Singtel Innov8's Bao Bean joins SOS Ventures

He will take over as managing director of Chinaccelerator, the firm's Shanghai-based business accelerator.

Bao Bean spent four years with Singtel Innov8 - part of Singapore telecoms giant Singtel - where he was based in Beijing. Before that he worked at Softbank China & India Holdings and Deutsche Bank.

"My focus will remain direct investment in early-stage start-ups, angel through Series A, and will now also be driving the three-month Chinaccelerator program with two batches of 10 companies per year," Bao Bean said in a statement. "The goal is to provide international entrepreneurs a gateway into china and emerging Asia while giving china start-ups a US-style experience and the boost they need to go global."

SOS Ventures has offices in Ireland, Belgium, Texas, Hong Kong and Shenzhen. It manages a $200 million evergreen fund investing in over 100 companies a year using a mentorship-focused accelerator investment model.

The firm runs six accelerators globally including software-focused Chinaccelerator in Shanghai, hardware-focused HAXLR8R in Shenzhen and sales-focused SELR8R in Birmingham, UK. The other accelerators target biotech, developers and designers, and food start-ups.

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