Minna no Kabushiki Steps Up Expansion In Europe By Acquiring SNS For Investors In Germany / Venture Now

Minkabu, an operator of social networking site of financial information, Minna no Kabushiki, acquires a whole stocks of sharewise GmbH which runs SNS for investors in Europe.

sharewise was launched in 2007 which has been expanding its community service for investors in Europe. Currently it provides the service in German, Italian, Spanish, French, and English based in Germany. ...

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Venture Now 9/27/2013 [jp]

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• Large Internet companies in Japan like Rakuten or DeNA have been acquiring many companies outside of Japan in the last several years, but it is not common for smaller companies like Minkabu acquire startups in Europe. It will become a good reference for Japanese startups and relatively small comapnies considering global expansion. Minna no Kabushiki was also launched in 2007. 
• http://www.minkabu.co.jp/