis industry’s transformation from vision to reality. The deal, the biggest ever […]

MedMen Doubles Market Reach with Acquisition of PharmaCann MedMen to acquire PharmaCann in all-stock transaction valued at US$682 million, the largest acquisition transaction in U.S. cannabis history. The acquisition doubles the number of states where MedMen has licenses to 12. The combined addressable market in these 12 states accounts for over 50 percent of the […]

DENVER, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Coda Signature, a leading manufacturer of premium, cannabis-infused edibles, topicals and concentrates for medicinal and adult-use, today announced that the brand has reached number one in market share for infused, adult-use chocolates, according to BDS Analytics, the cannabis market research firm. Coda Signature’s Handcrafted Infused Chocolate Bars Based in Denver and Trinidad, Colorado the company has been […]

STAUNTON – After passing the Senate 40-0, Virginia Board of Pharmacy chose the five companies to be the state’s first medical marijuana dispensaries. Out of 51 applicants, the five companies chosen include three established out-of-state businesses and two new Virginia-based entrepreneurs. “I think it’s good news for Virginia,” says Jenn Michelle Pedini, executive director of […]

Trying to rectify an application scoring error, Ohio regulators issued a medical marijuana cultivation license to Illinois-based PharmaCann Ohio, which had been rejected in the original round of license review. According to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, the company will receive a provisional permit for a 25,000 square-foot operation in Buckeye Lake, roughly 30 miles outside the state […]