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William Abecassis

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Braven Partners

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Financial services
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
Firm
Braven Partners
Title
Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer
Role
Managing partner
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

William is the founder and former lead of BlackRock’s Innovation Capital, the firm’s +$1B venture group. He served as the group’s lead investor and as a trusted advisor to over 25 early- and growth-stage companies with 8 successful IPOs. William spent over a decade at BlackRock and previously held both investment and technical roles at Bridgewater Associates, including Head of Fixed Income Trading Strategy and head architect of the firm’s FX trading system. William also served as founder of LogisticScience, a strategic consulting firm that used advanced data analytics & computational models to support decision making across Fortune 1000 clients.

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Background

Expertise
Healthcare; Financial services; Insurance; Artificial Intelligence
Education
Concordia University, Graduate Computer Science McGill University, B.Sc. in Math and PhysiologySource (opens in a new tab)

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