# Daisaku Harada

> Daisaku Harada is a seed investor at Mercari (Tokyo) backing Finance and Tourism. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mercari](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercari)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/daisaku-harada/14/2b5/109
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/Ginsaku
- Website: http://zawatt.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/daisaku.harada

Daisaku Harada is a seed investor at Mercari in Tokyo focused on Finance and Tourism. Daisaku Harada is the Director of Management Strategy at Mercari. Daisaku attended Chuo University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Tourism | 1 | 50% |
| Automotive | 1 | 50% |
| Reservations | 1 | 50% |
| Travel Agency | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carstay | Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy. | $4.3M | Seed | Apr 25, 2019 |  |
| Carstay | Carstay Comfortable Overnight in car or tentdo itCar tripWith guests who want to enjoy. | $4.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 25, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lifetime Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifetime-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Incubate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incubate-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Mercari

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Mercari aims to provide a solution by enabling people to easily sell and purchase second-hand items in a mobile marketplace with their smartphones. Japan’s mobile shopping obsession is finally in the US. Mercari, the resale shopping app, is the country’s biggest community-powered shopping fair in the palm of your hands. The intuitive app lets youbuy and sell anything, from anywhere, in seconds from your phone: fashion, electronics, jewelry, console games, new, pre-owned and hand-made items, Mercari delivers. Listing your item is as simple as uploading a photo and adding a few details, with built-in features that help you easily print out shipping labels and quickly drop packages in the mail. Mercari’s sharing community grows larger and makes the world more sustainable every day.

5 contacts available at Mercari.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Lagerling | Director and CBO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-lagerling |
| Shintaro Yamada | Director / Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shintaro-yamada |
| Tatsuya Tsuruoka | Principal Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tatsuya-tsuruoka |
| Tomokaz Saito | Corporate Legal Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tomokaz-saito |
| Daisaku Harada | Executive Officer of Souzoh Inc. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daisaku-harada |

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## FAQ

### What does Daisaku Harada invest in?

Daisaku Harada invests primarily in Finance, Tourism and Automotive startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Daisaku Harada last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daisaku Harada closed in Apr 2019. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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