Tilray

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Tilray History and Milestones

  • Founded in 2014 under Privateer Holdings.
  • Conducted first Health Canada-approved clinical trial in 2016.
  • Certified for good manufacturing practices in January 2017.
  • Raised $1.1 billion by October 2018.
  • Potential $94 billion world market for cannabis products by 2025.

Strategic Partnerships and Acquisitions

  • Global alliance with Sandoz in 2018.
  • Joint venture with AbInBev for THC/CBD-infused beverages in 2018.
  • Signed $250 million revenue-sharing deal with Authentic Brands Group in 2019.
  • Acquired Manitoba Harvest for $317 million in 2019.
  • Acquired Natura Naturals Holdings in 2019.
  • Acquired boozy candy company Smith & Sinclair.
  • Signed a deal to acquire Alberta cannabis retailer Four20.
  • Acquired 100% of HEXO Corp.
  • Announced agreement to acquire eight beer & beverage brands from Anheuser-Busch.

Brewery Ownership and Acquisitions

  • Owns Montauk Brewing, Good Supply Beer, 10 Barrel Brewing, Square Mile Cider, and Truss Beverage Co.
  • Tilray’s beer division ranked No. 9 in US craft companies in 2022.
  • Acquired Alpine Beer Company, Blue Point Brewing, Breckenridge Brewery, Green Flash Brewing, and Widmer Brothers Brewery.

Merger with Aphria and Brewery Ventures

  • Aphria conducted reverse acquisition of Tilray in December 2020.
  • Irwin D. Simon named CEO of merged company.
  • Tilray CEO, Brendan Kennedy, on the board of directors.
  • Merged companies to trade under Tilray ticker symbol on NASDAQ.
  • Closed Virginia Beach brewery.
  • Blue Point Brewing Co. mentioned in Long Island Beer Guide.
  • Green Flash Brewing acquired Alpine.
  • Redhook being replaced by Cisco Brewers at Pease.

Clinical Research and Expansion

  • Preliminary clinical research on medical cannabis efficacy.
  • Exported $3.3 million worth of medical cannabis to Germany in 2019.
  • Research partnership with Coimbra University in Portugal.
  • Studied CBD’s potential to treat alcohol use disorder and PTSD.
  • Launched clinical trial to study medical cannabis and PTSD.
  • Partnered with Coimbra University to study medical cannabis.
  • Shipped CBD to the US for clinical trials on alcohol and PTSD.

Tilray Data Sources

Reference URL
Glossary https:/glossary/tilray
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilray
Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60480286
Knowledge Graph https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/g/11fd6db9f8
DBPedia http://dbpedia.org/resource/Tilray
Product Ontology http://www.productontology.org/id/Tilray