Accelerator · San Francisco, California, United States
Neo Residency
Neo's three-month residency in San Francisco for startups and student teams, with a two-week bootcamp. Startups get US$750k uncapped; Neo takes participation rights in the next equity round up to 5% ownership.
Status unknown Run by Neo
Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Terms
- Funding
- US$750,000 US$750k uncapped for each startup; students get US$40k each
- Instrument
- SAFE
- Equity taken
- not published No fixed stake: Neo gets participation rights in the next equity round up to 5% ownership. Each founder and student also gets a profit share in Neo's fund
- Programme fee
- not published
- Duration
- not published
- Cohort size
- not published
- Cohorts
- 2 a year
- Delivery
- In person
- Stages
- not published
- Sectors
- Sector-agnostic
- Open to founders from
- not published
- Perks
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- More than US$450k in Azure, AWS, OpenAI and other credits for startups
- Three months of work space in San Francisco
- All-expenses-paid two-week bootcamp in Texas
Runs for three months and ends with a demo day. Cohorts take up to 20 startups and student teams.
Application dates
Status unknown
Dates not published. Neo is recruiting its Winter 2027 cohort; the application deadline is not published.
Usual timing: Neo is recruiting its Winter 2027 cohort; the application deadline is not published.
Who can apply
The programme does not publish eligibility rules on the pages we read. Check its site before you apply.
What founders should check
- Equity: No fixed stake: Neo gets participation rights in the next equity round up to 5% ownership. Each founder and student also gets a profit share in Neo's fund. Ask for the exact stake before you accept a place.
- It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
- It runs in person in San Francisco. Plan to be there for the length of the programme.
- Dates for the next cohort are not published. Neo is recruiting its Winter 2027 cohort; the application deadline is not published.
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