Most people are building the wrong cannabis business.
While everyone debates cultivation, brands and legalisation, something quite different is happening behind the scenes: �…
Blog
Market insights, deal strategies and acquisitions in the European cannabis business.
Deals with Canada: How to Become Exit-Ready.
If you want to understand why Canadian corporations are buying German cannabis companies – read this carefully. The merg…
🚀 Special Deal: 5 concrete acquisition candidates in 14 days
Most M&A conversations are a waste of time. Because choosing a partner is treated like networking — instead of like stra…
🇨🇿 Czech Cannabis Market: Position Yourself Strategically Now
The partial legalisation of cannabis in the Czech Republic from 1 January 2026 is a strategic opportunity for German com…
Canna Cabana Now in Berlin – High Tide's Retail Launch in Europe
What works in Canada is now launching in Germany: High Tide opens Europe's first Canna Cabana store – in the heart of Be…
SOMAÍ + Cookies = pharma meets cult brand
The cult cannabis brand "Cookies" enters the medical market – together with the EU-GMP-certified manufacturer SOMAÍ. Wh…
💰 A purchase price that makes both sides HAPPY.
Sell your company without gruelling negotiations – with an earnout. 📊 Fixed entry price + bonus on reaching targets🤝 Y…
Growing without cash? Yes, it works. With a tax-free interest swap.
Instead of buying your target company for cash – swap interests! ✅ No liquidity required✅ No outside capital✅ Tax-neutra…
📊 The European Cannabis Business Is Booming
and faster and more structured than many think. A few figures from the latest report by Prohibition Partners: 🇩🇪 Germa…
💡 Buying a company – and financing it cleverly?
Buy through a holding GmbH = more liquidity, less tax. Many entrepreneurs only want to offer their exit as a share deal.…
🇨🇦 Canadian retailer buys major German importer.
High Tide enters Germany. The Canadian retail giant buys its German customer, the import champion Remexian Pharma: The a…
Munich CBD chain HANF, founded by activist Wenzel Cerveny, goes to Canadian start-up Neural
A Canadian psychedelics start-up wants to secure access to the European market with Hanf.com 🇩🇪 – via an option on 100…
🌍 Curaleaf Takes Over Europe – Strategic, Elegant, Without Capital Outflow.
With a structured three-stage plan, Curaleaf chairman Boris Jordan has mastered the expansion from the US into Europe. A…
🏭 Buying companies – YES. But please MINIMISE the risk!
Taking over a company can be your fastest route to market leadership –or the most expensive mistake of your life. As a b…
🤝 Negotiation made easy – with AI
Imagine this:Both sides put openly on the table what they really want, what they need, what is possible. That is the cor…
How much is your cannabis company really worth?
Every entrepreneur has a number in their head. But buyers see something different. 👉 Your emotional value ≠ market valu…
👉 Market leader or retirement?
What do you really want? After years full of responsibility, risk, building up, staff and regulations, now may be the mo…
Buy rather than build from scratch – why acquisitions are often the smarter way
Curaleaf acquired a 55 % majority stake in Four 20 Pharma GmbH, a fully GDP-certified German manufacturer and distributo…
Selling a company? Here's how!
Don't tell them what was – tell them what could be. Most sale offers focus on what the company has achieved so far:📊 Re…
Buy-&-Build Strategy in Practice: SYNBIOTIC SE
👉 Market leadership through targeted acquisitions. The goal: a vertically integrated cannabis ecosystem in Germany – fr…
Horizontal merger or vertical integration?
By Maria Indika. Expansion is the key to success – but which strategy is the right one? Companies often face the choice …
Swap instead of cash – acquiring without deploying equity
By Maria Indika. Company acquisitions do not always have to involve heavy capital investment. A merger through a share o…
Due Diligence (Careful Examination) – by Maria Indika
As your AI advisor for company acquisitions, I help you work through all the critical points systematically to turn your…