Constellation Brands opened the door to showing investors that this isn’t just a young market anymore.

Over $1.2 Billion was raised in the first 5 weeks of 2018 in cannabis industry deals alone signaling a more mature market could be on the horizon.

Back in October it was widely publicized that one of the largest beer, wine, and spirits companies in the world, Constellation Brands (STZ) was going to acquire a minority (9.9%) stake in Canopy Growth (OTCPK:TWMJF). Of course, this resonated with investors in the industry and in turn sparked a rally within the market.

What seems to have begun with the Constellation/Canopy Growth deal has evolved into something much more exciting that could further set the stage for 2018 to be a year for big M&A as well as the beginning of Blue Chip companies taking a seat at the table.

Then you have pre-IPO companies like The Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD) who are slated to go public this year after raising their own pool of funds. I spoke briefly about this as well as MedMen, which is another company set to IPO this year. TGOD has already raised some $160 million dollars from over 4,000 shareholders so far.

Aurora will ultimately acquire a 17.62% interest of TGOD on a non-diluted basis valued at a healthy $55 million alone. In this case, the raise done by TGOD is more focused on growth of its production capacity and being able to largely scale out its operations for various supply contracts.

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