Neo & Noteworthy: Notion Mail, face recognition glasses, & more

Enjoy our monthly recap! For a daily dose, follow @Neo on Twitter, where we retweet our community’s voices each day.

In October, Neo portfolio companies shared exciting updates,

Kalshi became the #1 finance app on the App Store and surpassed $140M traded on the election.

Sapien (Neo Accelerator 2024) raised an $8.7M Seed round to redefine enterprise finance.

Anysphere, Foundry, Mako, and Cobot were all listed by The Information as one of the 50 Most Promising Startups of 2024.

Convex released Components – independent, modular, TypeScript blocks for your backend.

Arrived purchased and transformed the iconic Byers House (featured in Stranger Things) into an immersive vacation rental.

Unify raised their $12M Series A round and have grown revenue 39x year-over-year.

and community members shared news and original content.

Caine Ardayfio (Neo Scholar) built I-XRAY, AI glasses that reveal anyone’s personal details, and was featured on the front page of the NYT.

Andrew Milich (Skiff CEO, acq. by Notion) launched Notion Mail, so now anyone can sign up for a personalized, AI-powered inbox.

Roxanne Bras Petraeus (Ethena CEO) shared Ethena’s origin story on the SpotDraft podcast.

We can’t wait to see what you all learn, accomplish, and share in November 🎉