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    Mercari aims to provide a solution by enabling people to easily sell and purchase second-hand items in a mobile marketplace with their smartphones. It is a resale shopping app which lets the customer buy and sell anything, from anywhere, in seconds from his or her phone: fashion, electronics, jewelry, console games, new, pre-owned and hand-made items.
    Market valuation(2017-05-02)
    $1 B
    Total Funding
    $116.6 M
    Type
    Private
    HQ
    Minato-ku, JP
    Founded
    2013
    Size (employees)
    351 (est)+3%
    Website
    mercari.com
    Mercari was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Minato-ku, JP
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    Key People/Management at Mercari

    Ryo Ishizuka

    Ryo Ishizuka

    CEO / Co-Founder
    Shintaro Yamada

    Shintaro Yamada

    Co-Founder
    Tommy Tomishima

    Tommy Tomishima

    CPO / Co-Founder
    Lisa Lechner

    Lisa Lechner

    Chief Compliance Officer
    Robin Clark

    Robin Clark

    VP Finance & Operations

    Mercari Office Locations

    Mercari has an office in Minato-ku
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    Mercari Financials and Metrics

    Summary Metrics

    Founding Date

    		2013

    Total Funding

    		$116.6 m

    Latest funding size

    		$75 m

    Time since last funding

    		2 years ago

    Investors

    		Globis Capital Partners, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment, Global Brain Corporation, Development Bank of Japan, WiL, UNITED, Inc., Mitsui & Co
    Mercari's latest funding round in March 2016 was reported to be $75 m. In total, Mercari has raised $116.6 m. Mercari's latest valuation is reported to be $1 b.

    Mercari Financials

    Market valuation

    		1 b
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    Mercari Operating Metrics

    Mercari's Transactions' Volume was reported to be $100m in Jun, 2017.
    Y, 2015Y, 2016Jun, 2017

    Downloads

    		32 m

    Downloads (US)

    		7 m10 m25 m

    Transactions' Volume

    		$100 m
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    Mercari News and Updates

    April 02, 2018

    REFILE-Rare Japanese unicorn Mercari targets rapid U.S. expansion

    TOKYO, April 2 (Reuters) - Japanese flea market app operator Mercari Inc targets rapid expansion in the United States, its founder and chief executive told Reuters on Monday, after a recent funding round boosted its value beyond $2 billion.
    April 02, 2018

    Rare Japanese unicorn Mercari to targets rapid U.S. expansion

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese flea market app operator Mercari Inc targets rapid expansion in the United States, its founder and chief executive told Reuters on Monday, after a recent funding round boosted its value beyond $2 billion.
    March 09, 2018

    Mercari Academy creates international course for watch distribution entrepreneurs

    Course aims to help watchmaking businesses select the right distributors and work with them to ensure success for both partners.
    June 22, 2017

    Mercari hires John Lagerling from Facebook’s management team to guide its U.S. strategy

     When Mercari became Japan’s first startup unicorn with a $75 million round last year, the funding was earmarked to fuel its goal of becoming the top secondhand marketplace app in the U.S. Now Mercari is doubling down on its efforts to succeed where no other Asian e-commerce company has. Today it la…
    May 24, 2017

    Startup Continent: The Most Well-Funded Tech Startups In Asia & The Pacific

    Asia and the Pacific region, which stretches from China to New Zealand, is home to nine countries whose most well-funded startup has raised over $100M. In five of those countries the most well-funded startup has raised over $1B. In total, $106B … Continued
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