William is Managing General Partner at Orbit Startups the first and longest running startup program in Asia and a Venture Partner at SOSV, the #4 most active venture capital investor in the world and #5 in Asia/Rest Of World (2021, TechCrunch) with US$1.5bn in assets under management. Orbit provides hands-on support for growth, partnerships, fundraising and user acquisition combined with an initial investment and follow-on funding. Orbit helps scale breakthrough startups from around the globe across emerging and frontier markets in Southeast and South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas in ecommerce, fintech, media, health, education, and logistics. William was previously at SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was a founding Managing Director supporting China investments, a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings leading investments in China and Southeast Asia and an equity research analyst most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was a top ranked analyst for Internet in Asia.