Company Description
Vireo Growth Inc. (VREOF) is a healthcare-sector company that operates in the cannabis industry. Classified under drug manufacturers – specialty and generic, Vireo describes itself as a pioneering medical cannabis company founded in 2014. Over time, it has expanded from its medical roots into adult-use markets and broader multi-state cannabis operations, while maintaining what it calls a disciplined, strategically aligned, execution-focused platform.
Business focus and operating model
According to multiple company disclosures, Vireo is building a platform that combines intense local market focus with the strength of a national portfolio. The company emphasizes hiring industry leaders and deploying capital and talent where it believes this will drive the most value. It highlights a long-term mindset, a bias for action, and an explicit commitment to customers, employees, shareholders, industry collaborators, and the communities it serves.
Vireo operates through a mix of retail dispensaries and cannabis cultivation and production facilities. In a news release about its planned acquisition of Eaze Inc., the company reported that, upon closing of that transaction, its portfolio of cannabis brands and assets would span 10 U.S. states with 166 active retail dispensaries and approximately 800,000 square feet of operational cannabis cultivation and production. These figures reflect the scale of its footprint as described in that transaction announcement, rather than a general or permanent representation of size.
Medical and adult-use cannabis operations
Vireo’s origins are in medical cannabis. The company states that it has been operating in Minnesota’s medical cannabis market since 2014, serving patients with cannabis products. A later news release explains that Vireo recorded its first sale of adult-use cannabis in Minnesota at its Green Goods dispensary in downtown Minneapolis, and that it began dispensing both medical and adult-use cannabis products across eight Green Goods dispensaries in the state. The company notes that it is one of Minnesota’s operational licensed adult-use cannabis cultivators and retailers.
Through these activities, Vireo participates in both medical and adult-use segments where state law permits. Its Minnesota operations illustrate how it can transition from a purely medical focus to a combined medical and adult-use model while continuing to reference its commitment to medical patients and product portfolios.
Multi-state retail and cultivation footprint
Vireo’s public disclosures describe a multi-state operating footprint that has been expanded through acquisitions and asset purchases. In Colorado, the company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement to acquire certain retail assets and properties of PharmaCann Inc. in that state. A related news release states that this transaction would bring Vireo’s position in Colorado’s adult-use retail market to 41 active dispensaries, subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
In another transaction, Vireo announced a definitive agreement to acquire Eaze Inc., described as a vertically integrated cannabis retailer and delivery technology platform with operations in California, Florida, and Colorado. Eaze’s operations include retail locations and delivery coverage in California, a network of retail stores and cultivation canopy in Florida, and additional dispensaries in Colorado. Vireo’s news release explains that this transaction is intended to mark its entry into the California and Florida cannabis markets and to further expand its Colorado retail presence.
Beyond these transactions, Vireo has also been involved in acquiring senior secured convertible notes of Medicine Man Technologies Inc. (doing business as Schwazze), a public U.S. multi-state cannabis operator with dispensaries and manufacturing facilities in Colorado and New Mexico. Through a restructuring support agreement, Vireo and related parties set out a plan for a public disposition of collateral and a potential transfer of Schwazze assets to a newly formed entity to be majority-owned by Vireo, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions. These activities underscore the company’s use of structured transactions to expand or reshape its operating base.
Corporate structure and regulatory context
Vireo Growth Inc. is incorporated in British Columbia, as reflected in its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Those filings list the company’s commission file number and federal employer identification number and identify it as an emerging growth company. The filings also indicate that no class of securities is registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, and therefore no trading symbol is listed on a U.S. national securities exchange in those forms.
The company files periodic and current reports, including Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and multiple Form 8-K reports, which describe material events such as acquisitions, note purchases, restructuring agreements, and settlement of litigation. These filings frequently include detailed descriptions of transaction terms, conditions precedent, lock-up arrangements, and reliance on private offering exemptions under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 for the issuance of subordinate voting shares.
Strategic themes and M&A activity
Vireo’s recent disclosures highlight mergers and acquisitions as an important component of its strategy. In its news releases and Form 8-K filings, the company describes:
- Entry into definitive agreements to acquire a majority of outstanding senior secured convertible notes of Schwazze at a discount to par, paid in subordinate voting shares.
- A restructuring support agreement with Schwazze and related parties that contemplates a public disposition of collateral, a credit bid of senior secured notes, and a potential asset sale to a new entity to be majority-owned by Vireo, followed by a wind-down of Schwazze’s remaining operations.
- An Asset Purchase Agreement to acquire certain Colorado dispensary assets and properties from PharmaCann Inc., with consideration payable in subordinate voting shares and subject to regulatory approvals.
- An Agreement and Plan of Merger with Eaze Inc., under which a Vireo subsidiary will merge with and into Eaze, leaving Eaze as a wholly owned subsidiary of Vireo, with base consideration payable in subordinate voting shares and a potential earnout structure based on Adjusted EBITDA.
These transactions are presented by the company as consistent with its focus on building what it calls a disciplined, strategically aligned platform and as part of a broader M&A strategy. The company’s disclosures also describe related financing, note terms, and security interests, as well as the role of collateral agents and credit bids under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Financial reporting and non-GAAP metrics
In a news release reporting third quarter 2025 results, Vireo presented GAAP revenue, gross profit, operating income, and other measures, along with non-GAAP metrics such as Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Gross Profit Margin, Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted Operating Income Margin, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. The company notes that these non-GAAP measures are used by management to analyze core operating performance and that they do not have standardized meanings under GAAP. The release refers readers to reconciliations at the end of the news release and in supplemental information.
The same release includes state-by-state revenue performance tables for retail and wholesale operations, illustrating how the company tracks performance across markets such as Minnesota, New York, Maryland, Utah, Nevada, and Missouri. The company emphasizes that forward-looking information, including financial outlooks, is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties described in its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Risk factors and forward-looking statements
Across its news releases and SEC filings, Vireo includes extensive cautionary language regarding forward-looking information. It identifies risks related to, among other things, the timing and content of adult-use legislation in markets where it operates, market conditions for its subordinate voting shares, regulatory environments in the United States and abroad, operational and agricultural risks, manufacturing risks, liquidity and financing needs, the ability to meet demand for cannabis flower, the disposal of assets held for sale, and the outcomes of litigation.
The company underscores that forward-looking statements, including those related to acquisitions, restructuring transactions, integration of acquired operations, and expected benefits of adult-use market launches, are based on management estimates and assumptions and may differ materially from actual results. It directs readers to risk factor disclosures in its SEC and Canadian securities filings.
Headquarters and jurisdiction
Vireo’s SEC filings list its principal office location in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and identify it as a British Columbia corporation. The filings provide a telephone number for the registrant and note that the company qualifies as an emerging growth company under U.S. securities regulations. These details establish its regulatory and geographic context without addressing specific street addresses.
Commitment to stakeholders
In the “About Vireo Growth Inc.” sections of its news releases, the company repeatedly emphasizes its commitment to multiple stakeholder groups. It describes an “unapologetic commitment” to customers, employees, shareholders, industry collaborators, and the communities it serves. It also highlights a focus on building a platform that is described as disciplined and execution-focused, with local market attention supported by a national portfolio.
For investors researching VREOF stock, these disclosures provide insight into how Vireo characterizes its business model, growth strategy, regulatory posture, and risk considerations within the cannabis segment of the broader healthcare and specialty drug manufacturing space.