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NEO
USA
Consumer
About
Neo replaced its accelerator with the Neo Residency in February 2026, folding the old accelerator and its Semester in SF into one program; the accelerator URL now redirects. Ali Partovi founded Neo in 2017 after early investments in Facebook, Airbnb, Dropbox and Uber. The residency invests $750K on an uncapped SAFE, with the right to take up to 5% in the next equity round, and runs three months in San Francisco plus a two-week bootcamp in Oregon. Cohorts hold up to 20 teams. Neo Scholars, the separate program for student engineers, still runs and now guarantees its members admission to the residency.
Deal Terms
$750k uncapped SAFE, up to 5% in next round
Key People
Notable Portfolio
Anysphere/Cursor
Kalshi
Cognition AI
Bluesky
Moment
Anterior
Questions about NEO
- What are the deal terms at NEO?
- $750k uncapped SAFE, up to 5% in next round.
- Where does NEO run?
- NEO runs in the USA.
- What sector does NEO back?
- NEO backs Consumer.
- Which companies has NEO backed?
- Companies backed by NEO include Anysphere/Cursor, Kalshi, Cognition AI, Bluesky, Moment and Anterior.