Yi Xin Neo

Startups and VC | NOC Silicon Valley 2024 | NOC Bangkok (May’23)

Singapore

About

Experience

  • Investment Analyst at Protégé Ventures
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Looking for passionate student founders to support (from high school to PhD, or within 5 years post-graduation). If you’re building something ambitious, please reach out!

  • Co-Founder, CEO at herbie
    Sep 2025 - Dec 2025 · 4 mos

  • Co-Founder, CEO at Comet Speech
    May 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Comet Speech is an AI-enabled speech therapist for children with speech impairments - Engaged >20 speech therapists in in-depth conversations to guide product development - Pitched our vision to a live audience of >100 attendees - Secured $10K NUS VIP grant - Admitted into the BLOCK71 incubation programme - Led product design to shape a user-centric MVP - Created investor and user-facing pitch decks to communicate our value proposition

  • Investment Intern at WI Harper Group
    Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr

    - Facilitated $15M in investments across 5 portfolio companies, supporting due diligence, deal execution, and post-investment value creation. - Attended 20 demo days and screened over 1,500 startups to identify high-potential opportunities aligned with our investment thesis in Enterprise Tech, Healthcare Tech, and Sustainability - Conducted comprehensive business, financial, and legal due diligence to evaluate market viability, competitive positioning, and scalability of target companies - Analyze financial statements and projections of target companies, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements - Performed deep market research to identify emerging industry trends, competitive landscapes, and market dynamics

  • Investment Intern at Xpdite Capital Partners
    May 2023 - Aug 2023 · 4 mos

    - Refined and updated financial models to support strategic decision-making - Conducted comprehensive market sizing analyses across various sectors - Sourced and evaluated early-stage start-ups as part of the deal flow process - Contributed to the end-to-end development of an AI-driven start-up scoring framework