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Bill Liao (born William Fu Wei Liao, 1967) is an Australian entrepreneur. He is a venture partner with SOSV and recognised as one of the Top 100 minority ethnic leaders in technology by the Financial Times.
Liao is a social media pioneer, author and speaker.
He regularly attends TED conferences, as well as the "New Champions" conference of the World Economic Forum.
He was appointed Special Diplomatic Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis for Sustainable Development and the Environment. He contributed to the Sugar cane Restoration Fund in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Joined SOSV as their European venture partner specializing in the Internet and social networks in 2011.
In 2014, he founded the SOS biotechnology practice, RebelBio, a venture capital-led investment program for biotechnology, healthcare technology and life sciences.
He is the Managing Director of Rebellion, a global pioneer in the field of life sciences accelerato
Became a co-founder XING.com b an early European social network founded by Lars Hinrichs in Germany in 2003
He was the first external investor in the company, which was then called openBC.com . , later became a member of the supervisory boar
He is a mentor of CoderDojo and participated as an investor and volunteer in The Hunger Project in Uganda, New York and Mexico.
Together with James Walton, Leo founded CoderDojo in Ireland in 2011, a non-profit organization that teaches children coding.
He is the Chairman of the Nominet UK Social Technology Foundation, which provides grants in the field of socially motivated technologies in the UK.
He was an official member of the Saint Kitts and Nevis delegation to the COP15 UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, where he also promoted science and concepts WeForest.org
Liao was appointed Special Diplomatic Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis for Sustainable Development and the Environment. He contributed to the Sugar cane Restoration Fund in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
In November 2018, Liao was included in the Financial Times list of the "100 Best Ethnic Minority Leaders in Technology"
He is married with three children and lives in Cork, Ireland.
