# Rob Hickey

> Rob Hickey is a seed investor in Boston backing Medical and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-hickey-9733b89

Rob Hickey is a seed investor in Boston focused on Medical and Software. Rob Hickey is based out of Bedford, Massachusetts and is the Technical Advisor and Fractional Chief AI Officer of LexData Labs and Technical Advisory Board Member, Investor of Zerve AI and Avesha. Rob previously worked at LACONIC Global as a Technical Advisor and Fractional CTO. Rob Hickey attended the Northeastern University.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5M–$7.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 33% |
| Computer Vision | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zerve AI | Zerve helps enterprises create computer vision solutions in minutes. Zerve is a cloud-based software service that makes it simple to develop reliable, consistent custom computer vision solutions. Zerve takes data privacy seriously, and its cutting-edge security mechanisms ensure the piece of mind regarding data protection that might be essentialfor businesses. By design, Zerve produces results that are simple to understand and support the inferences made by their models. | $7.6M | Seed | Oct 17, 2024 | http://zerve.io/ |
| Via Scientific | Via Scientific to help scientists and bioinformaticians generate novel science that improves the world. It was founded in 2022. | $5M | Seed | Jan 09, 2024 | https://www.viascientific.com/ |
| Zerve AI | Zerve helps enterprises create computer vision solutions in minutes. Zerve is a cloud-based software service that makes it simple to develop reliable, consistent custom computer vision solutions. Zerve takes data privacy seriously, and its cutting-edge security mechanisms ensure the piece of mind regarding data protection that might be essentialfor businesses. By design, Zerve produces results that are simple to understand and support the inferences made by their models. | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Apr 25, 2023 | http://zerve.io/ |

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## Co-investors
- [Elkstone Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elkstone-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [G20 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g20-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Innospark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innospark-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Paladin Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paladin-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Rob Hickey invest in?

Rob Hickey invests primarily in Medical, Software and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rob Hickey's check size?

Rob Hickey typically joins rounds of $5M–$7.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rob Hickey participates in.

### How do I contact Rob Hickey?

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### When did Rob Hickey last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rob Hickey closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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