Capital Factory Founder and CEO Joshua Baer Dies in Laredo Plane Crash (opens in new tab)

"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 "heartbroken" LinkedIn post. He was one of many to take to the platform to express their grief over Baer's passing, including Capital Factory's co-founder and president, Bryan Chambers.