# Mitsushige Ito

> Mitsushige Ito is a funding round investor at Mirrativ backing Content and Media and Entertainment. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mirrativ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirrativ)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mitsushige.ito

Mitsushige Ito is a funding round investor at Mirrativ focused on Content and Media and Entertainment. Mitsushige Ito - Chief Financial Officer (CFO) @ Mirrativ

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 2 | 67% |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 67% |
| Pet | 1 | 33% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Petokoto | Petokoto is a pet wellness company that creates and sells fresh food, runs pet media, and keeps pets happy. It is suitable to become an information source that combines accuracy, completeness, and updateability by utilizing the collective knowledge of experts both inside and outside the company and demonstrating their respective expertise. Thecompany aims to develop a world where pets can be loved as family members. | $11.3M | Seed | Sep 25, 2019 |  |
| SYRUP Japan | Syrup develops Pet Tech platforms. The company's services include OMUSUBI, an adoption service that matches dogs and cats with pet owners, and Petokoto, a media platform that provides reliable information from veterinarians | $11.3M |  | Apr 23, 2019 |  |
| Elvez | Elves Ups is a collaborative AI dialogue system development tool. | $12M |  | Dec 04, 2017 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fukuoka Financial Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fukuoka-financial-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Osaka University Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osaka-university-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TIS Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tis) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Mirrativ

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Mirrativ borrows the familiar user interaction models that have been pioneered by to live-streaming services Periscope and Meerkat. Streams are shared with a user’s followers, and those watching can comment on what they see and add stars to show their appreciation. Right now, Mirrativ isn’t saving broadcasts though, so there’s no way to revisitstreams once they are over.

5 contacts available at Mirrativ.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mitsushige Ito | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsushige-ito |
| Akagawa Junichi | Representative Director/CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akagawa-junichi |
| Minoru Iwaki | CSO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minoru-iwaki |
| Natsu Sumihiko | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/natsu-sumihiko |
| Ogawa Masami | CCO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ogawa-masami |

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## FAQ

### What does Mitsushige Ito invest in?

Mitsushige Ito invests primarily in Content, Media and Entertainment and Pet startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mitsushige Ito last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mitsushige Ito closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 3 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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