Portfolio Highlights
Strang Chef Collectives
Founded 2018
Local Chefs crafting extraordinary food from around the world. Every location captures unique chef-driven concepts accompanied by a showcase bar.
Edison District
Founded 2018
More than infill. A community-focused mixed-use space that contributes to the historic fabric of a walkable downtown district.
Edison Spaces
Founded 2016
Modern offices without the hassle. Transparent, all-inclusive real estate as a service for entrepreneurs and teams in communities where they live.
Quote Factory
Founded 2020
Building for brokers. A complete platform for independent freight brokers to eliminate pieced-together processes and inadequate tools.
Approach
With each concept, Edison Factory focuses on solving problems and creating lean startups. We identify the problem, and then discuss the business opportunity and if there is a market for the business we start.
“It starts generally with a frustration, something that I or one of us on the team find to be a stupid situation, a hassle, a problem.”
Leadership Team
Tim Barton, Founder
Tim Barton is the founder and former chairman of Freightquote, which he launched in 1998 and built into the largest online freight brokerage before it was acquired by a Fortune 200 company in 2015. Today he continues as a founder, investor, and entrepreneur, leading the team at Edison Factory and splitting time between Austin and Kansas City.
Heather Venable
Vice President,
Operations