Joshua Baer, co-founder and CEO of Capital Factory, at Dallas Fight Club at the Granada Theater in 2019. [Photo: Michael Samples]
"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.