Capital Factory

Founded in 2009, Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Austin, Texas. It invests in seed-stage to later-stage companies across software, media, and technology sectors, providing resources, mentorship, and coworking space.

Joshua Baer

Managing Partner

Eric Bear

Partner

Bernie Brenner

Partner

Ross Buhrdorf

Partner

Andrew Busey

Partner

Bryan Chambers

President

Gordon Daugherty

Investor

Dennis Dayman

Partner

Robert Fabbio

Partner

Danny Gillespie

Partner

Matt Hastings

Associate

Russell Hinds

Partner

Dillon Kay

Senior Associate

Jill Klinvex

Principal

Samir Rahi

Investor

Courteney Real

Venture Partner

Bart Robertson

Partner

Marc Smookler

Partner

Nick Spiller

Venture Principal

Feng Chi Wang

Managing Director

David Willox

Partner

Past deals in Austin, TX

Captain Experiences

Seed Round in 2022
Austin-based Captain Experiences facilitates convenient online booking of guided outdoor sports experiences, initially focused on fishing. Their platform enables users to search for trips by location, group size, target species, price, and more, ensuring a hassle-free connection with Damn Good Guides in the field.

Sunroom Rentals

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2018, Sunroom Rentals is a technology company that facilitates home leasing. It offers an online platform enabling users to locate, tour, apply for, and secure rental properties directly. The company employs self-showing locks for private tours or virtual 360-degree tours, with customer support available seven days a week.

Gembah

Seed Round in 2020
Gembah, Inc. is a product design and development company headquartered in Austin, Texas, founded in 2017. It offers a machine learning platform that connects businesses and entrepreneurs with expert resources throughout the product creation process, including design, sourcing, and manufacturing. Gembah's services encompass factory finding, production management, logistics, quality control, and compliance oversight. By democratizing the product creation process, Gembah empowers entrepreneurs, e-commerce sellers, and small to midsize businesses to efficiently manage their supply chains and develop new products. The company's comprehensive suite of tools includes custom-assigned designers and engineers, facilitating the entire journey from concept to market.

CollBox

Pre Seed Round in 2020
CollBox operates an online platform that helps small businesses recover past-due receivables by automating the debt collection process. The service integrates with cloud accounting software to identify delinquent accounts and instantly pair them with appropriate collection agencies, streamlining outsourcing of collections. Through a few clicks, users can forward overdue invoices to ethical, vetted debt collectors, enabling focus on core operations while improving cash flow. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and was founded in 2015.

Diligent Robotics

Seed Round in 2019
Diligent Robotics develops hospital service robots and related AI software to assist clinical and nursing staff with logistical tasks, enabling more time for direct patient care. Its flagship robot, Moxi, operates in hospital environments to handle routine duties and collaborate with humans, supported by AI-based software that enables safe interaction and adaptation to human workflows. Founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, the company seeks to improve patient satisfaction, quality of care, and safety by augmenting healthcare teams with robotic assistance.

FeatureBase

Seed Round in 2019
FeatureBase, operating as Molecula Research Laboratories, LLC, specializes in providing advanced solutions for researchers, particularly in the fields of protein function studies and gene expression. The company utilizes proprietary RNA interference technology to deliver antisense oligonucleotides and offers a range of products, including neuropeptides marketed under the brand Princeton Peptides, as well as transfection reagents such as Maxfect and Genfect. Additionally, Molecula has developed the Inducer, an innovative substitute for IPTG that enhances soluble protein production. With its Cloud Data Access platform, Molecula simplifies and accelerates access to big data, enabling users to create highly efficient data representations without the need for pre-aggregation or data movement. Founded in 1993 and based in Herndon, Virginia, the company continues to advance research capabilities in the life sciences.

Spruce

Venture Round in 2019
Spruce Services, Inc. operates an online platform that connects users with service professionals for various household needs, including housekeeping, pet care, laundry, and dry cleaning. The platform allows users to customize services such as whole home cleaning, pet sitting, and laundry wash and fold, among others. Users can book verified professionals for tasks like tidying up, dog walking, and managing daily chores, ensuring a convenient and efficient service experience. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company was formerly known as Apartment Butler, Inc. before rebranding in June 2019. Spruce aims to change the way individuals access home services through its mobile app, catering primarily to residents in apartment complexes.

StoryFit

Series A in 2019
StoryFit is an AI-driven technology company serving the book publishing, film, and television industries. Its platform delivers predictive audience insights and analytics to help publishers and studios make development, marketing, and merchandising decisions. By analyzing metadata and comparing content to comparable works, StoryFit supports audience targeting, reader personas, writing evaluation, and stakeholder decision-making. The solution provides content recommendations and scenario simulations that estimate how audiences will respond to books, scripts, or finished productions, enabling strategic choices from development through marketing.

Coder

Seed Round in 2018
Coder is an information technology company that provides open-source tools and an enterprise platform that makes it easier to configure, secure and scale development environments. The company aims to build the best products available for developers. It was founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas.

Spruce

Venture Round in 2018
Spruce Services, Inc. operates an online platform that connects users with service professionals for various household needs, including housekeeping, pet care, laundry, and dry cleaning. The platform allows users to customize services such as whole home cleaning, pet sitting, and laundry wash and fold, among others. Users can book verified professionals for tasks like tidying up, dog walking, and managing daily chores, ensuring a convenient and efficient service experience. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company was formerly known as Apartment Butler, Inc. before rebranding in June 2019. Spruce aims to change the way individuals access home services through its mobile app, catering primarily to residents in apartment complexes.

Vault

Seed Round in 2018
Vault is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2013, that specializes in providing a comprehensive platform for student loan management and support. The company offers an intuitive web-based tool designed to assist employees in managing their student debt, empowering them to achieve financial freedom. Vault enables employers to enhance talent acquisition and retention by facilitating contributions to employees' loan repayments while also promoting 401(k) savings. The platform simplifies repayment scenarios and helps users find suitable repayment plans, fostering strong relationships between employers and employees. By addressing the financial burden of student loan debt, Vault positions itself as a valuable resource for organizations looking to support their workforce.

Yonder

Seed Round in 2018
Yonder LLC, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, develops an application designed to help brands contextualize online information. The company aims to define the authentic internet category by providing cultural context to information as it circulates online. Yonder believes that adding this context is essential to prevent the dehumanization of information, which can contribute to issues such as fake accounts, misinformation, and disinformation. By striving to enhance the flow of information, Yonder seeks to foster a more trustworthy and open digital environment, countering trends of information gatekeeping and mistrust.

Press Technologies

Venture Round in 2017
Press Technologies LLC is a service-oriented company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in providing pick-up and delivery services for dry cleaning and laundry. Founded in 2015, the company simplifies the laundry process for customers by collecting garments from their locations, delivering them to local dry cleaners, and returning the cleaned items back to the customers. Press Technologies offers a mobile application compatible with both iOS and Android devices, as well as a web application, allowing users to conveniently book services on demand.

Sunroom Rentals

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2018, Sunroom Rentals is a technology company that facilitates home leasing. It offers an online platform enabling users to locate, tour, apply for, and secure rental properties directly. The company employs self-showing locks for private tours or virtual 360-degree tours, with customer support available seven days a week.

PreFix

Convertible Note in 2017
PreFix is a home maintenance service provider and platform focused on preventive maintenance and on-demand repair for residential systems. It offers services for appliances, HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems, including inspections, cleaning, replacements, and safety devices, primarily serving homeowners and landlords in Austin, Texas. The company operates a platform that facilitates booking and dispatch of maintenance and repair personnel for minor issues such as plumbing, HVAC failures, and appliance problems, with the aim of reducing maintenance-related hassles and costs for homeowners and property managers. Founded in 2013 and based in Austin, PreFix positions itself as a local, preventive maintenance provider that can handle routine tune-ups and urgent repairs to keep homes functioning smoothly.

Real Savvy

Debt Financing in 2016
Real Savvy, Inc. is a real estate technology platform based in Austin, Texas, that was incorporated in 2014. The company specializes in providing real estate professionals with a comprehensive suite of tools, including a consumer website, customer relationship management (CRM) system, collaborative IDX, and a branded mobile application. By focusing on improving the online property search experience, Real Savvy aims to enhance collaboration between agents and clients, making real estate transactions more efficient and user-friendly. As of October 1, 2019, Real Savvy operates as a subsidiary of Ojo Labs Inc.

Data.World

Venture Round in 2016
Data.World develops an open data platform that enables users to discover, understand, share, and collaborate on diverse datasets. Its platform supports various formats and sectors, fostering a collaborative community for both business and public use.

OutboundEngine

Series C in 2016
OutboundEngine, Inc. is a marketing technology company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in providing marketing automation solutions for small and midsize businesses across various sectors, including real estate, finance, insurance, and wellness. Founded in 2010, the company offers a cloud-based platform that simplifies online marketing by automating email campaigns, social media postings, and online review collection. This platform, known as The OutboundEngine Platform, enables clients to deliver personalized marketing content efficiently and effectively. In addition to its core offerings, OutboundEngine provides a tool called Harmony, which facilitates unified marketing across franchise and agent networks. The company has established itself as a leader in the marketing automation space, serving over 10,000 customers and earning recognition as a top workplace in Austin.

Vault

Seed Round in 2016
Vault is a technology company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2013, that specializes in providing a comprehensive platform for student loan management and support. The company offers an intuitive web-based tool designed to assist employees in managing their student debt, empowering them to achieve financial freedom. Vault enables employers to enhance talent acquisition and retention by facilitating contributions to employees' loan repayments while also promoting 401(k) savings. The platform simplifies repayment scenarios and helps users find suitable repayment plans, fostering strong relationships between employers and employees. By addressing the financial burden of student loan debt, Vault positions itself as a valuable resource for organizations looking to support their workforce.

Chiron Health

Seed Round in 2015
Chiron Health, Inc. is a telemedicine company based in Austin, Texas, that offers a web-based platform connecting physicians with patients through secure video conferencing for routine follow-up appointments. Established in 2013, Chiron Health specializes in enabling healthcare providers to convert unpaid follow-up phone calls into billable telemedicine encounters, thereby enhancing practice revenue. The platform addresses the complexities of state medical board regulations and HIPAA compliance, which often deter practices from adopting telehealth solutions. Additionally, Chiron Health's compliance team manages these regulatory challenges, allowing physicians to focus on patient care. The company also provides a proprietary database to verify patient insurance eligibility for telemedicine services, making its offering unique in the outpatient setting. By facilitating secure and efficient virtual visits, Chiron Health aims to improve both practice efficiency and patient care while ensuring full reimbursement from private payers.

NarrativeDx

Seed Round in 2015
NarrativeDx develops an AI-driven platform that analyzes patient feedback from various sources. It uses natural language processing and machine learning to provide actionable insights, helping healthcare administrators improve patient experience, drive referrals, increase revenue, and enhance hospital reputation.

TrendKite

Series B in 2015
TrendKite is an Austin, Texas-based company founded in 2012, specializing in public relations (PR) analytics software. The company's mission is to assist organizations in understanding public perception and responding effectively. TrendKite's platform provides comprehensive tools for measuring the impact of PR efforts on brand awareness, website traffic, and overall business objectives. It enables users to create automated or customizable dashboards that can swiftly analyze vast amounts of data, streamlining workflow and improving efficiency. The software is designed to help brands and agencies evaluate trends across various media types, generate insightful reports, and focus on the quality of media coverage rather than merely the quantity.

OutboundEngine

Series B in 2014
OutboundEngine, Inc. is a marketing technology company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in providing marketing automation solutions for small and midsize businesses across various sectors, including real estate, finance, insurance, and wellness. Founded in 2010, the company offers a cloud-based platform that simplifies online marketing by automating email campaigns, social media postings, and online review collection. This platform, known as The OutboundEngine Platform, enables clients to deliver personalized marketing content efficiently and effectively. In addition to its core offerings, OutboundEngine provides a tool called Harmony, which facilitates unified marketing across franchise and agent networks. The company has established itself as a leader in the marketing automation space, serving over 10,000 customers and earning recognition as a top workplace in Austin.

TrendKite

Series A in 2013
TrendKite is an Austin, Texas-based company founded in 2012, specializing in public relations (PR) analytics software. The company's mission is to assist organizations in understanding public perception and responding effectively. TrendKite's platform provides comprehensive tools for measuring the impact of PR efforts on brand awareness, website traffic, and overall business objectives. It enables users to create automated or customizable dashboards that can swiftly analyze vast amounts of data, streamlining workflow and improving efficiency. The software is designed to help brands and agencies evaluate trends across various media types, generate insightful reports, and focus on the quality of media coverage rather than merely the quantity.

OutboundEngine

Series A in 2012
OutboundEngine, Inc. is a marketing technology company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in providing marketing automation solutions for small and midsize businesses across various sectors, including real estate, finance, insurance, and wellness. Founded in 2010, the company offers a cloud-based platform that simplifies online marketing by automating email campaigns, social media postings, and online review collection. This platform, known as The OutboundEngine Platform, enables clients to deliver personalized marketing content efficiently and effectively. In addition to its core offerings, OutboundEngine provides a tool called Harmony, which facilitates unified marketing across franchise and agent networks. The company has established itself as a leader in the marketing automation space, serving over 10,000 customers and earning recognition as a top workplace in Austin.

Speakermix

Seed Round in 2011
Speakermix provides a speaker discovery service, allowing event planners and organizers to find qualified, suitable speakers for their events. The company participated in the Capital Factory 2011 session. Speakermix is based out of Austin, TX.

Keepstream

Seed Round in 2010
Keepstream is an Austin, TX based web startup for real-time curation and social bookmarking. It is currently in public beta. Keepstream lets you create collections of social media and links from sources like Twitter, Facebook, and their "Keep It" bookmarklet. Collections are public URLs that can be shared, and can be embedded as a widget onto a website.
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