# Phil Inagaki

> Phil Inagaki is a Series A investor at Xora Innovation backing Information Technology and Energy. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Xora Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xora-innovation)
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philinagaki/?originalSubdomain=sg

Phil Inagaki is a Series A investor at Xora Innovation focused on Information Technology and Energy. Managing Director at Xora Innovation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 3 | 25% |
| Energy | 2 | 17% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 17% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 17% |
| Hardware | 1 | 8% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 58% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 50% |
| Singapore | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amperesand | Amperesand operates as a grid infrastructure solution provider. | $30M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| OpenLight | OpenLight is a manufacturing industry. | $50M | Series A | Apr 28, 2026 |  |
| NeuBird | NeuBird is a first-of-its-kind cloud-based generative operations platform for enterprises. | $19.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 06, 2026 |  |
| Upscale AI | Upscale AI is a high‑performance AI networking company accelerating AI democratization with open‑standard and full‑stack turnkey solutions. | $200M | Series A | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| Vinci | Vinci4D.AI utilizes generative artificial intelligence to create hardware design. Its services cover the design, development, and deployment of software. It facilitates users to process and encode three-dimensional geometry with the necessary level of resolution for design and manufacturing. | $36M | Series A | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| Amperesand | Amperesand operates as a grid infrastructure solution provider. | $80M | Series A | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| Cosmos Innovation | Cosmos Innovation specialize in full stack software development, product design, cloud hosting, and MVP deployment. |  |  | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| OpenLight | OpenLight is a manufacturing industry. | $34M | Series A | Aug 26, 2025 |  |
| Peak Energy | Peak Energy is on a mission to speed grid decarbonization by substantially cutting the cost of energy storage and establishing the United States as a global leader in the sodium-ion sector. | $55M | Series A | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| Amperesand | Amperesand operates as a grid infrastructure solution provider. | $12.5M | Seed | Feb 07, 2024 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TDK Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tdk-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Material Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/material-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Acclimate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acclimate-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Capricorn Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capricorn-investment-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Xora Innovation

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Xora Innovation is an investment platform that specializes in early-stage deep tech venture investments to accelerate the path to market.

3 contacts available at Xora Innovation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Donna See | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donna-see-0377 |
| Hari Ramachandran | Venture Builder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hari-ramachandran-2 |
| Phil Inagaki | Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phil-inagaki-1218 |

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## FAQ

### What does Phil Inagaki invest in?

Phil Inagaki invests primarily in Information Technology, Energy and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Phil Inagaki last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Phil Inagaki closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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