X-Factor Capital invests in early stage, post revenue, Black owned businesses. We partner with top investors and executives to work alongside our portfolio companies. The founders in our portfolio have financing that’s creative and allows them to keep control of their business. We provide advice, as well as connections to support the growth of our companies.
Underestimated
The Underestimated Podcast highlights the stories of underestimated Entrepreneurs. If you‘re a founder, entrepreneur, or investor this podcast is for you! We tell the stories about how founders build their businesses, challenges they’ve overcome, and the victories they’ve experienced. Every entrepreneur has their success secrets as well as the moments they want to quit - we cover it all in the Underestimated Podcast.
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Dec 26, 2021
Dec 26, 2021
45 min
In this episode we interview Rock Robinson out of the greater Dallas area about how he is bringing a cleaner, more personalized, and dynamic experience to the ride sharing world. Not only are they picking up passengers in the planets most talked about cars (Tesla’s) their reducing the carbon footprint significantly for our planet. Listen in to hear more!
If you love startups, technology, venture capital and all things entrepreneurship this this podcast is for you. Subscribe to our channel & leave us a review!
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eCarra is the new #GreenStandard of ridesharing, built for the impact-minded.
eCarra uses Teslas and vision-aligned drivers to create the safest, most sustainable way to get passengers to wherever they need to go. Plus, they plant a tree every time you ride.
On average, eCarra saves their members over 200 Ibs. of carbon per month and their customer experience scores are AAA+. They’re so confident in the passenger experience, that if you’re not satisfied, then the ride is free.
As market leaders in ridesharing, they also license their platform to other fleets all over the world, demonstrating how they can do exactly what eCarra is doing to reduce emissions.
eCarra is the new #GreenStandard.
Dec 24, 2021
Dec 24, 2021
36 min
This episode we interview Toby Egbuna CEO and Co-Founder of Chezie. Chezie is a SaaS platform that aims to create inclusive work environments for people from underrepresented groups. As first-generation Nigerian immigrates Toby and his sister Dumebie cofounded Chezie from their own experiences of not feeling welcomed at work.
“Chezie is an all-in-one solution designed to help you build impactful employee resource groups. We help you easily and seamlessly track membership, events, budgets, and engagement, so you can focus on what matters - building inclusive communities so you can retain your talent.”
This chat is filled with exciting things that Toby has experienced in his career.
If you’re into conversations about the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion, entrepreneurship, and even working with family then this episode is for you! Subscribe to our channel & leave us a review!
Dec 8, 2021
Dec 8, 2021
25 min
US Navy Veteran Viola Carmona is building a huge business around homeownership for first-time homebuyers! She went to market originally to provide leads to larger mortgage companies. She saw an opportunity to serve an underserved community and do it using cutting-edge technology. She has taken a marketing company into a tech startup! Amazing how she uses being underestimated (woman, veteran, Black/Latina, LGBTQ, & solo founder) as fuel.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to create concrete demonstrable change in the wealth gap for the Black community in America by investing in capable entrepreneurial operators with great ideas.