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Lifetime Ventures
Venture capital · Japan · Asia Pacific
Lifetime Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs deeptech startups emerging from scientific research. It is embedded in research institutes and provides hands-on support from before company incorporation, and it partnered with OIST to launch the OIST-Lifetime Ventures Fund in 2022.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsdeeptechhealthcaresustainabilityclimatepreventative healthcarecarbon removal
Your fit with Lifetime Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsLifetime Ventures lists 29 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (25%), AI & Machine Learning (20%) and Fintech (8%). 78% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside CyberAgent Capital, Incubate Fund and Capital Medica Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Lifetime Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Lifetime Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 29. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 20% |
| Seed | 60% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 20% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 66th | 29 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 83th | 80% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 32th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 25% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Climate & Energy | 4% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 4% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| CyberAgent Capital | 4 |
| Incubate Fund | 4 |
| Capital Medica Ventures | 2 |
| Global Brain | 2 |
| PARTNERS FUND | 2 |
| Seiho Investment Works | 2 |
| W inc. | 2 |
| Abies Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers29100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with CyberAgent Capital
Compare Lifetime Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Lifetime Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2026 | Series B | |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Lifetime Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Lifetime Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
29 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificient Mobility Intelligence translates everyday mobility data into actionable business insights | Mobility & LogisticsFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Artio provides insurance for carbon credits at various stages of a project | FintechClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Atierra is making microalgae bioproduction predictable and cost-efficient, to unlock scalable, low-carbon materials. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Aug 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| Blusink provides bespoke restoration and carbon removal services using bioengineered pebbles to restore marine habitats and environments. | Climate & EnergyOther | Portfolio page | ||
| Carstay is a company that offers camping car rentals and car sharing services. | Legal & ComplianceReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Deltan develops and sells technology, including an oral scanner, for dental healthcare professionals | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| EF Polymer develops and manufactures a superabsorbent polymer made from upcycled crop waste | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ekei Labs provides contracted research services, including high-resolution epigenetics and AI-based data analysis. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Epigno provides a shift management tool for medical institutions | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a service that acts as an intermediary between companies and local governments, utilizing a corporate version of the furusato nōzei system | FintechGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| HerLifeLab supports women in understanding and overcoming menopause-related issues through science and data collection. | Healthcare & Biotech | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| IMCF invests in creating new value and delivers it to people around the world through the internet by creating and incubating brands. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| INOPASE develops and commercializes closed-loop neuromodulation technology to treat chronic neurological diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kinish develops special rice that produces milk proteins using plant molecular farming technology | Food & AgricultureFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| KiteRa provides cloud services to support the creation and management of internal rules and regulations for companies. | Enterprise SoftwareHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides services to support restaurants with food delivery management and franchise matching | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides IT and AI development solutions and education services. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides AI and IoT technology for solar power plant maintenance and operation | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Aug 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Nutrix develops and provides an AI-driven platform and connected devices for personalized at-home monitoring and treatment of chronic diseases | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ouishave provides information and products related to beauty and skincare | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- lifetime-ventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 27 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 29
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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