About
Bill Liao is a Venture Partner at SOSV who established the firm's life sciences accelerator practice in Europe, launching a synthetic biology startup development program in Cork, Ireland (later known as IndieBioEU Cork and RebelBio). He is the lead investment partner for SOSV's Ireland Fund (SOSV II), sourcing and managing investments alongside the Irish government. Earlier in his career he co-founded the enterprise social network XING and the CoderDojo programming network, and served as COO of the telecommunications carrier Davnet.
Invests in
BiotechDeep Tech
Board director at NovoLoop
Intro paths
In turn, Bill can intro founders to NovoLoop's investors below.
NovoLoop's investors · 7
Co-founders at NovoLoop
Experience
- Cyclarity TherapeuticsChairpersoncurrent2025 — present
- Ki Tua FundChairpersoncurrent2023 — presentCork, County Cork, Ireland
- SOSVGeneral Partnercurrent2011 — presentUnited States
- Founders PledgePledgercurrent2020 — present
- WeForestCo-Foundercurrent2008 — present
- CoderDojoCo-Foundercurrent2011 — present
- VariousDirectorcurrent1996 — present
- Social Tech TrustTrustee & Chair2014 — 2024
- RebelBioFounder2014 — 2021
- XING AGCo-Founder & Director2003 — 2009Germany
- Finaxis AGCEO & Founder1999 — 2009Switzerland
- DAVNETDirector Of Operations1996 — 1999Australia
Skills & more
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Business StrategyStrategyBusiness PlanningManagement ConsultingE-commerceMarketing StrategySocial InnovationLeadershipEarly-stage StartupsBusiness ModelingMobile DevicesMergers & AcquisitionsLanguages Chinese · German
- The Decency Pledge — Emtrain
From Bill's professional profile.
Deals · 1
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at SOSV
Network9
Investors connected to Bill in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Bill Liao work?
- Bill Liao is Venture Partner at SOSV and Founder at NovoLoop.
- What does Bill Liao invest in?
- Bill Liao invests in Biotech, Deep Tech.
- What check size does Bill Liao write?
- Bill Liao typically writes checks of $5K – $10M.
- What companies did Bill Liao found?
- Bill Liao founded NovoLoop.
Shared employers
Also worked at Founders Pledge46
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Also worked at WeForest1
Also worked at Social Tech Trust7
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