Xora Innovation

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Singapore, Singapore

Countries of investment

Singapore
United States
United Kingdom
Israel
Germany
India
China
South Korea
Japan
Australia

Investment stages

Seed
Series A
Series B

Industries

AI Infrastructure
Applied AI
Computing
Climate & Energy
DeepTech
Semiconductors
Quantum
Advanced Materials
Synthetic Biology

About
Xora Innovation is a Singapore-based venture capital firm focused on backing early-stage deep tech and AI founders globally. Their focus spans AI infrastructure, applied AI, computing, climate, energy, and deep tech across Singapore, United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Germany, India, China, South Korea, Japan, and Australia. The firm supports deep tech founders from seed through Series B stages.

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Max check size: $5M
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Investment Thesis

Xora Innovation is a seed to Series B stage venture capital firm deploying capital across AI infrastructure, applied AI, computing, climate & energy, and deep tech sectors. They invest as lead or co-lead investor in early-stage rounds, both backing existing startups and forming new ventures through their Xora Venture Labs platform. The firm differentiates itself as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings with permanent capital structure removing fundraising pressure, enabling long-term hold periods across scientific inflection points.

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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2019 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Singapore's sovereign wealth fund). Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer is Phil Inagaki, who oversees investment strategy from Singapore. Alan Thompson serves as CEO handling firm operations, having succeeded founding CEO Donna See (2019-2023) who remains on portfolio company boards. Eric Rosenblum joined as General Partner in April 2026 to expand US presence and deepen AI investments. Team includes Joel Leong, Huey Lin, Si Ci Ong, Alex Ngoi, and additional investment professionals. Operates from Singapore headquarters at Symbiosis Tower, One-North with additional San Francisco office at 101 Mission Street. Manages permanent capital structure removing fundraising pressure. Portfolio includes Amperesand (grid infrastructure), Celestial AI (optical AI interconnects), Aether Fuels, NeuBird AI (agentic AI), Bedrock Robotics (construction autonomy), Rhoda AI (robotic foundation models), Peak Energy (grid storage), Allozymes, Nuevocor, HyperLight, and Upscale AI. Strategic collaboration with A*STAR, National Research Foundation, NTU, and NUS to spin out deep tech startups from Singapore's research ecosystem.