Sophie Yao is an accomplished venture capitalist, with experience with multinational technology corporations like Microsoft and Intel. Ms Yao is now the Managing Director of Pegasus Tech Ventures China, a Silicon Valley-based firm.
Ms Yao runs the Startup World Cup – a global startup pitch competition that covers more than 70 countries. She also manages three incubators and regularly lectures, judges and mentors at conferences around the world. She is also a passionate supporter of women’s entrepreneurship and gender equality.