The man who died in this week's crash of a small jet in Texas was a well-known entrepreneur named Joshua Baer who was a successful investor in technology startup companies

Six people were onboard the private jet from Mexico to Austin, which crashed on a highway in Laredo.

Joshua Baer, the CEO of Capital Factory, was confirmed by the company as dying in a private plane crash which came down on a highway in Texas with a total of six people on board