- CEO
- Masayuki Ban
- Full Time Employees
- 236
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Information technology services
- Address
- Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower Tokyo Japan 105-7306
- IPO Date
- Mar 19, 2019
- Business
- MINKABU THE INFONOID, Inc. MINKABU THE INFONOID, Inc. (4436.T) engages primarily in financial information media and solutions businesses in Japan. The company operates two main segments: Media Business, which includes investor information platforms such as minkabu.jp, kabutan.jp (Kabutan), Livedoor News, Livedoor Blog, and services covering financial insights, asset management tools like MINKABU ASSET PLANNER, entertainment, sports information, comparison sites, and gourmet SNS platforms; and Solutions Business, which provides FinTech solutions to financial institutions using AI-generated content, cloud input data, big data, and Web3 technologies, including application service provider (ASP) services, software development, maintenance, system integration, NFT solutions based on blockchain, and financial product brokerage services supporting asset formation. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tokyo at 1-9-1 Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, the company serves individual investors and over 170 domestic financial institutions through its B2C and B2B models, with a branch in Fukuoka and subsidiaries including Livedoor Co., Ltd. Recent developments include the absorption-type merger of MINKABU SOLUTION SERVICES, Inc. in October 2025 to streamline operations; the transfer of all shares in MINKABU ASSET PARTNERS, Inc. in March 2025; establishment of Contents Monster, Inc. in April 2024; merger of SEESAW GAME, Inc. by Livedoor in October 2024; transition to a holding company structure in July 2023; acquisition of FromOne, Inc. in September 2023; and transfers and mergers involving media assets to Livedoor Co., Ltd. in April 2023, alongside divestitures of non-core units like Prop Tech plus in March 2023.