Tipperary startup Zerve raises €3.5m in funding led by Elkstone

Founded in 2021 it currently employs 12 people

Niall McEvoy (Venture Partner, Elkstone), Greg Michaelson (co-founder, Zerve), Jason Hillary (co-founder, Zerve), Phily Hayes (co-founder, Zerve)

Tipperary data science startup Zerve has raised $3.8m (€3.47m) in its pre-seed funding to build a new architecture for data science and AI development.

Elkstone Ventures, which has backed Flipdish, LetsGetChecked and Manna led the funding round, with contributions from angel investors, including Sean Mullaney, CTO of Algolia and Rob Hickey, former EVP of Engineering at DataRobot.