Josh Baer

Capital Factory Founder and CEO Joshua Baer Dies in Laredo Plane Crash

by | Jun 17, 2026
"Since 2009, Josh built Capital Factory into something Texas had never seen—a true engine for entrepreneurship that gave founders across the state their first investors, customers, and believers," DFW entrepreneur Trey Bowles wrote in a LinkedIn tribute. He was among many mourning Baer's death—and celebrating his life—on the platform, including Capital Factory co-founder and president Bryan Chambers.
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AT&T Ventures Among New Backers as Humanoid Robotics Startup Apptronik Nears $1B in Total Funding
by | Feb 11, 2026
The Austin-based maker of the Apollo humanoid robot closed a $520M Series A-X extension, bringing its total Series A to more than $935M and total capital raised to nearly $1B. Dallas-based AT&T Ventures joins Google, Mercedes-Benz, John Deere, and others in the round.
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Dallas Fintech Names Industry Heavyweights to Advisory Board After Oversubscribed $3.5M Seed Round
by | Oct 20, 2021
Dallas VC-turned-entrepreneur Joe Beard and financier Joel Radtke are innovating debt capital delivery at CollateralEdge.

It's a mission: The founders want to reduce the barriers for businesses to access lower-cost bank financing. By partnering with the banks, the founders can solve problems for all stakeholders with their tech solution that's backed by high-powered capital partners.
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Capital Factory’s Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0 Highlights How Texas Competes with Silicon Valley
by | Mar 9, 2021
Founder and CEO of Capital Factory Joshua Baer declared that “Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States." Here’s why.
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Capital Factory Officially Moves into its First Dallas Space

by | Jun 11, 2018
For Capital Factory, this marks the beginning of a plan to unite entrepreneurs across the state, a plan CEO Joshua Baer calls the Texas Manifesto.
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