Mercari
Mercari’s new Instant Pay feature transfers verified sellers’ balances to their debit cards within minutes
For online sellers, waiting three to five days for e-commerce platforms to transfer their balance is one of their biggest pain points. Mercari is going after rivals with its new Instant Pay feature, w
Japan’s Freee raises $60M to grow its cloud accounting business
Japan-based accounting software company Freee, one of the country’s most-prominent startups, has raised a $60 million Series E funding round as it bids to expand its services into other areas o
Mercari, Japan’s first unicorn, files for $1.1B Tokyo IPO
Mercari, the eBay-like service that is Japanese first tech startup unicorn, has filed to go public in an IPO that could raise as much as $1.1 billion. The company is scheduled to list on the Toyko Sto
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 Mercar
Japanese unicorn Mercari is gunning for eBay’s crown
After raising a $75 million investment at a $1 billion valuation earlier this year, Mercari announced it has seen more than 20 million app downloads in the U.S. The company started a North American hi
Marketplace app Mercari nabs $75M to become Japan’s first startup unicorn
Mercari, a peer-to-peer marketplace app, has claimed the title of Japan’s first pre-IPO startup unicorn after raising 8.4 billion yen (about $75 million) at a valuation of over $1 billion. This is t