Mitsui and a range of financial services providers joined an investor base already containing the likes of Dentsu, GMO and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance.

Japan-based financial management tool provider Money Forward has raised ¥1.6bn ($13.2m) in a series C round that included conglomerate Mitsui & Co, Tech in Asia reported yesterday.

The round also featured financial services firms SBI Holdings, Shizuoka Bank, Yamaguchi Financial Group, Toho Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, and venture capital firm Fenox Venture Capital.

Money Forward offers a service to which users can link a variety of accounts in order to manage their finances through a single…