Neo

Neo (Neo Innovation ) is a prominent U.S. venture capital firm and founder-community platform based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Ali Partovi (long-time Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor; co-founder of iLike, LinkExchange, and Code.org; early investor in Facebook, Dropbox, Airbnb, Uber, Zappos, and many other major Silicon Valley unicorns; brother of Hadi Partovi, Code.org CEO). Neo operates a distinctive model combining traditional VC seed investing with an intensive founder-community / mentorship programme (the Neo Scholars program for high-potential young technical talent and the broader Neo Community). Beyond pure capital, Neo provides startups with technology consulting, information services, community / network access, and curated mentor relationships with 250+ top U.S. technology operators and investors. Neo has raised multiple institutional funds with aggregate AUM in the USD several hundred million to low-billion range, typically writing initial check sizes at seed and Series A stages. Notable portfolio companies include Cursor (AI-coding unicorn), Mercor (AI-talent unicorn), Whatnot (livestream commerce unicorn), Trade Republic (German fintech unicorn), OpenStore, Tome, Lovable, and many other leading U.S. technology start-ups.