East Ventures on Instagram: "Tech in Asia's latest data reveals @mercari as Japan's top startups/tech companies in terms of funding size. . Being early backers of Mercari since 2013, we are proud to witness and support the amazing journey of Shintaro Yamada @suadd and his team to its eventual IPO in 2018, which raised $1.2 billion. . In 2010, Yamada visited Indonesia as a mentor for the first Jakarta Ventures Night, organized by East Ventures. Afterwards, he returned to Japan and built Mercari. Did he find his business idea from the Jakarta trip? . Link: bit.ly/EVmercari . #eastventures #startup #venturecapital #ecommerce"