About

William Bao Bean is a seasoned investor and general partner at SOSV, a leading venture capital firm with a focus on seed and early stage investments. With over 22 years of experience in the industry, William has a broad investment portfolio that spans across various sectors, including edtech, fintech, health, travel, cross-border ecommerce, media/content, and marketing tech. He is also the managing director at two of SOSV's accelerators, Chinaccelerator and MOX, where he helps startups from around the world enter the China market and expand to SE Asia and South Asia. Chinaccelerator, the first and longest-running startup accelerator program in Asia, is focused on helping startups from different sectors, including fintech, education, health, travel, machine learning, cross-border commerce, social, and AR/VR, enter China and expand out of China. MOX, on the other hand, is a mobile-only accelerator located in Taipei that enables best-of-breed apps, platforms, and services from around the world to reach hundreds of millions of mobile-first, mobile-only users. Through strategic partnerships in the mobile industry, MOX maintains a competitive advantage that allows immediate penetration into emerging mobile markets. William's educational background includes a BA in East Asian History and International Relations from Bowdoin College and high school education from Blair Academy. He has a tech stack that includes mobile and has worked with various startups from angel through Series B. SOSV currently manages a fund of US$740 million in assets under management, and William invests from $100,000 to $2 million in over 150 companies per year. He is the #1 most active venture capital investor in the world 2Q20, #2 in Asia (Pitchbook), #9 in South East Asia, and #4 in India.