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William Abecassis

Founder & CIO at Braven - Early Stage Investor | Built for Breakthroughs

New York, New York

Education

Work Experience

2022

  • Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer

    2022

    Braven is an early-stage investor that’s built for breakthroughs within large regulated sectors, starting with financial services, insurance, and healthcare. We selectively invest in Seed through Series B companies and coordinate the full ecosystem of people and resources needed for each investment’s success. Our dedicated co-build teams augment portfolio company capabilities and create value by derisking execution, accelerating timelines, and unlocking previously inaccessible opportunities.  We are experienced and reliable partners to founders, having led over $1B in venture investments, operated and scaled successful technology startups, and served at key regulatory institutions, including the FDA and the SEC.

  • Cofounder & Chairman

    2023

    A new way to manage and insure business risk. Inprobable empowers businesses to better understand their unique risk exposures and to make better risk management decisions.

2012 - 2022

  • Head of Innovation Capital | Alpha Strategies

    2019 - 2022

    Head of our newly formed Innovation Capital Group: Leading equity and debt investments in growth stage companies applying technology to reshape their industries.

  • Global Thematic Portfolio Manager | Alpha Strategies

    2013 - 2019

    Manage global & thematic strategies using quantitative country/sector models and advanced computational methods to trade FX, rates, and equity baskets.

  • Head of Market Intelligence | Alpha Strategies

    2012 - 2019

    Led team developing quantitative country and sector models to monitor the global economy

2021 - 2022

  • Investor / Board Member

    2021 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • Investor / Board Member

    2021 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • Investor / Board Member

    2021 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • Investor / Board Member

    2021 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

2021 - 2022

  • Investor / Board Member

    2021 - 2022