Cannabis Software Firms Akerna, Viridian Sciences Agree To All-Stock Deal
Viridian Sciences in an all-stock transaction. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal grants Viridian's 30-plus clients access to Akerna's "Compliance Gateway" as well as the firm's MJ Retail app, according to a joint Thursday announcement from the companies. "Cannabis operators are quickly becoming a more sophisticated buyer of technology, demanding ERP solutions that scale with their business and also provide the security of multi-state compliance," Akerna Chief Executive Officer Jessica Billingsley said in a statement. ERP, or enterprise resource planning, aims to hel...