# Neo

> Neo is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 190 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 190
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neoventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/neo_innovation
- Website: http://www.neo.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neoinnovate

Neo is a mentorship community and VC fund that brings together a diverse group of tech veterans to accelerate tomorrow's leaders.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Neo. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Neo. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/neo-innovation?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 36 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 33 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 16 | 8% |
| Machine Learning | 10 | 5% |
| FinTech | 9 | 5% |

122 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 63 | 33% |
| Series A | 30 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 23 | 12% |
| Series B | 10 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 88 | 46% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ali Partovi | Founder and CEO | 106 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-partovi |
| Connor Ling | Principal Investor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connor-ling-eead |
| Emily Cohen | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-cohen-c51d |
| Evan Henshaw-Plath | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-henshaw-plath |
| Evan Henshaw-Plath | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rabble-evan-henshaw-plath |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Engram | Engram is an artificial intelligence startup building a persistent "learned memory layer" designed to help enterprise AI models deeply understand and retain an organization's specific context | $98M | Seed | Jun 23, 2026 |  |
| Courtroom | Courtroom offers AI tools to simulate juries and judges for litigation teams. Teams can test briefs, arguments, and case strategies before trial. The platform supports every stage of courtroom advocacy while maintaining attorney-client privilege and enterprise security. Courtroom’s tools aim to optimize case outcomes through early, data-driveninsights. Trial teams can prepare for real decision-makers in a controlled environment. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 11, 2026 |  |
| Espa | Espa provides an AI assistant platform that helps individuals and organizations manage email, scheduling, and personal or work tasks. The service connects to users’ inboxes and calendars to flag priority messages, draft context-aware responses, and coordinate meeting times. Users can interact with Espa via messaging channels such as text, WhatsApp,and other chat tools to book appointments, set reminders, and follow up on tasks. The platform offers plans for personal use, professional assistants, and larger enterprises, with options for multiple inboxes, synced calendars, and integrations with tools like email, calendar, storage, and collaboration systems. Espa emphasizes privacy controls, encryption, and user management features for larger teams. |  | Angel | May 11, 2026 |  |
| Altara | Altara is a San Francisco–based startup building a scientific-intelligence AI platform that analyzes complex physical-science and engineering data (batteries, chips, materials, etc.) to speed up R&D and failure analysis. | $7M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Amperos Health | Amperos Health operates as an AI biller for healthcare providers. | $16M | Series A | Apr 22, 2026 |  |
| Liquid | Liquid is a decentralized trading platform that offers non-custodial crypto trading options. | $18M | Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| TextQL | TextQL is a platform that simplifies the data-to-insight process for organizations. The platform indexes BI tools and semantic layers, documents data in dbt, and uses OpenAI and language models to provide self-serve power analytics. With TextQL, non-technical users can easily and quickly work with data by asking questions in their work context(Slack/Teams/email) and getting automated answers quickly and safely. The platform also leverages NLP and semantic layers, including the dbt Labs semantic layer, to ensure reasonable solutions. TextQL's elegant handoffs to human analysts, when required, dramatically simplify the whole question-to-answer process with AI. | $17M |  | Apr 17, 2026 |  |
| Pillar | Pillar provides SaaS for commodity and currency risk management that automates data analysis, trade execution, and post‑trade accounting. | $20M | Seed | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Applied Compute | Applied Compute is an AI startup that builds custom AI models and Specific Intelligence solutions for enterprises. | $80M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Yuzu Health | Automating health plan administration | $35M | Series A | Apr 06, 2026 |  |

10 of 190 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-vc) — VC Fund, 125 deals together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 20 deals together
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 10 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Neo invest in?

Neo invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 190 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Neo?

Public channels for Neo include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Neo?

The team at Neo includes Ali Partovi (Founder and CEO), Connor Ling (Principal Investor) and Emily Cohen (Partner), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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