Managing General Partner at Orbit Startups
View Live Interactive Profile →William Bao Bean is Managing General Partner of Orbit Ventures and is also listed as a Venture Partner at SOSV. Before venture investing he was an equity research analyst covering Internet and Telecom in Asia at Deutsche Bank, and covered Digital Media at Banc of America Securities in San Francisco and PC and Enterprise Hardware at Bear Stearns in New York. He was a Partner at SoftBank China & India Holdings and Managing Director at SingTel Innov8 Ventures. He was named as managing director of Orbit in SOSV's July 2022 announcement of the Orbit Startups brand, and is quoted as Managing General Partner of Orbit Ventures in the firm's January 2026 announcement of the Sanabil Accelerator by Orbit Batch 3 demo day. His Orbit profile states he made 39 investments between 2004 and 2014 as an angel investor.