Abigail Risse ’20

Abigail Risse ’20 is a mechanical engineer and a healthcare investor at Cerity Partners Ventures, a venture capital firm that partners with large corporates to manage and run their VC arms. Risse is on the Cencora Ventures team (formerly known as AmerisourceBergen), a $150M fund investing in early-stage digital health startups. Prior to Touchdown, Risse was on the investment team at Hyperplane, a seed-stage VC firm in Boston investing in AI and machine learning startups. Risse got her start in venture as an intern at the Engine and went on to spend a few years in product development at iRobot. She majored in Mechanical Engineering at UMass Amherst and spent most of her academic career focusing on orthopedic and prosthetic robotics. She teaches cycle classes at the Equinox Boston studios and is always happy to talk about her German Shepherd, Stella.