Mercari
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Mercari is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on E-Commerce and Content. 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.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries Mercari invests in
Stages Mercari invests in
Countries Mercari invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $4.5M–$31M
- Series A
- $5.9M–$62M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 3 (20%)
- Content 2 (13%)
- Finance 2 (13%)
- Internet 2 (13%)
- Social Media 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (33%)
- Funding Round 3 (20%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Series B 2 (13%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (13%)
Country
- Japan 12 (80%)
- France 1 (7%)
- Indonesia 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John Lagerling
Director and CBO
|
Director and CBO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Shintaro Yamada
Director / Founder
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Director / Founder | Total investments: 18 | Find email | |
Tatsuya Tsuruoka
Principal Software Engineer
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Principal Software Engineer | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Tomokaz Saito
Corporate Legal Manager
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Corporate Legal Manager | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Daisaku Harada
Executive Officer of Souzoh Inc.
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Executive Officer of Souzoh Inc. | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 19 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Ecommit
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Ecommit is a venture company that creates new environmental businesses with reuse and recycling as the main axis | $9.4M / Series B / Apr 20, 2026 | |
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Ecommit
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Ecommit is a venture company that creates new environmental businesses with reuse and recycling as the main axis | $10.2M / Series B / Sep 01, 2025 | |
IVA
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IVA ensures the safety of the market towards the threat of counterfeit goods. | $4.5M / Seed / Aug 09, 2023 | |
Beebs
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Beebs is a mobile application that allows parents to buy and resell their baby items. | $5.9M / Series A / Oct 19, 2022 | |
Meetscare
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Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo. | $2.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 06, 2020 | |
Rentio
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Rentio is a site that can be used anytime without buying 1,000 kinds of cameras and the latest home appliances. | $9.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 25, 2020 | |
Infradigital
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IDN is the fastest growing B2B school platform in Indonesia, providing data & financial services to thousands of schools and hundreds of thousands of students across the country. | Seed / Feb 20, 2019 | |
AMI
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aMi Inc. is a Booking platform for photographers. | Seed / Mar 15, 2018 | |
AMI Corp
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AMI Corp is engaged in medical consulting, medical device development and writing. | Mar 15, 2018 | |
Ecbo cloak
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Ecbo cloak is a sharing service that connects "persons who want to store luggage with shops with space to store luggage. Instead of coin lockers, you can pre-order places online online and store your luggage in the open space of stores of various types of business. | $31.4M / Seed / Feb 05, 2018 | |
| See all 15 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
East Ventures
3 deals together
Adways
2 deals together
Monex Ventures
2 deals together
Adventure
1 deal together
ANRI
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does Mercari invest in?
Mercari invests primarily in E-Commerce, Content and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Mercari's check size?
Mercari typically joins rounds of $4.5M–$31M at Seed and $5.9M–$62M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mercari participates in.
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Who are the partners at Mercari?
The team at Mercari includes John Lagerling (Director and CBO), Shintaro Yamada (Director / Founder) and Tatsuya Tsuruoka (Principal Software Engineer), among 19 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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