Venture Associate at R-LABS in downtown Toronto helps validate companies using customer research, commercial analysis, and AI tools onsite. This permanent, full time role connects industry problems with scalable ventures.Reporting to the Managing Director, Ventures, you will operate across housing, real estate finance, asset operations, infrastructure, and adjacent verticals. You will work with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, co-founders, and partner operators to move ideas from discovery through formation.

Athena, R-LABS’ proprietary AI platform, supports research, synthesis, and validation.Key Responsibilities:

Lead customer discovery and venture validation activitiesTest assumptions and recommend advancing, pivoting, or pausing ideasDevelop business models, financial models,



and commercialization strategiesCoordinate resources and prepare investor and customer materialsBuild networks through outreach, expert calls, and referralsRequirements:

Venture-building, founder, or early-stage operating experienceDaily experience using LLMs and agentic workflowsMarket research, customer validation, and business modeling experienceAbility to reason about unit economics and development pro-formasClear communication, analytical thinking, and independent ownershipApply venture-building, commercial strategy, customer validation, and AI fluency as a Venture Associate at R-LABS.

📌 Venture Associate Real Estate Ai (Winnipeg)
🏢 R-LABS Canada
📍 Winnipeg