About

Seaplane Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm in Austin, Texas. Seaplane invests in US startups at the pre-seed and seed stages with early progress towards product/market fit and business models geared around network effects and recurring revenues. We invest through funds and our AngelList syndicate.

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Seaplane and its network of advisors take a proactive, hands-on approach to advising and supporting its founders on everything from content to product strategy to capital allocation. We have more time to dedicate to our founders as we focus our capital on a smaller number of startups. Seaplane is also flexible when it comes to funding. Our highest priority is backing exceptional founders and startups, not obsessing over ownership percentages. Seaplane is happy to co-invest or provide a startup's first institutional capital. 

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Joe Magyer is the Founder and Managing Partner of Seaplane Ventures. Joe was a full-time angel investor before launching Seaplane Ventures in 2022 and previously spent 17 years working across investment banking, equity research, and funds management in the US and Australia.

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Joe is a 2nd-time investment firm founder having co-founded Lakehouse Capital in Sydney, Australia in 2016. Joe managed more than US$600 million in growth equities at Lakehouse and served as its Chief Investment Officer before stepping back in October 2021 to return to the US and settle in Austin, TX. He has been called a "legend" by Livewire Markets, is a two-time member of The Motley Fool's Hall of Fame, and was twice recognized as a finalist for Money Management's Fund Manager of the Year Awards. A sought after expert and speaker, Joe has made appearances on numerous panels and podcasts over the years as well as the likes of ABC, Bloomberg, CNN, and CNBC.

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You can learn more about Joe and his background on LinkedIn. We also welcome inbound interest from founders and potential investors!

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