William Abecassis

William Abecassis is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Braven Partners. Prior to founding the firm, he spent over a decade at BlackRock, where he served as Head of Innovation Capital and managed a venture investment group with more than $1 billion in total assets. His earlier career includes tenures at Bridgewater Associates as Head of Fixed Income Trading Strategy and Trading Systems Architect, as well as founding the independent data analytics firm LogisticScience. Abecassis has advised over 25 early- and growth-stage technology companies, contributing to eight successful initial public offerings, and he holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and physiology from McGill University alongside graduate computer science studies at Concordia University. His current investment focus centers on applying artificial intelligence and quantitative data analytics across the global healthcare, financial services, and insurance sectors.