Grants & Funding Officer at Human-Centered Social Media Startup

Salary Unpaid

About LifeBonder

LifeBonder is a social platform built to help people find their true tribe — we pair you with the kindred souls who match your energy and values. Our AI matching connects you with people who genuinely resonate with who you are, making belonging effortless and authentic. Beyond digital interaction, LifeBonder encourages real-world connection — from spontaneous meet-ups to deep, lasting friendships that thrive face to face. With our LifeBonder app, you’re not just seen, you’re understood—and you don’t need to shrink to fit in — you simply belong.


We have the mission.

We have the product.

We have the team.

What we don’t have yet — is the funding to scale.

(That’s where you come in!)

 

Who You Are

  • You’re someone who thrives on bringing things forward — someone who cares about momentum and meaningful progress.

  • You bring steady energy, strong initiative, and a natural sense of ownership to your work.

  • You’re self-managed and self-motivated, you thrive leading yourself, managing priorities, and keeping things on track autonomously

  • Building relationships, writing strong applications, and securing funding are areas where you’ve already made an impact — and you’re ready to bring that experience to LifeBonder.

  • You appreciate trust, autonomy and purpose, and the personal satisfaction of seeing your work translate into real opportunities.

  • Based in the EU


What You’ll Do

  • Research, write, and submit a minimum of two high-quality grant or funding applications every month.

  • Identify and pursue funding opportunities across grants, soft money, angel investors, and VC networks.

  • Build and sustain strong relationships with funders, partners, and aligned stakeholders.

  • Drive fundraising strategy that positions LifeBonder for continuous growth.

  • Play a key role in securing the resources that move LifeBonder to the next level

 

*Please note this is a VOLUNTARY OPPORTUNITY.


What You Bring

  • Proven success raising funds for tech startups, NGOs, or mission-driven organisations.

  • An existing network of investors and funders — or the stamina, grit, and skill to build one quickly.

  • Strong grant-writing talent and the ability to turn a vision into a compelling, fundable narrative.

  • Confidence, autonomy, and a high-performance mindset.

  • A track record of delivering results with clarity, focus, and conviction.

  • A relentless, resourceful personality that opens doors (or builds new ones if none are in sight)


We Offer

  • The chance to fuel a mission-first Scandinavian tech startup from the inside.

  • A strategic level role with high visibility and real-world impact.

  • A culture where autonomy, heart, and excellence are at our core

  • A remote team of doers who show up fully for the mission and each other.

  • A potential future bonus arrangement based on funding success


For more information or questions please contact us at info@lifebonder.com or phone number

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Remote work allowed
Remote work allowed

Work life balance
Work life balance

Skill development
Skill development

Equity package
Equity package

Mental health support
Mental health support

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Working at
LifeBonder

Why We are going against the narrative to battle loneliness and the negative impact of social media because we want to design a platform to increase the quality of life! The insatiable business-centric model of current social media growth engines is solely designed around consumerism and addiction keeping people on screens and facilitating (new) social connections by staying online and isolated. At LifeBonder we want to take the lead with a human-centric social media platform designed with a purpose - to increase people’s quality of life by meeting new connections in-person. Therefore, encouraging physical activity, preventing isolation and thereby increasing mental health. We aim to design a safe platform to connect with like-minded people. We encourage people to go out and enjoy shared experiences off-platform by suggesting activities in the local area that they're both into. Additionally, we prioritize user needs by positioning them at the core and forefront of our business and placing the advertiser where they should be - at the periphery! Purpose To combat loneliness by improving the quality of life through local activities connecting people with shared interests. Lifebonder NextGen mobile app empowers lonely, depressed and isolated individuals to ignite their social life by facilitating real life off-platform friendships locally. Our privacy-safe AI enables authentic, modest and anonymous profile matching, with trusted pre-verified users, who share common interests to ensure our users have a safe space for expressing themselves. Vision To improve the quality of life. Our vision is to build a safe and kind social network to make authentic social bonds in real life that makes people less lonely and drives them off their couches for socializing, improving their mental wellbeing through authentic life experiences. Mission We are the game-changers, innovators and disruptors - because it's time for transformation! At LifeBonder, we're on a mission to end loneliness and break social media addiction, fake personas, cyber-bullying, cancel culture by providing a Mesaverse that lives up to the promise of what social media can be: A safe place to facilitate human connections rather than replace them. We want to fill a growing need for direct socializing outside social media - connecting people in friendships that are human, profound, and meaningful. Providing people with local options (local businesses) to encourage physical activity and supporting businesses around them. LifeBonder makes it easy for people to connect in a deeper reality through shared spaces, values, and goals because our vision is to build social bonds in real life. Culture Lifebonder has a purpose-driven culture where we consciously and intentionally follow our company’s mission as a team. We are motivated as a team to achieve our impact goals regarding decreasing loneliness and isolation and encouraging in-person meet-ups and physical activity, especially among young people. Lifebonder’s cultural approach towards our employees and customers: Conversational - we are human-centric and wish to emotionally connect with our users like bosom buddies. Inclusive - we are diverse and respectful of all differences. Enthusiastic - we celebrate life; we are dreamers, game-changers and innovators. Kind - we believe it is important for our wellbeing to be kind to each other. Hopeful - we believe our team/platform/user collaborations will drive a positive change. Trusting - we’re transparent & honest. Users are at the core and forefront of business. Reassuring - we want our team and users to feel safe and good about being their authentic selves Lifebonder’s core value – AUTHENTICITY A human-centric platform where people feel free to be their real authentic selves. And feel a sense of belonging. What Lifebonder is standing against - ISOLATION & CANCEL CULTURE.

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