Replay – EarlyBird, Nasdaq, ICR, High Times Host Virtual Forum with IPO Edge: Cannabis Fundraising – Are SPACs a New Solution?

John Jannarone
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IPO Edge hosted a virtual forum with leading SPACs, companies, and advisors to discuss the market outlook, including expected dealmaking in the remainder of 2020. The approximately 90-minute event was held Wednesday, September 2, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

To watch the replay, click here.

The live webcast, hosted in partnership with EarlyBirdCapital, Nasdaq, High Times, ICR, Intro-act Corp., and The Palm Beach Hedge Fund Association included two panels and a live audience Q&A session. Sentieo, an AI-based research platform, provided key data on cannabis equities and market interest in SPACs.

The panels topics including:

  • Expected cannabis deal announcements from existing SPACs in coming months

  • SPACs potentially acquiring publicly-listed cannabis companies

  • SPACs vs. IPOs for cannabis industry companies

  • Exchange listing considerations

  • The role of investment banks in both SPAC IPOs and M&A

  • The “De-SPAC” process in cannabis

  • PIPEs and debt to support SPAC transactions

Agenda:

Panel I – Feedback from the Field

  • Ed Kovary, Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets, EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.

  • Gary Julien, Managing Director, Schultze Asset Management, LP; EVP, Schultze Special Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SAMA)

  • Kyle Detwiler, CEO, Clever Leaves (expected ticker: CLVR)

  • Adam E. Levin, Executive Chairman, Hightimes Holding Corp. (expected ticker: HTHC)

  • Bill Jenks, CEO, Intro-act Corp.

  • John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, IPO Edge (Moderator)

Panel II – Considerations for Dealmaking

  • Robert Berner, Managing Partner, Bespoke Capital; Director, Bespoke Capital Acquisition Corp. (TSX: BC-U, OTC: BKCQF)

  • Sarah Morgan, Partner, M&A, Capital Markets and Corporate Governance, Vinson & Elkins

  • Eklavya Saraf, Global Head of SPAC Listings and Managing Director of New Listings, Nasdaq

  • Jeff Bernstein, Managing Director, ICR Capital

  • Hope King, Multimedia Editor, IPO Edge (Moderator)

Contact:

John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief

editor@IPO-Edge.com

www.IPO-Edge.com

Editor@IPO-Edge.com

Twitter: @IPOEdge

Instagram: @IPOEdge

 

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