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Posted on February 28, 2022November 21, 2022 by admin

Vallon Pharmaceuticals Gets Ahead of Itself

Riddle us this: which stock’s price climbed 85% in the past month while every major market index was nosediving? You’re right if you answered Vallon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:VLON), which closed down 2% at $7.86 per share last Friday. The greater riddle, however, is what caused the stock’s remarkable run.

Posted on April 5, 2021November 21, 2022 by admin

Aspire Capital Partners

Aspire Capital Partners, LLC occupies a specialized niche among investment firms that finance capital-intensive companies. Along with Lincoln Park Capital, LLC, Aspire accounts for over 90% of the equity lines of credit extended to small-cap issuers in the U.S. Both Aspire and Lincoln Park are based in Chicago, and both were founded by former principals of Fusion Capital Partners, LLC, which specialized in equity lines of credit before the firm shut down in 2012. Like Fusion, Aspire and Lincoln Park invest heavily in biotech startups, which need frequent capital infusions.

Posted on February 19, 2021November 21, 2022 by admin

Alpha Capital Anstalt

Alpha Capital Anstalt has earned a reputation as one of the world’s most prolific and ruthless investors in cash-starved small-cap companies. Its stock-in-trade are bridge loans and private investments in public equity (PIPE) on terms that are highly unfavorable to desperate issuers. Its favorite instruments are convertible promissory notes, convertible preferred shares, and warrants with anti-dilution provisions and registration rights. As long as issuers remain solvent and honor their agreements, Alpha’s investments typically generate handsome returns for the firm while diluting previous investors, increasing a stock’s float, and putting downward pressure on a stock’s price.

Posted on January 28, 2021November 21, 2022 by admin

Masters of Dilution

During the quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve of 2020, two little-known companies completed a reverse merger that attracted little attention. The acquirer, Ameri Holdings, Inc., was an obscure tech company in Alpharetta, Ga. The acquiree, Jay Pharma, Inc., was a privately held startup developing cannabis-based pharmaceuticals in Toronto.