Who is Danny Brody?

From Investment Advisor to Raising Capital to IPO's and what's next...

I began my career at the back of a classroom, a humble starting point like the seed of a Vancouver Douglas fir.

It was 2006 when my aunt introduced me to trading stocks. I always envisioned myself in a corner office in downtown Vancouver, with a red mahogany desk and multiple computer screens. This vision was like a north star, guiding my future ambitions. I even wrote about it in my 11th-grade Career and Personal Planning class, imagining my life five and ten years ahead.

That classroom at Capilano University (then a college) was my launchpad, and my aunt had given me $10,000 to start trading. Like a… “savant” (or so I thought) I turned that $10,000 into about $80,000 by investing in Norwood Resources (NRS) on the TSX-V.

Everything was going fantastic.

I felt like I was riding a rocket ship to the moon.

So much so that I thought, "Do I really need to finish this degree?

I'm making $80k in a few months, just trading stocks!"

Confident and excited about the future, I decided to drop out and chart my own path. I believed in learning by doing rather than being taught, like a sailor navigating by the stars instead of a map. So, off I went.

But the market is a tempestuous sea.

That $80k soon turned back to $0 when the supposed rich oil well didn't pan out, grounding my ship.

In February 2007, I started working for an investor relations firm called Coal Harbour Communications. I absorbed everything about marketing, storytelling, investor communication, database management, newsletters, email lists, and more.

My fingers were calloused from making 300+ outbound calls a day, and I developed skin thicker than a rhinoceros's hide.

This role came through a friend's dad, Mr. Reynolds, the brother of Paul Reynolds, the late CEO of Canaccord who passed away in 2015 at a triathlon in Hawaii.

Canaccord was always my Everest. After a brief two years at Union Securities, later acquired by PI Financial, I felt ready to graduate.

In 2010, I ran into a young, aggressive broker named David Kearnes at Joey's. Ironically, I'm now the age he was (37) when he first hired me after a brief meal.

Going back a few years, I first interviewed at Canaccord in 2006, wearing a corduroy blazer, and was immediately rejected. "Go work somewhere else for two years, learn the business, then come back," they said.

So, I did just that. Two years later, with David Kearnes' support, I interviewed again and was hired as his loyal assistant. This time, I made it. I was over the moon.

Canaccord was a titan in the Vancouver scene, the holy grail of the brokerage industry for junior resource companies. I had always loved trading juniors, ever since turning that $10k into $80k and then back to $0.

Kearnes and I worked side by side for the next five years, traveling to Vegas with clients, visiting mine sites in Tanzania, and writing articles about our experiences.

I even climbed down a mine shaft with barely a hard hat—a terrifying but incredible moment, like descending into the underworld and emerging with riches.

We broke records together, from new single-day commission records to achieving top 20 status within the firm for highest gross revenues. Even with my own book of business and moving from assistant to associate to advisor.

But, as all good things still tend to come to an end, and the brokerage industry, for me, was a suit of armor that had become too heavy.

After seven years, wearing a full suit and tie daily, and being at my desk by 6 am, I was ready for a change.

I had learned the intricacies of finance—from raising money to structuring deals and marketing them—and felt it was time to strike on my own.

In 2015, our client from Canaccord recruited me to his capital markets group. Our first sector: Cannabis.

We needed to find a company that met our financing criteria. At the time, there were only 13 licensed cannabis companies (or MMPR then), making it relatively easy to narrow our focus.

We found Emblem Cannabis, soon to be renamed Emblem Corp to better represent its clinic networks, R&D, production, and brands.

We raised $73 million over 12 months, completed an IPO, and saw the stock trade from our first offerings at $0.50 to upwards of $3.63, closing on an additional $16 million less than four months after the IPO.

We learned the ins and outs of the cannabis business.

Inspired by this success, we thought, "Why not try this ourselves, and own 100% of the business?"

And thus, TGOD, or The Green Organic Dutchman, was born.

In 2016, four of us acquired a license, moved to a farm house in Ancaster, Ontario, set up a home office and went to work.

Privately we raised $13 million at $0.50, $28 million at $1.15, $112 million at $1.65 with a lead order from Aurora Cannabis for $55 million, then $132 million at $3.65 for our IPO, and $75 million at $6.25 and $25 million at $6.85 both post IPO.

Including warrants, we brought in over $450 million in less than two years, making TGOD one of the top five cannabis brands in Canada.

On May 2nd, 2018, we rang the opening bell at the TSX, marking another life goal and career highlight.

I left in May 2019 with $73 million in excess capital and took some much-needed time off after working 14-hour days for four years straight.

After a while, I landed on my next venture: the media space and the CBD sector.

I became an advisor to National Institute for Cannabis Investors (NICI) and partnered with John Boehner, Joe Montana, and other celebrities and politicians to promote cannabis deregulation.

I recorded videos with John that reached millions. I loved the videos, the interviews, and telling our stories to provide valuable intel on undervalued companies and opportunities.

At the same time, we decided to enter the CBD business.

This was a tough lesson.

They say you learn more from your losses than your wins, and that couldn't be truer.

We raised $60 million for a CBD company that subsequently failed due to overspending and mistimed market entry.

While we worked on this project, Charlotte's Web, the largest CBD company, plummeted from $30 per share to less than $0.30, and our own sales fell far short of expectations.

As if the industry wasn't hurting enough, we just didn't have the sales we expected. We had forecasted $30 million in sales in Year 1 with the capital we raised, and we ended the year at $3 million.

A lot of tough lessons learned from this one, and a lot of money lost for myself and everyone we put into the deal. That one hurt.

I separated from my group after this and started my own capital markets advisory company called Oro Capital and started the hunt for my own first deal.

Second to that, in our TGOD days, we did a spin-out, called TGOD Acquisitions Corp., that I joined and ran as CEO and rebranded to Bromac Resources. I'll come back to that.

As I was hunting for my own deals, my team and I were approached by a group who had just sold their last company to Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) for several hundred million and was pitching us on plant-based foods. Having been a vegetarian for 18 years, this immediately piqued my interest and we got to work.

We raised $60 million through $40 of debt and $20 of equity, got in some large strategic partners and acquired three businesses, rolling them together and calling it Eat Well Group.

Fast forward another three years to today, we've doubled the company's EBITDA, and are now looking for strategic partners to get involved with us and help us take it to the next level.

TGOD Acquisitions Corp. is also moving full steam ahead.

As mentioned we have now re-named it to Bromac Resources, re-capitalized it with my partners and added $620,000 to the treasury in the hunt for what first brought me into this industry: Resources.

And that's why I'm starting to write more on here.

I've always had a passion for storytelling, for marketing, for sharing my journey.

I've been on the hunt for the best deal flow across the globe for many years now. And tying it all together, I think I have an incredible team and an incredible platform for our projects that I want to share with the world.

Although deeply involved with these projects, I've always missed the media side of my work.

So, I've decided to bring that back.

Despite my busy schedule, this is a true passion of mine, and now is the time to explore it.

And that brings us to today…

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Happy Hunting!