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Phil Inagaki

Managing partner and chief investment officer at Xora Innovation.

Current clusters

invest3 publishers

Xora adds $53m to Hang Ten's seed five weeks after Mayfield closed the first

Hang Ten Systems has raised $85m across two seed rounds that closed thirty-five days apart, the second larger than the first, priced on enterprise contracts the company describes only as multi-million-dollar.

Publishers:crowdfundinsider.comdealstreetasia.comventureburn.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 28%
Operator: Operator 28%
Investor: Investor 44%

Reality

Evidence46
Adoption36
Hype gap+29
Incentives76
Confidence58

product2 publishers

Hang Ten's four-person delivery teams leave final certification to the customer

Vishal Sikka's four-month-old startup added $53 million five weeks after a $32 million seed. It says two to four engineers can deliver what once took about 30 people, with customers or third parties still running the final quality checks.

Publishers:siliconangle.comtechcrunch.com

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption38
Hype gap+38
Incentives78
Confidence58