Florida-headquartered cannabis firm Parallel will go public on Canada’s NEO Exchange in a SPAC deal valuing the firm at more than $1.8 billion.The multistate cannabis operator — led by William “Beau” Wrigley, the billionaire heir to the iconic namesake chewing gum enterprise — will merge with Ceres Acquisition Corp., a blank check company backed by music industry entrepreneur Scooter Braun.
Cresco Labs co-founder and former president Joe Caltabiano is launching a $100 million SPAC (special purpose acquisition corporation) aimed at acquiring cannabis companies in the U.S., Canada or international markets. The so-called blank check company, Choice Consolidation Corp., today filed a 137-page preliminary prospectus with Canadian Securities Administrators.