FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Henriksen John Brent

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

07/18/2023

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Mercato Partners Acquisition Corp [MPRA]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)


C/O 2750 E COTTONWOOD PKWY, STE 500

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UT 84121
(City)
(State)
(Zip)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing

(Check applicable line)

__X__ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
_____ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person


Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)

3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)



Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)

4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)

6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Class B Common Stock

  (1)   (1)

Class A Common Stock

2,000 (1) D 



Explanation of Responses:

The Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the completion of the Issuer's initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment.

Remarks:

Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney



Signatures

/s/ Scott E. Klossner Attorney-in-Fact for John Brent Henriksen

07/18/2023
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Mercato
Partners Acquisition Corporation (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints the individuals named on Annex A attached hereto and as
may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney- in-fact to:

     1.   prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
          behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange
          Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and
          any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain and/or
          regenerate codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
          electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a)
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or
          regulation of the SEC;

     2.   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
          accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
          amended, and the rules thereunder;

     3.   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
          which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
          Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
          thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange
          or similar authority; and

     4.   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
          foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
          benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
          undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
          attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
          of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
          conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
          facts discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in- fact substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Power of
Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 15th day of July, 2023.

                                       By:  /s/ John Brent Henriksen
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                                       Name:  John Brent Henriksen
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                                    Annex A

Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of Substitution and
Resubstitution

      1.   Greg Warnock
      2.   Scott Klossner