Tag: investing

New investment in the cannabis industry has slowed due to a combination of stifling regulations, economic uncertainty, lack of access to capital, and restrictive...

This year has been ensnared in a financial bear hug nobody ordered, and the cash tides won’t turn unless we smash some barriers. Sure, you...

NEW YORK – A potent concoction of slowing capital markets and inactivity in Washington D.C. bears the majority of blame for the industry’s lackluster...

At Poseidon, we track close to fifty funds investing in private cannabis companies. In the current economic climate, only about half are active. Despite...

Warren Buffett once famously said, “When the tide goes out, you see who’s been swimming naked.” The Oracle of Omaha offered this sage bit...

The last wave of cannabis investment—what I call Cannabis Investment 4.0—that kicked off in 2020 largely has been a failure for businesses and creditors...

The cannabis industry has gone through multiple ebb-and-flow cycles with capital investment over the past decade, but the situation for cash-starved companies in 2022...

May you live in interesting times.” Whether you perceive those words as a curse or a call, we are indisputably living through incredibly interesting...

The financial world was aflutter in early April when the Securities and Exchange Commission took aim at special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), saying additional...

Mergers and acquisitions are a lot like royal marriages: They’re founded not on affinity but on long-term mutual benefit, and a successful coupling in...