Neo Fund IV

About Neo Fund IV

Neo Fund IV is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Technical college or early-stage founder, AI/deeptech

engineering talent

community > capital

early-stage

college founders

AI/deeptech

Bullish Signals

$1B+ AUM, 4 funds raisedexternal

Portfolio includes Anysphere, Cognition AI, Kalshiexternal

$150M fund → $1.2B returns (2021 vintage)external

Harder to enter than Harvard (Forbes)external

OpenAI & Microsoft accelerator partnershipexternal

Contrarian Signals

Network/community-gated deal accessexternal

Originally college-student focused — nicheexternal

~$600K accelerator check — small ticketexternal

Founder Do's

Be a strong technical / engineering founder

Apply via Neo Scholars if still in college

Show community & network leverage

Early-stage, pre-revenue is fine

Align with AI or deep tech

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch without technical depth

Don't expect capital without community fit

Don't approach if growth-stage only

Key GPs & Partners

Ali Partovi

Founder & CEO

community-firstengineer-focusedearly-stage

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$320M

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Key People

Ali Artovi, Suzanne Xie

Ali PartoviFounder & CEO