The Cannabis Investing Podcast

InterCure is the most profitable cannabis company outside North America and recently uplisted to the Nasdaq. Israel's former Prime Minister, Chairman Ehud Barak and CEO Alex Rabinovitch join Rena Sherbill to discuss Israel's cannabis landscape and what investors can expect going forward. Europe's gradual progress, building a strong brand with top international names. Upside remains.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

180 Life Sciences' Prof. Sir Marc Feldmann, who co-founded the company with cannabis trailblazer Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, joins Rena with Dr. Jonathan Rothbard, Chief Science Officer. Focusing on pain and inflammation space. Aiming for FDA approval. Human clinical trials. Limitations of bioavailability in CBD; non-psychoactive synthetic CBD.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Seymour returns to discuss cannabis investors getting more sophisticated as the industry grows up. Holding management teams more accountable, multiple quarters of execution, profitability as a relative term. Macro picture is both tremendously promising and frustrating. The importance of access to capital. Deep thoughts on the US landscape; Tilray/MedMen, Trulieve, Gage and more consolidation.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elad Barak founded Voyager Products, a health tech startup creating personalized dosing dispensers for cannabis beverages. Focused on hardware side, proprietary technology. Concentrates; ready-to-drink and make-your-own-drink projections. Applications beyond cannabis; hardware patents.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Sekandi started careerscannabis.com, the first job search engine for the cannabis industry in North America. Simplifying the application process and improving the recruitment experience with digital technology. He also wrote a book, Kids In Cannabis, to further understanding and lessen the stigma around working in the industry. Incremental change in improving industry standards around hiring.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julian Lin, from our MasterClass episodes, has a new cannabis focused marketplace service, Cannabis Growth Portfolio. We discuss his thoughts on EBITDA, ETFs using total return swaps to own US MSOs, rebalancing away from Canadian operators. Uplisting is the clearest catalyst for cannabis stocks. Tilray coming for the US. Legalization is not the thesis to owning cannabis stocks. California concerns.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Brochstein, a friend of the podcast and now a 3peat guest, is the founder of 420 Investor and  New Cannabis Ventures. We talk uplisting - which doesn't require full legalization - and why the longer legalization takes the better for cannabis companies. The need for education and separating Canadian players from those in the US. Alan's thoughts on [[MSOS]], volume and valuation issues and confronting the California cannabis landscape, including The Parent Company and Glass House. Why there's no winner take all in U.S. cannabis until federal legalization. (We apologize for a less than stellar audio experience but do have a transcript available: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4450076-alan-brochstein-the-longer-legislation-takes-the-better-for-cannabis-companies-podcast-transcript)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Jage, former president of MJBizDaily/MJBizCon and CEO of Dope Media, shares how he learned how to build out a nascent industry from the tea industry and bringing that into cannabis with trade shows and business media platforms. Founding Jage Media with a veteran team of cannabis investors right before Covid hit. MJ Unpacked, coming this October to Las Vegas, their upcoming trade show that brings cannabis retail executives, investors and brands all together. We talk about focusing on what a CPG market needs and unpacking the future of legalization, what it means for investors and consumers. Unlocking valuation.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cannabis company TerraTech recently finalized its merger with Unrivaled and the two California-based companies with combined operations in California, Oregon and Nevada (which represents about 30% of the entire US market) is now known as Unrivaled Brands (OTCQX:UNRV). CEO Frank Knuettel joined Rena to discuss the merger, West Coast landscape, and the developing cannabis future politically and legally. Bringing on further complementary assets and correcting previous management's missteps. Recent Board additions bring cannabis industry knowledge and operational savvy.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gage is a cannabis operator solely focused on the Michigan market, which is the third largest state in terms of cannabis consumption. CEO Fabian Monaco joins the show to discuss learning from those that came before him, getting investment insight from Bruce Linton, Jason Wild and Tim Seymour and following Trulieve's example. Gage's exclusive partnership with Cookies, plans for expansion and thoughts on developing legal picture.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices