Kazuhide Harada

Mercari Inc. /Venture Capital/ (Mercari) is a venture capital division of Mercari Inc. and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The firm was founded in 2013 by Yamada Shintaro.

nanapi Co. Ltd. is a holding company that develops and operates online social portals. Its website include Ignition, answer, and nanapi. The firm's Ignition website operates as a digital publication. Its answer website operates as a forum application that can be used like a chatroom, where users can anonymously ask any questions and get answers instantly. The firm's nanapi solution operates as an online provider of how-to's. The company was founded by Kensuke Furukawa in December 2007 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.