# Isetan Mitsukoshi Innovations

> Isetan Mitsukoshi Innovations is a VC fund backing Service Industry and Artificial Intelligence. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shinjuku, Japan
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.isetanmitsukoshi-innovations.co.jp/

Isetan mitsukoshi innovations is a corporate venture capital of the Isetan Mitsukoshi Group,a retail business group centered on the department store business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Service Industry | 2 | 29% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% |
| Travel | 1 | 14% |
| Fashion | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 29% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 6 | 86% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AI Model | AI model specializes in the development and transformation of real-like virtual models for modeling on E-commerce platforms. |  | Series A | Oct 30, 2024 | https://www.ai-model.jp |
| SKY FARM | Sky Farm is a platform for restaurants' and shops' ordering systems. They provide an ordering system to make delivery, takeout, and table orders. |  | Series A | Apr 10, 2020 | https://www.sky-farm.jp/ |
| GAUSS | GAUSS develops a platform that manages the development, introduction, and operation processes of AI and machine learning. |  |  | Aug 19, 2019 | https://gauss-ai.jp/ |
| Valise | Valise provides insider access & unique experiences to the modern day internationalist. A perfect jump start to who & what is hot in creative capitals. At its core is the Valise Society - a global private members association for innovative leaders of the creative class. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 20, 2019 | http://valise.me/lemagasin |
| Valise | Valise is an operator of an online travel agency intended to support female millennials in their travels. They offer services that promote women's overseas travel based on the experiences of travel-loving members of the female community. They produce various other miscellaneous travel items. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 20, 2019 | https://www.valise.jp |
| AdInte | AdInte provides online and o2o advertisement solution which focus on mobile internet in Japan and South Korea. |  |  | Aug 06, 2018 | https://www.adinte.jp/en/ |
| Money Forward | Money Forward provides online personal accounting for individuals, allowing them to easily manage their daily expenses by integrating with their bank passbooks and credit purchase history with information scraped from their web bank and credit accounts. The service is also available for desktop, as well as iOS and Android platforms. The companyalso announced that it will launch a cloud-based accounting service for individual and corporate users, and it will also start publishing an online newsletter. | $11M | Series D | Oct 05, 2016 | http://corp.moneyforward.com/ |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canon-marketing-japan-mirai-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Famima Digital One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/famima-digital-one) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fenox Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenox-venture-capital-1f92) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gunma Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gumma-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mitsubishi Estate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-estate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mitsubishi UFJ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsubishi-ufj-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Isetan Mitsukoshi Innovations invest in?

Isetan Mitsukoshi Innovations invests primarily in Service Industry, Artificial Intelligence and Travel startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Isetan Mitsukoshi Innovations last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Isetan Mitsukoshi Innovations closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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