Profile of angel investor and Code.org co-founder Ali Partovi, who now manages Neo, a fund that matches talented young engineers with tech industry veterans
s venture capitalists mingled with members of the Golden State Warriors at a fall 2016 cocktail party, tech investor Ali Partovi scrambled to find something to talk about. Tweets: @apartovi , @apartovi , @hadip , @forbes , @robot_md , @apartovi , @hkanji , @forbes , and @alexrkonrad . Thanks: @alexrkonrad Tweets: Ali Partovi / @apartovi : ... in which @bcarson trolls me with a graphical parade of my greatest misses — like failing to back the genius @MLevchin when he left LinkExchange to start Paypal. Thank you Max, for supporting @Neo 20 years later. http://www.forbes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Ali Partovi / @apartovi : I just love @makinde's quote here: “It was ‘pretty crazy’ how dedicated to diversity Ali was from the beginning.... Today @Neo is 43% women and 15% people of color. Of their investments, 40% of the money has gone to startups led by female CEOs.” http://www.forbes.com/... Hadi Partovi / @hadip : That time when you were profiled by the @NYTimes and your identical twin one-ups you with the top headline on @Forbes the next day. #proudTwin http://twitter.com/... @forbes : Early Facebook investor Ali Partovi is creating a scouting network for brilliant engineers. He learned the lesson of getting access to fresh ideas the hard way, making some well-placed bets and missing out on others http://www.forbes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Carol E. Reiley / @robot_md : Today @neo's community is 43% women and 15% people of color. Of the Neo fund's investments, 40% of the money has gone to startups led by female CEOs. Great profile Ali about how Neo came together with you and your team's vision! I'm so proud to be part of this community. http://twitter.com/... Ali Partovi / @apartovi : “The old boys' club is on its way out. We're replacing it with something that's merit-based and diverse from day one.” (Thank you @bizcarson for this humbling profile of our work at @Neo, with @cklshorall and @nadsinger.) http://www.forbes.com/... Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : The NBA had a talent network. Silicon Valley did not. And Partovi wanted to build one http://www.forbes.com/... via @nuzzel @forbes : Ali Partovi's Neo community links the best young engineers with top programmers from Facebook and Google and startups like Stripe, then promises to invest in whatever they do http://www.forbes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Alex Konrad / @alexrkonrad : Early Facebook and Dropbox investor Ali Partovi drew inspiration from the NBA to create a scouting network for top tech talent. Really good deep dive into his project, Neo, by the always-sharp @bizcarson: http://www.forbes.com/... Thanks: @alexrkonrad Expand More For Next Unexpand More For Next