# Neil Tewari

> Neil Tewari is the 24-year-old co-founder and CEO of Conversion (conversion.ai), an AI-native B2B marketing automation platform based in San Francisco. A UC Berkeley dropout at 19, he and co-founder James Jiao built Conversion from their dorm room into a company serving 4,000+ businesses with nearly $10M ARR and $30M in total funding, including a $28M Series A led by Abstract Ventures announced in 2025.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Conversion
- **Organizations:** Conversion (conversion.ai), University of California, Berkeley (attended, did not complete)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (did not complete - dropped out), University of California, Berkeley, High School, Hawken School
- **Known for:** Raised $28M Series A led by Abstract Ventures at age 24, $30M total funding raised across seed and Series A, Built Conversion to 4,000+ customers and nearly $10M ARR in under 2 years of meaningful growth

## Career timeline

- **2019** — Enrolled at UC Berkeley; joined Blockchain at Berkeley
- **2020** — Started early experiments with James Jiao - NFTs in Roblox, Minecraft billboards, AI website builders (StyleAI)
- **2021** — Dropped out of UC Berkeley at age 19 to pursue Conversion full-time
- **2021** — Conducted ~160 customer interviews with VPs of marketing; raised $2M seed round
- **2022** — Launched Conversion marketing automation platform; signed first paying customers
- **2023** — Reached $1M in annual revenue
- **2025** — Raised $28M Series A led by Abstract Ventures; revenue at $6.5M; 4,000+ customers; 45 employees
- **2025** — Nearing $10M ARR; announced Shreya Mantha joining the team

## Achievements

- Raised $28M Series A led by Abstract Ventures at age 24
- $30M total funding raised across seed and Series A
- Built Conversion to 4,000+ customers and nearly $10M ARR in under 2 years of meaningful growth
- Revenue grew from $1M (2023) to $6.5M (2025), on track for $10M ARR
- 45-person team serving enterprise marketing teams replacing legacy tools like Marketo and Pardot
- Backed by True Ventures, HOF Capital, Antler, and angels from OpenAI
- Featured on TechCrunch at age 24
- Company is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Conversion expanded team with new hire Shreya Mantha; company approaching $10M ARR
- **2025-07** — Raised $28M Series A led by Abstract Ventures; TechCrunch feature published
- **2025-01** — Revenue at $6.5M with 4,000+ customers on platform; 45 employees

## Links

- Website: https://conversion.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neiltewari/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/NeilTewari

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Last updated: 2026-05-13