Killian Dempsey
Data scientist and founder in Dubai, interested in growth equity, venture capital and transactions.
About
I build data and AI systems, and I've spent the last two years close to investment decisions. At Hypericum.ai, a boutique of former private equity investors, I built the data pipelines and trend analysis behind the firm's investment platform, working on historical PE deals.
In 2026 I co-founded Nemoo, an AI reading platform for primary schools. We built the product, ran a pilot with over 100 students and took it to market — and then concluded that the pricing and demand weren't there for a venture-scale business.
If you work in venture, growth equity or deals in the Gulf, it would be great to connect.
Experience
- Nemoo — Co-founder 2026 AI adaptive reading for primary schools. Product, school pilot, go-to-market and financial model.
- Hypericum.ai — Senior Data Scientist 2025 – 2026 Data pipelines and trend analysis on historical PE deals for an investment platform; back-testing set-up for a hedge fund client.
- Alpha Data — Data Scientist 2024 – 2025 AI and data strategy for a UAE national security authority; production AI at ADNOC.
Education
MSc Advanced Computing (AI/ML), King's College London
BSc Computer Science, University of the West of England