# Joshua Baer

> Joshua Baer is a seed investor at Capital Factory backing Software and SaaS. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Capital Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-factory)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuabaer
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/joshuabaer
- Website: https://x.com/joshuabaer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joshuabaer

Joshua Baer is a seed investor at Capital Factory in Austin focused on Software and SaaS. Joshua Baer is based out of Austin, Texas, and is the Founder and CEO of Capital Factory. Joshua previously worked at Workleap Pingboard as a Board of Directors. Joshua Baer attended Carnegie Mellon University. Joshua Baer has been awarded the Ecosystem Builder of the Year 2023.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Joshua Baer: work email, personal email, work phone, personal phone and socials. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-email/joshua-baer?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 31% |
| SaaS | 6 | 17% |
| Enterprise Software | 6 | 17% |
| Mobile | 4 | 11% |
| Social Media | 4 | 11% |

65 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 43% |
| Series A | 7 | 20% |
| Series B | 4 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 6% |
| Angel | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ender | We believe portfolios are the future. We're a venture-backed startup based in Austin, TX on a mission to help every kid build one by creating a competition platform where kids can win cash prizes for building apps, games, websites, and other real-world projects. We're a team of game developers, educators, engineers, and designerspioneering the first learn-to-earn education model and are funded by some of the best investors in the education and gaming space. | $5.5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2022 | https://joinender.com |
| CollateralEdge | CollateralEdge is an innovative fintech platform that provides community and regional banks with a flexible, automated risk management solution to strengthen the credit profile on individual corporate loans. | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 14, 2021 | https://www.collateraledge.com/ |
| CollateralEdge | CollateralEdge is an innovative fintech platform that provides community and regional banks with a flexible, automated risk management solution to strengthen the credit profile on individual corporate loans. | $3.4M | Seed | Sep 14, 2021 | https://www.collateraledge.com/ |
| XMTP | XMTP is an open, crypto-native communication protocol that connects communities, applications, and users. It was founded in 2021 and is based in Austin, Texas. | $20M | Series A | Aug 31, 2021 | https://xmtp.com |
| Wander | Wander is a platform that allows users to book smart homes for their next workcation, vacation, or anything in-between. Wander is a startup that builds infrastructure to experience the world. The company was founded by John Andrew Entwistle. | $7.3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 04, 2021 | https://wander.com |
| Sunroom Rentals | Find, tour & apply for any apartment or home | $11M | Series A | Feb 23, 2021 | https://sunroomrentals.com/ |
| Tabella | Tabella is the private and secure social faith app for Catholics. Users can stay connected digitally to their church and faith groups while growing in the faith with the best Catholic content. Tabella is free for churches. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 18, 2020 | https://jointabella.com/ |
| CounterFind | CounterFind is turnkey technology combining a proprietary filtering formula with industry expertise to recognize, report, and remove all ads marketing counterfeit merchandise on Facebook and all counterfeit product listings on Amazon in real time. | $1M | Seed | Dec 20, 2017 | http://www.counterfind.com |
| Sunroom Rentals | Find, tour & apply for any apartment or home | $250K | Seed | Mar 01, 2017 | https://sunroomrentals.com/ |
| OutboundEngine | OutboundEngine is an Austin, TX-based marketing technology company that helps businesses grow by making online marketing simple. The company’s SaaS platform automates email marketing, social media posting, online review collection and more for over 10,000 customers. Founded in 2012, OutboundEngine is ranked No. 95 on the Inc. 5000 and has beenconsistently named a top workplace in Austin. For more information, please visit www.outboundengine.com | $16M | Series C | May 04, 2016 | http://www.outboundengine.com |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Silverton Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silverton-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Adapt Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adapt-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Floodgate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/floodgate) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Noro-Moseley Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/noro-moseley-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Perot Jain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/perot-jain) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Capital Factory

VC Fund · Austin, United States

Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and an accelerator that seeks to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.It accelerates companies in the software, media, and technology sectors. With boots on the ground in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, the firm meets entrepreneurs in Texas and introduces them to their firstinvestors, employees, mentors, and customers.

5 contacts available at Capital Factory.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Busey | Co-founder , Partner & Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-busey |
| Ben Lamm | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-lamm |
| Brett Hurt | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-hurt |
| Bryan Bulte | Investor & Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bryan-bulte |
| Chris Aniszczyk | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-aniszczyk |

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## FAQ

### What does Joshua Baer invest in?

Joshua Baer invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Joshua Baer?

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### When did Joshua Baer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joshua Baer closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 35 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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