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Shares
Paris, FR · Founded 2021 · 161 employees on LinkedIn · 6 known investors
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Shares is a neobroker and social investing app that lets individuals buy stocks, ETFs, and crypto-assets, with a mobile app launched in France. It also offers Shares Pro, an end-to-end and white-label wealth management platform for financial advisors and businesses.
Also known as shares.io
Founders & leadership
Shares was founded in 2021 by Benjamin Chemla, Francois Ruty, and Harjas Singh.
Investors · 6
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Shares is an investing technology company that supplies end-to-end infrastructure for the financial industry alongside consumer-facing investment products. Its offering spans enterprise wealth management platforms, workplace savings and pension experiences delivered under client brands, and a retail mobile app for individual investors that provides access to more than 1,700 assets. For individual wealth managers it provides Shares Pro, a platform aimed at wealth management professionals, while enterprises can consume custom, white-label or API-based technology.
The platform covers execution, operations, compliance and custody in a single stack, described by the company as front-to-back, with ledgers positioned for scale. Shares states that it is built, operated and regulated in France, with the ability to deploy into 30 EEA countries. Client assets are held with partner institutions and segregated from company funds, with clients remaining the legal owners of their investments.
Business model
Shares combines a business-to-business technology model — custom, white-label and API investment infrastructure licensed to financial institutions, plus the Shares Pro platform for wealth managers — with a direct-to-consumer retail investing app. Fee terms are published in the company's terms and conditions rather than on the site.
Latest developments
In January 2025, Le Figaro reported that Shares acquired Inter Invest's banking retirement savings business. In March 2025, tech.eu reported a partnership with AXA France to simplify corporate savings plans. In January 2026, Les Echos Investir reported that Shares was negotiating the acquisition of Treezor from Société Générale.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, risks & controversies
Market position
Positions itself as an investing technology provider to European financial institutions, citing work with asset managers, wealthtechs, traditional banks and independent financial advisors, including case studies with Crystal Group (Murano Titres) and Eres.
Emphasises French build and regulation with EEA passporting, a single front-to-back platform spanning execution through custody, modular and white-label technology, and coverage of both institutional and retail channels.
Technology
A front-to-back investing stack covering execution, operations, compliance and custody, with scalable ledgers, modular components, API integration and white-label deployment options.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise partnerships and case-study-led sales to European financial institutions, a dedicated Shares Pro product for wealth managers, and app-store distribution of the consumer app.
Retail investors using the mobile app; individual wealth managers and independent financial advisors; and institutions including retail investing platforms, online banks, asset managers and wealthtechs, specialised financial services actors, and traditional insurers and banks.
Geography
Built, operated and regulated in France, with passporting rights enabling instant deployment to 30 EEA countries and authorisation to operate across the European Union.
Risks & controversies
The company publishes investor risk warnings noting that capital is at risk and highlighting crypto-specific risks, including the absence of legal mechanisms against market manipulation or insider dealing, dependence on recent and inadequately tested technology and infrastructure, irretrievable loss of holdings if wallet access credentials are lost, and limited acceptance of virtual currencies as a means of payment.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Related companies · 5
Companies working in the same space as Shares.
Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsLes Echos Investir reported that Shares was negotiating the acquisition of Treezor from Société Générale.
Shares states it is regulated in France by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers and is an investment services provider authorised by the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR), with EEA passporting rights.
tech.eu reported that AXA France partnered with Shares to simplify corporate savings plans.
Le Figaro reported that Shares acquired the banking retirement savings business of Inter Invest.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Sharesshares.io · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Shares do?
- Shares is a French investing-technology company offering retail, wealth-management and workplace-savings platforms across the EEA.
- Who founded Shares?
- Shares was founded by Benjamin Chemla, Francois Ruty, Harjas Singh in 2021.
- Who are Shares's investors?
- Shares's investors include Bootstrap Europe, Expansion Capital, Valar Ventures Llc, Origins, Red Sea Ventures, Singular.
- Where is Shares headquartered?
- Shares is headquartered in Paris, FR.