# TLM

> TLM is a VC fund in Portland backing Information Technology and Content. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portland, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 19%
- Fund size: $6.9M
- Last fund: Apr 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://tlm.vc/

TLM is a venture capital that invests basically in seed rounds, including some Series A startups.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for TLM. Shizune tracks 1 team members at TLM. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/tlm?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $450k–$21M |
| Angel | $2M–$5.7M |
| Series B | $5.2M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 6 | 23% |
| Content | 4 | 15% |
| SNS | 3 | 12% |
| Social Media | 3 | 12% |
| Task Management | 3 | 12% |

59 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 65% |
| Angel | 2 | 8% |
| Series B | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 20 | 77% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Keisuke Kogure | General Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keisuke-kogure |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hogetic Lab | Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training. | $450.4K | Seed | Jun 23, 2021 |  |
| Morght | Morght is an information technology service company. | $925.6K | Seed | Apr 21, 2021 |  |
| Nanameue | Nanameue creating a new future that makes people smile and has a fun experience. Create your own place by connecting people to people in “nanameue” way. | $78M |  | Feb 12, 2021 |  |
| Nanameue | Nanameue creating a new future that makes people smile and has a fun experience. Create your own place by connecting people to people in “nanameue” way. | $5.2M | Series B | Feb 12, 2021 |  |
| Mederi | Mederi keeps creating services that encourage mental and physical harmony while pursuing safety and peace of mind. The company offers a social safety net that fully supports female employees' health concerns. | $283.4K | Seed | Jul 31, 2020 |  |
| YOUTRUST | YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change. | $1M | Seed | Feb 28, 2020 |  |
| Mento | UGOKU is a provider of management of personal coaching service. | $5.7M | Angel | Oct 03, 2019 |  |
| Brhino | Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. |  | Seed | May 23, 2019 |  |
| Monokabu | Monokabu is a site where people can buy and sell new products at a price you decide. It specialises in sneakers. | $6.4M | Seed | Apr 24, 2019 |  |
| YOUTRUST | YOUTRUST is a startup to operate YOUTRUST a referral recruitment platform for side-job change. | $3.5M | Seed | Jan 28, 2019 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Japan Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Chiba Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chiba-bank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crooz Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crooz-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CyberAgent Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberagent) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does TLM invest in?

TLM invests primarily in Information Technology, Content and SNS startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is TLM's check size?

TLM typically joins rounds of $450k–$21M at Seed, $2M–$5.7M at Angel and $5.2M–$11M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds TLM participates in.

### How do I contact TLM?

Public channels for TLM include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at TLM?

The team at TLM includes Keisuke Kogure (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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