Aphria Inc.

Aphria was founded in 2014 by Cole Cacciavillani and John Cervini, who were Leamington greenhouse operators. Its CEO, Vic Neufeld, was formerly the CEO of Jamieson Laboratories, a Canadian vitamin company. It was originally listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange. It graduated from the Toronto Venture Exchange to the Toronto Stock Exchange in March 2017, and joined the S&P/TSX Composite Index in December 2017. In 2014, Aphria was granted a license to produce and sell medical cannabis by Health Canada. Aphria runs a greenhouse to produce cannabis in Leamington, Ontario, called Aphria One. As of August 2018, Aphria One was responsible for 90% of Aphria's production, and had 300,000 square feet of production space. The company is also building another greenhouse in the Leamington area, Aphria Diamond, in partnership with Double Diamond, a greenhouse operator. It is backed in part by the Delavaco Group, a private equity firm.