Corporate Innovation
Shanghai City, China
My focus is helping Fortune 500 companies with their open innovation program. This includes advising companies on the impact of emerging disruptive technology on their business, identifying and forging strategic partnerships with cross-border startups that range from seed to Series C.SOSV is a global accelerator-based venture capital and investment management firm that provides seed, venture and growth stage funding to startup companies in the technology sector. SOSV has funded over 800 startups to date, and currently funds over 150 startups per year through 6 programs: HAX (hardware and connected devices), IndieBio & RebelBio (life sciences), Chinaccelerator & MOX (cross-border internet & mobile in Asia) and Food-X (food innovation). SOSV is a leading early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei, New York, San Francisco, Cork, and London. Founded in 1994 by Sean O’Sullivan, SOSV currently manages a fund of US$650M+ in assets under management with a focus on seed and early-stage investments through our 6 accelerators including Cross Border Internet with MOX - Mobile Only Accelerator in Taipei (mobileonlyx.com) and Chinaccelerator in Shanghai (www.chinacclerator.com), hardware-focused HAX in Shenzhen and San Francisco (www.hax.co), biotech-focused programs IndieBio in San Francisco (http://indiebio.co) and RebelBio in London (http://rebelbio.co), and food tech/agriculture tech-focused Food-X in New York (www.food-x.com). SOSV invests from $100,000 to $2 million in over 150 companies per year and is #3 most active lead investor globally in 2018 (Crunchbase News 2018) #5 leading investors based on seed investments in female-founded startups (Crunchbase 1Q 2018).