In this episode, we speak to William Bao Bean, General Partner at SOSV Capital and managing director of Chinaccelerator, who’s got loads of experience in tech investing in Asia. He founded MOX, SOSV’s Mobile-Only Accelerator, in partnership with GMobi, the largest mobile platform for South-east Asia and India. William is also an active angel investor with 39 investments between 2004 and 2014. He’s also known for not being afraid to speak his mind.  

This wide-ranging conversation covers his personal experience of being in Shanghai currently, his views on the China tech scene, how startups and investors must behave like cockroaches even if it means losing a couple of legs and the leapfrogging in mobile innovation in health tech that is coming out of Asia as governments collaborate with private sector to fight Covid-19.