About
Oscar Ramos is Managing General Partner at Orbit Ventures and a Venture Partner at SOSV, where he runs the Orbit Ventures program in Shanghai, handling recruitment, program delivery, and development of its network of mentors, founders, and investors. He has worked as an entrepreneur, management consultant, and early-stage investor, and earlier served as an R&D engineer at Ericsson and Telefonica before moving to China in 2008. He holds a Telecom MEng, started but did not complete a Biomedical PhD, and teaches entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture capital in MBA programs.
Experience
- Orbit VenturesManaging General Partnercurrent2019 — presentShanghai City, China
- Orbit VenturesProgram Director2016 — 2018Shanghai City, China
- SOSVGeneral Partnercurrent2022 — presentShanghai, China
- SOSVPartner2017 — 2022Shanghai City, China
- SOSVProgram Director2016 — 2017Shanghai, China
- Asia Startup Pulse Podcast (previously China Startup Pulse)Co Hostcurrent2018 — presentShanghai City, China
- Top Universities and Business schoolsGuest Lecturercurrent2011 — presentAsia, Europe and America (Videoconference)
- Firefly Life TechnologiesProduct and Strategy2015Shanghai City, China
- DaD Asia - 亚洲搭档CEO, Co-Founder2009 — 2015China
- -Entrepreneur in China2008 — 2009Shanghai City, China
- Comitas ComunicacionesR&D Engineer2005 — 2008Madrid Area, Spain
- Telefonica R&DJunior Technology and Business Consultant2004 — 2005Madrid Area, Spain
- Ericsson R&DJunior Software Engineer2003 — 2004Madrid Area, Spain
Skills & more
Web 2.030Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital99E-commerce62Business Strategy51Early-stage Startups41Business Development46Strategic Partnerships29Angel Investing38Mobile Applications30Business24
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Mobile InternetGo-to-market StrategyNetworkingMobile DevicesLean StartupProduct ManagementEarly Stage CompaniesInternational BusinessCorporate DevelopmentChineseStrategyManagementLanguages Catalan · Chinese · English · Spanish
From Oscar's professional profile.
Colleagues at Orbit Startups
Abdul Rasheed Mohammed
Program Specialist at Orbit Startups
Aditya Kathpalia
Director of India & MENA at Orbit Startups
Alok Somani
CFO at Orbit Startups
Amani Alshaikhmubarak
Director, Saudi Arabia at Orbit Startups
Ander Gonzalez
Program Specialist at Orbit Startups
Carrie Chang
Finance Manager at Orbit Startups
Chenchen Liu
Assistant General Counsel at Orbit Startups
Ching-Ping Lin
Partner & COO at Orbit Startups
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Oscar Ramos?
- Oscar Ramos is Managing General Partner at Orbit Ventures and a Venture Partner at SOSV, where he runs the Orbit Ventures program in Shanghai, handling recruitment, program delivery, and development of its network of mentors, founders, and investors. He has worked as an entrepreneur, management consultant, and early-stage investor, and earlier served as an R&D engineer at Ericsson and Telefonica before moving to China in 2008. He holds a Telecom MEng, started but did not complete a Biomedical PhD, and teaches entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture capital in MBA programs.
- Where does Oscar Ramos work?
- Oscar Ramos is Managing General Partner at Orbit Startups.
- Where did Oscar Ramos go to school?
- Oscar Ramos studied at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Dropout, Biomedical Engineering); Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Engineer's Degree, Telecommunication Engineering).
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