Capital Factory

Est. 2009 · Austin, Texas

Startups advancing
civilization.

We back the most ambitious founders in Texas — humanoid robots, autonomous ships, neural interfaces, rockets to the Moon — with cash, customers, and the most powerful network in the state.

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First investor inAceable · Apptronik · Bazaarvoice · Cemvita · Colossal · Multicoin · Storable · Wander · WP Engine
Early investor inAllen Control Systems · Firefly · ICON 3D · Paradromics · Saronic · SpaceX · X-Bow
BBC logoSaronic TechnologiesUS sea drone used in helicopter crew rescue: what we knowBBCThe Economist logoCapital FactoryTexas is America Inc's new centre of gravityThe EconomistTechCrunch logoApptronikHumanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation | TechCrunchTechCrunchSTAT logoParadromics Inc.FDA approves Paradromics’ brain-computer interface trial for speech restorationSTATtechstartups.com logoColossal BiosciencesColossal Biosciences raises $120M to revive the Dodo bird and other extinct species, hits $10.3B valuationtechstartups.comtime.com logoColossal BiosciencesThe Return of the Dire Wolftime.comtechcrunch.com logoColossal BiosciencesColossal Biosciences raises $200M at $10.2B valuation to bring back woolly mammothstechcrunch.comTechCrunch logoFirefly AerospaceFirefly Aerospace readies for a big year in orbit with $175M D round | TechCrunchTechCrunchwww.ksl.com logoColossal BiosciencesChicks hatch from artificial egg as biotech company aims to revive extinct specieswww.ksl.comwww.prnewswire.com logoColossal BiosciencesColossal Biosciences Hatches First Chicks from Its Fully Artificial Egg Systemwww.prnewswire.comCNBC logoSaronic TechnologiesAutonomous ship startup Saronic raises $1.75 billion in race to modernize U.S. militaryCNBCMIT Technology Review logoColossal BiosciencesColossal Biosciences is growing chickens in a 3D-printed artificial eggshellMIT Technology ReviewThe Berkshire Eagle logoColossal BiosciencesBiotech start-up Colossal Biosciences revives extinct speciesThe Berkshire Eagle

The most active early-stage investor backing America’s most ambitious founders — and we bring Texas to the table.

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What we back

Four frontiers reshaping civilization.

In the room

The world comes to see you.

A demo-day fireside chat under the Capital Factory gear logoDemo-day audience and the robot mascot on the main stageStanding-room demo-day crowd at the reclaimed-wood robot wallA packed demo-day session under the gear logo
Apple CEO Tim Cook at Capital FactoryPresident Barack Obama at Capital FactoryMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella takes a selfie with the Capital Factory crowd
David Zakaraie demos a product to Microsoft CEO Satya NadellaSatya Nadella watching a founder's hardware demoModern Intelligence demos hardware at the House conference
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands tours Capital FactoryThe Capital Factory robot mascot meets a stormtrooperFounders meeting at the Howdy mural cafe
Builders heads-down at a Capital Factory hackathonA full row of hackers building side by sideA working session in the mission-control lounge
Gov. Greg Abbott cuts the ribbon at an Elements lithium-extraction launchTouring Elements' lithium-extraction line under the Texas and U.S. flagsX-BOW defense panel at the eagle stageArmy Applications Laboratory — We Solve Army Problems

The track record

Founders we backed, all the way to the exit.

Invoiced logo
Invoiced
Acquired · Flywire
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bazaarvoice
IPO → Acquired · Marlin
Wonder Dynamics (Aether) logo
Wonder Dynamics (Aether)
Acquired · Autodesk
Storable (formerly SpareFoot) logo
Storable (formerly SpareFoot)
Acquired · EQT