Taylor Wessing advised the shareholders of the German based social media platform operator sharewise GmbH on the acquisition by Japan based Minkabu Inc.

Sharewise.com collects and automatically ranks investment advice of its 150,000 members. With the acquisition by Minkabu, operator of renowned platforms such as minkabu.jp and caiku.com with approx. 4 million monthly unique users combined, the leading global platform for investment-related social media is established.

The company will combine the successful features of both platforms and maintain both brands for its continuing expansion. The combined company is active throughout Asia (China and Japan) and Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom). Minkabu plans to use the brand sharewise globally for the further expansion of its platform, for example in Southeast Asia or North/ Latin America and other countries/regions.