Post-IPO goal, Mercari looks at being the first Japanese startup to make it in US

Post-IPO goal, Mercari looks at being the first Japanese startup to make it in US

Mercari app. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Mercari Inc. already made its mark by becoming the first Japanese startup to be valued at $1 billion, but a successful push into the U.S. would make the company a real unicorn.

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