Neo

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Neo leads pre-seed and seed rounds, backing early-stage founders with strong technical leadership. They particularly focus on supporting women and underrepresented minority CEOs, having invested almost half their capital in these groups.

Check Size

$600K+

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Developer Tools, Enterprise Saas

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Investment Thesis

Neo invests in people, not just ideas. They emphasize backing ambitious teams with strong technical leadership, particularly focusing on underrepresented founders. Their approach centers on enabling founders to achieve their full potential through comprehensive support including mentorship, funding, and community, with the belief that ‘true love is… enabling another to achieve their full potential.’

What Sets Them Apart

Diversity-focused: Almost half their capital has backed female or underrepresented minority CEOs; have invested $100M in women & underrepresented CEOs
Community-driven: 'Communal' VC funds raised from over 100 industry leaders and tech veterans
Multi-program approach: Combines pre-seed/seed funding with Neo Scholars talent pipeline and Neo Accelerator bootcamp
Founder-friendly terms: $600K funding via uncapped SAFE with $10M floor valuation in accelerator program
Mentorship integration: Direct access to world-class mentors from companies like Google, Notion, Webflow, Dropbox, Figma, and Linear
Strong track record: 260 portfolio companies valued at over $110 billion since 2017
Tech leader LP base: Over $1 billion total capital under management raised from industry veterans