Neo
Startups and CS student teams in North America; three months in SF
Next deadline
Rolling
Applications are always open
Next batch
Jun 2027
Estimated · in 8mo
Offer
$750,000 (startups); $40,000 grant per student
uncapped SAFE + participation rights up to 5%
Batches a year
1
174 companies tracked
What it offers
- Terms
- Startups get $750K uncapped (YC standard safe) and Neo gets participation rights in the next equity round up to 5% total ownership. Student teams get a $40K equity-free grant per person; each founder or student gets a $10K profit share of Neo fund carry. Source
- Where
- San Francisco
- Cadence
- One residency a year: rolling applications before June, kickoff in June, demo day in the fall
- Companies funded since 2017
- 275 (2026)
- Cohort size
- up to 20 startups and student teams (2026)
Batches and deadlines
| Batch | Starts | Deadline | Demo day | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coming up | ||||
| 2027Neo Residency · estimated · the 2026 Residency took rolling applications before June, kicked off June 2, ran an Oregon bootcamp July 12 to 26 and ended with Demo Day September 30 to October 4 | Jun 2027in 8 months | n/a | n/a | |
| Earlier | ||||
| 2026Neo Residency · Demo Day and Reunion September 30 to October 4 in Arizona; the 2026 application deadline has passed | Jun 23 months ago | n/a | Sep 30 | |
| Neo Scholarsapplication deadline has passed; next dates not published | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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About Neo
- Run by
- Neo
- Companies from
- official portfolio and batch pages, loaded by research
- Dates checked
- 2026-09-25, from 4 official pages
- Refresh
- Monthly; last read 2026-09-26, 174 rows
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