Bill Liao
Chairperson at Ki Tua Fund
Bill Liao
Chairperson at Ki Tua Fund
Cork, County Cork
Overview
Work Experience
Chairperson
2023 - Current
Health and food tech Investor. Generalist late stage fund. Fund of Funds. Investment Committee Chair.
General Partner
2011
Investment management and venture capital firm providing funding in the technology sector. Responsible for over $1b under management as a one of 8 partners managing various global accelerator programs. • Contributed to expanding management portfolio to 1500 companies • Currently running the quantum software investment program.
Pledger
2020
"Passionate member of Founders Pledge. We’re a global community of entrepreneurs and investors finding and funding solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Every member, including myself, has made a legally binding commitment to donate a portion of personal proceeds on liquidity to social causes. The Founders Pledge team provides charity research and vetting, a global network of experts, and end-to-end giving infrastructure, and they take no cuts and charge no fees. They also host community events across the globe. Drop me a message if you want to be put in touch."
Co-Founder
2008
Non–profit promoting reforestation as a means of combatting global warming through the education of local village women in impoverished regions to become foresters, starting their own businesses by creating their own food forests. • Have 50m trees growing 100m funded • Lifted millions out of poverty.
Co-Founder
2011
Non-profit providing a free service teaching children how to code. Merged with Raspberry Pie Foundation in 2017 to become the largest organisation for teaching young people to code. • Led growth to nearly 2000 locations in 80 countries. • Organised events at: Buckingham Palace, with the input of Prince Andrew; the US State Department; and European Parliament.
Director
1996
Contributing expertise to a wide range of organisations to overcome challenges, facilitate growth and the achievement of objects, via financial, sales, and technical expertise. Successfully served on technical, business development, audit, remuneration, risk management /compliance and fund raising committees, Selected Roles: • METABOLOMIC DIAGNOSTICS – CHAIRMAN OF BOARD & AUDIT AND RENUMERATION COMITTEE 2012 – Present o Company has developed the world’s most accurate test for Preeclampsia in pregnancy. o Received over 2m Euro in grant funding. • MAVENHUT LTD. – CHAIRMAN o Retuned 8m of capital to investors. o Oversaw triple digit growth. • SILICON REPUBLIC KNOWLEDGE – BOARD MEMBER 2011 – Present o Oversaw a complete company turnaround and refinancing. o Contributed to doubled growth and profitability. o Contributed to launching Inspirefest the largest global conference for female executives, movers and shakers in the world. • SYNTHACE LTD. – BOARD MEMBER (RENUMERATION AND AUDIT COMMITTEE) 2013 – Present o Assisted in multiple funding rounds. o Doubling sales via sales training. • SENS FOUNDATION LTD (WILLIAM FU WEI LIAO) – BOARD MEMBER 2009 – Present o Increased the level of programs and funding for age reversing research year on year. Other current directorships: Impedans Ltd., Cork Biomakershipace Ltd., Inform Bioscience Ltd., Start Planet Company Ltd., Hello World Foundation, Start Planet Company Ltd., Semantic Search Company Ltd., Restored Hearing, IT @ Cork Ltd. Association, A Bit of Games Ltd., Cycaoncosolutions Ltd., Elevate Corporation Ltd., Gamer Guides Ltd. (William Fu Wei Liao), Sense Foundation Ltd. (William Fu Wei Liao), Young Rewired State Ltd. (William Fu We Liao)
Trustee & Chair
2014 - 2024
The largest grant-giving organisation in the UK technology sector. Chair of the trust and head of investment committee. • Successfully spun out the entire organization as Social Tech Trust to be able to pursue a broader mission.
Founder
2014 - 2021
World’s first Bio-Technology and life sciences start up accelerator program which also spun out IndieBio which combined make SOSV the number one seed investor in life sciences globally. With companies like Perfect Day, Prospective Research, Hyasynth Bio and Cyca Oncosolutions revolutionising food and medicine.
Co-Founder & Director
2003 - 2009
Founder of this product development group and business social network with responsibility for managing all daily operations. Led viral marketing systems for social media and built online marketplace. • Achieving a positive cash flow within 90 days of founding. Liaised with board members and directors to ensure its continued success. • Supervising the listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2006 with a value of €250m. • Improved turnover to a market capitalisation value of over €1b at time of departure. Set the foundation for later growth to €2.7b.
CEO & Founder
1999 - 2009
Provided a large investment, capitalising the company at its establishment. Provided strategic direction and leadership to enable the provision of significant returns on investments. • Investing in over 15 start-up companies including Xing.com ($2.75b market cap), Playmob.com (number 1 player in gaming for good UK), Pixability.com (profitable image bank), Flip4new.com (largest phone recycler in Europe) and Tiramizoo Ltd (largest cooperative courier software provider in Europe).