Investment & Finance
Insight into funding rounds, venture capital, and financial strategy shaping cannabis growth.
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- Investment & Finance
Business Brief: Safe Harbor Capitalises on Rescheduling Momentum with Financial Ecosystem Offering
Cannabis fintech Safe Harbor Financial is positioning itself to capitalise on the regulatory tailwinds created by federal rescheduling, launching new service partnerships and renegotiating core banking agreements in a bid to fill the severe financial infrastructure gap in the US cannabis industry.
- Industry Trends
AI: The Last Refuge of the Failed Cannabis Company
Late last month, NASDAQ-listed cannabis operator Flora Growth, which once operated one of Colombia’s largest outdoor cultivation facilities, became the latest to exit the cannabis industry, rebranding as an AI-focused digital asset firm ZeroStack Corp.
- Investment & Finance
Rescheduling Optimism Fades, Cannabis Stocks Follow
It is now nearly two months since President Donald Trump surprised the global cannabis industry by signing an executive order to drag the highly-anticipated cannabis rescheduling process out of the bureaucratic swamp.
- Investment & Finance
French Excellence at the Heart of a High-Capacity EU-GMP Site
PGP Farmer closes a €3m funding round to become a leading player in EU-GMP medical cannabis production in Europe French biotech company PGP Farmer unveils the closing of a €3 million funding round with private investors.
- Investment & Finance
From Courtrooms to Boardrooms: 2026 Consolidation Accelerates as Cannabis Companies Merge, Battle and Partner
The global cannabis industry barely had time to catch its breath over the Christmas break, following several seismic developments at the tail end of the year.
- Investment & Finance
Real Estate, Banking, and Bankruptcy: Q3 Hits the Three Tiers of Cannabis Capital Very Differently
The story of the cannabis sector’s financial health is increasingly split between those providing the capital and those who desperately need it.
- Industry Trends
Why Cannabis Stocks Are So Volatile: How Policy, Capital and Hype Shaped a Perpetual Rollercoaster
From the euphoric highs of 2018’s ‘green rush’ to the sharp corrections and structural stasis that have followed, cannabis equities have been among the most volatile financial assets since they first appeared on global markets.
- Clinical Research
Evidence, Earnings and Expansion: Avextra Enrolls its First Patient to Landmark Italian Clinical Trial, as Market Leaders Wrangle to Maintain Dominance
The European medical cannabis industry is continuing to mature, seeing companies focused on science-based research push the boundaries of our understanding of its use cases, and more importantly, fill the long-maligned gap in clinical evidence.
- Investment & Finance
UK Clinic Releaf Expands into Germany, Aiming for Top Spot Within Six Months
UK clinic Releaf expands into Germany, leveraging its digital health ecosystem to capture market share in Europe’s fast-growing medical cannabis sector.
- Investment & Finance
Trump Sends Cannabis Stocks Surging, Cantourage Brings in Investor Relations Help, & Mamedica Secures £4.5m
Cannabis Stocks Surge on Trump Video Global cannabis stocks have enjoyed a considerable, but likely temporary, run this week, after US President Donald Trump shared a video apparently endorsing the use of CBD for senior healthcare.
- Investment & Finance
New Data, New Players: Why Cannabis Pharma Deserves Investor Attention
Amid rising global scrutiny of the wider medical cannabis prescription model, and with markets like France leaning into pharmaceutical-grade regulation, the pharma cannabis sector is shaping up to be one of the most dynamic and closely watched corners of the industry.
- Investment & Finance
Cannabis Exodus from Public Markets Continues: Celadon Announces Plans to Leave AIM and IMC Fights to Remain on NASDAQ
The exodus of listed cannabis companies from the public markets, particularly in the UK, is continuing at pace as yet another medical cannabis operator has announced plans to delist.
