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On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Richard Carleton, CEO of the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE). The CSE has played a pivotal role in the cannabis sector by allowing cannabis companies to access capital markets. The CSE is also a sponsor of our upcoming event: Business of Cannabis: New York - focused on the emerging New York market and the role New York will play in the larger cannab...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Matt Maurer of Torkin Manes LLP . Torkin Manes it the Official Law Firm of Business of Cannabis. Maurer and his team at Torkin Manes co-presented an event on August 18th with Business of Cannabis titled: Canadian Cannabis: What’s Next? – a full day, online event highlighting perspectives from throughout the Canadian cannabis supply chain. Maurer and Bu...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Jordon Skerrett who is the Vice President of Finance and Strategy at Pantry . Pantry is a cannabis edibles manufacturer that has developed a strong brand presence in California and Colorado – and will be entering the Canadian market in the next two weeks, starting in Ontario. We wanted to connect with Skerrett to talk about Pantry’s business, unique ap...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Brian Bain, Founder, Chairman & CEO at Mother Labs Inc . Mother Labs is a cannabis nursery operating in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan serving the Canadian sector with a wide array of premium cannabis starting materials and unique genetic profiles. Recently, Mother Labs announced a shipment of tissue culture germplasm to South Africa following Health Canada’s...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Socrates Rosenfeld, CEO of Jane Technologies. Jane recently announced a capital raise of $100 million and we wanted to connect with Rosenfeld to talk about his company’s technology, their unique approach to connecting cannabis consumers and products as well as how the capital raise would enable Jane to scale and grow. Learn more about Jane Technologies...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Lucas McCann of CannDelta – the Official Regulatory Advisory of Business of Cannabis. We wanted to have McCann on to talk about the latest regulatory updates from British Columbia when it comes to farm-gate cannabis retail – or retail stores on the same site as cannabis cultivation. Farm-gate has been a popular topic as cannabis retail rolls out more f...

On August 18, along with Torkin Manes LLP , Business of Cannabis presented the online event, “Canadian Cannabis: What’s Next?” Matt Maurer, Co-Chair of Torkin Manes LLP’s Cannabis Law Group and Krista Raymer, Co-Founder of Vetrina Group – a cannabis retail consultancy, joined the program to talk about the current state of mergers and acquisitions in the Canadian cannabis landscape. With the prolif...

On August 18, along with Torkin Manes LLP, Business of Cannabis presented the online event, “Canadian Cannabis: What’s Next?”   As part of the program, Business of Cannabis’ Jay Rosenthal sat down (virtually) with Rahim Dhalla of Hybrid Pharm, the first of its kind pharmacy that is providing a single access point for patients to both receive authorizations and medical cannabis in one location.   T...

On August 18, along with Torkin Manes LLP , Business of Cannabis presented the online event, “Canadian Cannabis: What’s Next?” As the event fell just days after a Canadian federal election was called, the program featured a conversation with Omar Khan , who is the Senior Vice President – Corporate and Public Affairs at High Tide Inc. Khan is a long-time political watcher and he provided prospectiv...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Emily Paxhia of Poseidon - a long time investor and leader in the cannabis sector in North America and around the world. We wanted to connect with Paxhia to talk about her background investing in the cannabis sector since 2014 as well as the panel she hopes to present on at this year's SXSW festival. The cannabis track is a core component of SXSW and h...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with David Wasserman of CannDelta – the Official Regulatory Advisory of Business of Cannabis. Wasserman has been assisting cannabis retailers with licensing throughout Canada and joins us to discuss how retailers are identifying retail locations amid the rapid increase in cannabis retail density, specifically in Ontario. BofC Live is the daily news and inte...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Matt Karnes, Founder at GreenWave Advisors. Founded in 2014, GreenWave Advisors is a cannabis centric advisors firm.  The firm’ service offerings include independent research and analysis, due diligence, license valuations/applications and other advisory services .  Karnes served as an equity analyst on  both the sellside (including Bear Stearns and Co...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Mandesh Dosanjh, CEO of Pure Sunfarms – a British Columbia-based cannabis producer. In March, we connected with Dosanjh about a letter he submitted to Health Canada about Canadian producers using questionable methods to report potency on cannabis packages. This week, Health Canada recently came back to Pure Sunfarms – and all licensed producers – with...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Valda Coryat , the Chief Marketing Officer of Trulieve. Trulieve is a multi-state operator based in Florida with a 96-store footprint across multiple states. Trulieve made headlines earlier this year with the planned acquisition of Harvest Health and Recreation . We wanted to connect with Coryat to discuss the recently announced launch of four consumer...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Dean Friday, CEO and Jonathan Nadler, Group Managing Director of LYPHE Group . LYPHE Group is the UK’s leading provider of medical cannabis and have recently announced an expansion into the Swiss market. We wanted to connect with LYPHE Group leadership to talk about their leading position in the UK market, their expansion in the Switzerland and the cur...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Nat Shaul, co-founder and Vice President of Marketing for springbig. springbig is a technology that allows cannabis retailers and dispensaries to communicate directly with their customers which can help increase retention, drive sales and implement thoughtful marketing campaigns. We wanted to connect with Shaul about the technology, how retailers are u...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Dana Baranovsky of the CannDelta team. CannDelta is the Official Regulatory Advisory of Business of Cannabis. In this segment, Baranovsky talks about how Canadian cannabis companies could and should be thinking about adding functional ingredients into their edibles and beverages. Specifically, how utilizing well-known food products within edible ingred...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Deepak Anand and Nick Pateras of Materia and Avihu Tamir of Kanabo Group. Last week, Kanabo Group announced their planned acquisition of Materia. We wanted to connect with leaders in the two teams to talk about what the planned deal means for both companies in markets in the UK and throughout Europe – as well as what the path forward in these markets l...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Fabian Monaco, CEO of Gage Cannabis. Gage Cannabis announced recently that they would be bringing Cookies-branded retail and products to market in Canada. We wanted to connect with Monaco to talk about the strength and appeal of the Cookies brand as well as what it meant for Gage to be the company bringing the brand to the Canadian market. BofC Live is...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Greg Pantelic, CEO of AHLOT. AHLOT is a company that has been bringing multi/variety packs of cannabis products to market in Canada. They recently announced a product that will bring Grizzlers, a legacy cannabis brand, to market in Alberta with pre-rolls for $1. This innovative option for consumers and for brands positions AHLOT uniquely in the marketp...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Emma Andrews of Nextleaf Solutions. Andrews is the Director of Marketing at Nextleaf Solutions (CSE: OILS) and have recently launched their first brand directly into market in British Columbia: Glacial Gold. Glacial Gold is a legacy cannabis brand and bringing the brand to market in BC marks another important legacy brand being brought to market in Can...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Bernie Yeung, the Senior Vice President of Tilray. Tilray’s brand – Good Supply – recently launched a suite of concentrates into the Canadian market, including hash, wax and kief. We wanted to connect with Yeung to talk about the product offerings, the brand extension and how he and Tilray think about the emerging concentrates market, especially the de...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Terry Booth of Audacious and Anthony Bendana of LOOS. Audacious, formerly Australis Capital, recently acquired LOOS – a beverage and edible company based in California. We wanted to connect with the two leaders to talk about the acquisition and what it means for both companies today and moving forward. BofC Live is the daily news and interview program...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with Callan Evans of CannDelta. CannDelta is a Canadian-based regulatory and scientific cannabis consulting firm and is the Official Regulatory Advisory of Business of Cannabis. Evans joins BofC Live to talk about Research Licenses open to cannabis companies and the important role these licenses should and could play for companies to test the sensory elemen...

On this episode of BofC Live, we connect with George Scorsis , CEO of Entourage Health Corp . Entourage Health Corp. is the new name for WeedMD, an Ontario-based cannabis producer. Scorsis joined BofC Live to talk about the recent name change, the acquisition of CannTX and how the industry in Canada has shifted since the early days of legalization and what that has meant for the company.