About XFactor Ventures
XFactor Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Boston, United States. As of Sep 2025, XFactor Ventures has invested in 84 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of BoobyBiome Overall, XFactor Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 11 acquisitions including key companies like Alloy Enterprises, Lex and The Inside. A lot of funds co-invest with XFactor Ventures, with names like Female Founders Fund sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. XFactor Ventures has team of 22 people including 14 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
XFactor Ventures' List of Top Investments
XFactor Ventures has a portfolio of 84 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Athena Security and Buildstock.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Canada and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 24 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by XFactor Ventures:1. BrainCheck
Mobile games for cognitive health tracking. It uses established neurocognitive tests to develop mobile interactive games, offering a snapshot of a user's cognitive health. It is a mobile-first (iPad and Android), a gamified platform to appeal to a wide variety of test-takers and is HIPAA compliant.
Key facts about BrainCheck
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Houston (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $49.8M
- Employee Count: 71 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: UPMC, Springboard Enterprises and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 26, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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Provider of cloud-based platform to access quantum computers. The cloud-based development platform provides access to multiple quantum computing hardware vendors, devices, debugging tools, programming languages, and others to develop quantum computing algorithms and applications.
Key facts about Aliro Technologies
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $17.7M
- Employee Count: 32 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Crosslink Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 18, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Zubale
Platform offering retail sales enablement and reward software. Its features include completing surveys, completing tasks, trying products, auditing stores, and more. It allows users to redeem points for gift cards. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.
Key facts about Zubale
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Mexico City (Mexico)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $72.3M
- Employee Count: 1,654 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Felicis Ventures, Industry Ventures and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 30, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. AllSpice
Provider of AI-powered design review platform for schematics and PCB layouts. The platform supports hardware design reviews, identifies potential risks, and facilitates collaboration. It offers visual diffs for schematics, layouts, and BOMs, highlighting changes. The platform centralizes reviews with visual redlines, in-design commenting, and checklists. It maintains a traceable history of design updates with version control and role-based permissions.
Key facts about AllSpice
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Wakefield (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $21M
- Employee Count: 55 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Root Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 23, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Forerunner
Forerunner provides a community rating system and resources for flood insurance discounts. The software allows users to manage floodplain management, increase resilience, manage workflows and municipality work. It enables people to access informative flood website, connect with reisdent and educate them on risks and manage request assistance.
Key facts about Forerunner
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $39M
- Employee Count: 105 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Citi, Wellington and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 05, 2026, $*****
XFactor Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
XFactor Ventures has invested in 84 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 2 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in BoobyBiome and most recent follow-on round was in EMTECH.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2018 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
XFactor Ventures' Investments by Stage
XFactor Ventures has made 31 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.78M and 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $8.48M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 31 |
Series A | 6 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
XFactor Ventures' Investments by Sector
XFactor Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, Sustainability Tech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 71 Tech companies, 40 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 39 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 33 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 13 |
Consumer | 9 |
High Tech | 6 |
Sustainability Tech | 6 |
Vertical SaaS | 6 |
Others | 47 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
XFactor Ventures' Investments by Geography
XFactor Ventures has made most investments in United States (31), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 31 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Canada | 1 |
Mexico | 1 |
Poland | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
XFactor Ventures' recent investments
XFactor Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by XFactor Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 08, 2025 | United Kingdom | Seed | 9759 | [+8] | |
Feb 04, 2025 | United States | Seed | 5612 | [+4] | |
Oct 14, 2024 | Poland | Seed | 5273 | [+2] | |
Feb 22, 2024 | United States | Seed | 4100 | [+8] | |
Oct 04, 2023 | United States | Series A | 7750 | [+9] |
Unicorns in XFactor Ventures' Portfolio
XFactor Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Chief. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Chief which became a unicorn in 2022, 3 years after XFactor Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in XFactor Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
48 | Subscription-based social platform for professional women | 1972 | New York | Series B | pevvafe |
Acquired companies in XFactor Ventures' Portfolio
11 companies from XFactor Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Engage Bio in May 2026 by Lilly for $*****.Here are XFactor Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 20, 2026 | - | - | 9588 | |
May 13, 2026 | - | - | 1911 | |
Apr 14, 2026 | - | - | 8565 | |
Jul 31, 2025 | - | - | 3154 | |
Apr 24, 2025 | - | - | 8362 |
Team profile of XFactor Ventures
XFactor Ventures has a team of 22 members including 14 Partners and 3 Principals located in United States. XFactor Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in XFactor Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Los Angeles | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | Boston | - | ||
Partner | Brooklyn | - | ||
Partner | Denver | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | ||
Partner | New York City | - | - | |
Partner | United States | - |
Co-investors of XFactor Ventures
Over the past 9 years, 337 investors have co-invested in XFactor Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before XFactor Ventures: Y Combinator, Dreamit and 31 others have invested in rounds before XFactor Ventures. There are 3 companies where Y Combinator has invested before XFactor Ventures and 2 companies where Dreamit has invested before XFactor Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of XFactor Ventures: 192 investors entered a company along with XFactor Ventures. These include investors like Female Founders Fund (3 companies).
- Invested after XFactor Ventures: A total of 112 investors have invested in XFactor Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Y Combinator (2 companies), Equity Alliance (2 companies) and SVB (2 companies).
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