Capital Factory
Angel Networks & Startup Accelerators · Venture Capital
$526Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
524open roles in its portfolio
26investments
3exits
Overview
Capital Factory is a Texas venture firm that backs ambitious founders working on hard problems and runs the STATION innovation centers that connect startups with government, defense and national security partners. It hires government relations specialists, guest experience coordinators, venture associates and an executive director for STATION DC. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States.
Program
AcceleratorInvestments
26
16 of them startups
Hiring now
15
524 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
7
$526M raised
Exits
3
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 35%Military 17%Health Care 17%Software 17%Energy & Utilities 13%Internet Services 13%Robotics 9%Manufacturing 9%
Where its companies are
United States 77%Latvia 4%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 26 investments
DexMatVenture round $1M · 3 mo ago
Allen Control SystemsSeries B $200M · 5 mo ago
DarkhiveSeries B $30M · 6 mo ago · 1 role
Cart.comVenture round $180M · 8 mo ago · 18 roles
CircuitAngel $30M · 8 mo ago · 4 roles
Deep FissionVenture round $80M · 9 mo ago · 2 roles
ApptronikSeries A $331.4M · 12 mo ago · 87 roles
BizzyCarVenture round $20M · 13 mo ago · 1 role
AirloomConvertible Note $1.1M · 13 mo ago · 1 role
AmplifAIVenture round $33.7M · 13 mo ago
Aalo AtomicsVenture round $100M · 14 mo ago · 68 roles
Autonomize AISeries A $28.6M · 17 mo ago · 1 role
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Draper Associates 
Silicon Valley Investclub 
Moonshots Capital 
Bessemer Venture Partners 
General Catalyst 
Craft Ventures 
Andreessen Horowitz 
Oak HC/FT 
Breyer Capital 
Crosscut Ventures Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Y Combinator
First Round Capital
GV
Techstars
Multimodal VenturesSources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3; 1 rounds in the press that name it
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$148k
Typical range
$100k – $195k
Open positions
2
1
Jobs
Architect
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architect | 1 | $195k | $195k |
Highest paying role
Executive Director- STATION DC
$195k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
53/100
Stable
Open positions
7
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
72 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~7 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
50% ▼
Administrative
17% ▲
Sales
17% ▲
Industrial Engineering
17% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: Saint Petersburg
Sep 2026
New location: Washington
Sep 2026
News
Capital Factory Secures Investments From ARK Invest And Tim Draper To Expand Deep Tech Network
Capital Factory has formed strategic partnerships with ARK Invest and venture capitalist Tim Draper to expand its national network supporting founders building deep technology companies. The post Capital Factory Secures Investments From ARK Invest And Tim
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Capital Factory CEO Killed in Private-Jet Crash in Texas
Joshua Baer, the founder and chief executive officer of the venture capital firm Capital Factory, died Tuesday in a plane crash in South Texas, the Austin
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Capital Factory CEO Joshua Baer killed in plane crash near Laredo, Texas
Capital Factory co-founder and CEO Joshua Baer was killed Tuesday night when a small business jet crashed onto a highway near Laredo, Texas, according to the Au
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Capital Factory CEO killed in plane crash near Laredo
Austin-based startup accelerator Capital Factory has confirmed that its CEO was killed in a small plane crash near Laredo Tuesday night. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane left San Jo...
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US sea drone used in helicopter crew rescue: What we know
BBC Verify examines what we know about the drone boat and how the mission took place.
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Capital Factory Texas is America Inc's new centre of gravity The Economist
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The baby chicks were shifting and starting to pip-or trying to hatch. But not from an egg. Instead, these chickens were growing inside transparent 3D-printed plastic cups at the Dallas headquarters of Colossal Biosciences. The biotech company today claime
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Colossal Biosciences Hatches First Chicks from Its Fully Artificial Egg System
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Autonomous ship startup Saronic raises $1.75 billion in race to modernize U.S. military
Saronic's latest funding round more than doubles its valuation to $9.25 billion from the prior fundraising early last year.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Austin
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Austin
United States
HQ
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% remote $100k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Administrative, Field & Service
Washington
United States
Plant / site
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days $195k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Saint Petersburg
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service