Venture Capital Jobs and Internships at Lifetime Ventures

We invest in world-class entrepreneurs looking to solve long-term global issues that Japan and the rest of the world will face over the next 30 years (Domain Theme) with the competitive technology that OIST and Japan have a competitive edge in (Technical Theme).

We invest in startups at Pre-Team (before full co-founding team) or Pre-Seed (before product launch/ PoC), with follow-on investments at Post-Seed/ Series A (after traction/ PMF).

Our motto is “Provide any growth support we can as a part-time ambassador to to our portfolio”.

Through weekly meetings + alpha (any ad-hoc support depending on the need), we provide hands-on support to our portfolio companies, from business strategy to execution support most needed at each stage of the company growth.

Team Formation

• Introduction to co-founder/CXO candidate
• Support for recruitment PR plan
• Support for building relationships with recruiters
• Support for formulating Mission-Vision-Value
• Support for building OKRs
• Support for implementing in-house collaboration tools
• ……etc

Product

• Business plan
• Support on product validation
• Support for product design specifications
• Support for introduction of design sprint
• Introduction to initial product development partner
• Introduction to product experts
• ……etc.

Growth

• Business development support for initial sales
• Support for implementing a system for marketing (content, inbound, B2B, CRM and lead gen)
• Introduction to digital marketing experts
• ……etc.

Corporate

• Support for building a KGI/KPI management system
• Support for building an accounting/ CF management system
• Introduction to accountants, lawyers, patent attorneys, etc
• Support for equity financing
• Support for debt financing
• Support for corporate finance including M&A
• ……etc.