Intern, Investor Relations (Tokyo)

Adams Street Partners (“Adams Street”) is a global private markets investment manager that has $65 billion in assets under management. The firm is 100% employee-owned, which fosters a positive and unique culture of collaboration, intellectual rigor, integrity, and a commitment to professional development. For the eighth year in a row, Adams Street was named one of Pension & Investments’ Best Places to Work in Money Management in 2025.

Employees operate as a single global team, integrating the expertise of the firm’s investment professionals across five strategies: primary investments, secondary investments, growth equity, private credit, and co-investments. Adams Street is considered a private markets pioneer and was inducted into the Private Equity Hall of Fame in 2000.

The firm was founded more than 50 years ago, and clients include leading public and corporate pension plans, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, registered investment advisors, and high net worth individuals worldwide.

Adams Street has offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Menlo Park, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto.

Overview

Adams Street Partners is actively seeking a part-time, quarterly intern to join its Investor Relations team. This position will assist the Tokyo Investor Relations team with quarterly client reporting. This is a part-time, intermittent role, with a three-week commitment once per quarter end (March, June, September, and December). This role requires exceptional organizational and data entry skills. The ideal candidate is someone who naturally possesses an infectious enthusiasm for his/her work and exudes positivity with an insatiable desire to learn our business and support others. This is a role based in our Tokyo office.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Assist the Tokyo Investor Relations team in quarterly client reporting

• Data entry into formats specified by the client in Japanese

Requirements

At Adams Street, we hold ourselves to high standards and expect the same of our internship applicants. Ideal candidates must have a genuine interest in alternative investments. Additional characteristics of a successful Intern at our firm are:

• Strong academic credentials with a major in finance, accounting, economics, or related studies preferred

• Strong command and sufficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite products, especially in Excel

• Financial sector knowledge preferred

• Demonstrable initiative, commitment toward excellence in work and great attention-to-detail

• Team-oriented mindset with a heavy emphasis on written and verbal communication

• Self-disciplined, takes accountability and operates with high integrity

• Fluency in Japanese and Working Proficiency in English would be preferred