LiNK-UP sells all shares of Infinia, operator of maid café "@HOME Cafe"!　Sold to Space Shower Network

LiNK-UP Corporation announced its decision to sell all shares of Infinia Corporation, which operates the maid café "@Ho~m Cafe.

LiNK-UP's board of directors approved the sale at a meeting held on February 26, 2016. The sale price is 180 million yen, and the company will sell all shares of Infinia K.K. and the trademark rights necessary to operate the store. The amount of the sale is 180 million yen.

Currently, "@Ho~mu Cafe" has 5 stores in Akihabara, and in 2005, a unit of maids won the top ten of the You Can New Words and Trendy Words Awards 2005 with the phrase "Moe~," and in 2015, the company won the 2015 excellence certification on TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site by reviews. In 2015, the company received the 2015 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest review travel site. Infinia, which operates "@HoamuCafe," was established in September 2011 as a wholly owned subsidiary of LiNK-UP, and made headlines in November 2012 when current maid hitomi, who is also the signature girl of "@HoamuCafe," was appointed president and director.

Space Shower Network is involved in the production and sale of music software and publishing, in addition to the production of TV programs and operation of music channels for CS. The company explained the reason for the share acquisition: "From this fiscal year, we have reorganized our business into three business units, SPACE SHOWER TV, SPACE SHOWER MUSIC, and SPACE SHOWER ENTERTAINMENT, with the aim of achieving medium- to long-term growth in the future. In the SPACE SHOWER ENTERTAINMENT business segment, we are developing businesses in the fields of idols, animation, and concept cafes in order to cultivate areas that the Group has not handled before. These fields are supported by communities created by users who have a high level of loyalty to works and artists and a high level of desire to consume related products. We would like to create profit-earning opportunities through new approaches unique to our company by taking advantage of the scale, characteristics, and growth of this market," he added, "By linking @HOME Cafe with our broadcasting and telecommunications video distribution, music, video, and event production functions, we can develop and propose new services that will provide new added value to users. We believe that by entering this field, we will be able to accelerate our efforts in social media development, fusion with adjacent fields, merchandize development, and overseas development of content, all of which are important for our future business development. The company has decided to acquire all of the shares of Infinia Corporation and the trademark rights necessary to operate the store." The company explained.