Bill Liao

General Partner/RebelBio, SOSV.com

Bill Liao is the General Partner of RebelBio, a venture capital fund concentrating on life sciences and associated areas, managed by SOSV.com, the world’s first venture accelerator. Bill Liao, born in Australia and an innovative global business leader, is an international speaker and author, who is devoted to positive initiatives that can help create a more equal and sustainable future. Liao is a successful entrepreneur, most recently as the founder of XING, one of Europe’s leading career platforms, and often speaks at events such as TED and SXSW on the subject of personal development, sustainability, and innovation. A trained CoderDojo Ninja, he has worked with so-called ‘coding clubs’ that teach children to learn programming and coding skills. While leading RebelBio, Liao works with entrepreneurs across multiple industries and countries to support, mentor, and fund groundbreaking projects that have the potential to greatly benefit life sciences and associated areas. He’s also the founding ambassador of StartupMountain, an incubation program bringing startups to global markets, and a mentor at GIST TechConnect, an international global technology company developing innovative tools for STEM innovators and entrepreneurs. Working in partnership with some of the world’s leading research institutions, Liao works to bridge the gap between brilliant scientific minds and the commercial realm – helping ensure that the right ideas reach the right individuals or companies who can help turn them into fully-fledged products or services. He also encourages transnationalism and global collaboration, aiming to help build societies and communities around the world who focus on sustainability and social development projects, collaborating widely and openly across borders.