Seaplane Ventures

Seaplane Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas. It invests primarily in pre-seed and seed-stage US technology companies, targeting businesses that show early product-market fit alongside network effects and recurring revenue models. Investment structures are flexible: the firm provides first institutional capital, between-round investments, or co-investments.

The portfolio is deliberately concentrated. By backing fewer companies, the firm aims to spend more time with each founder. Support is hands-on and extends across content, product strategy, and capital allocation, drawing on the partners' own operating experience as well as a network of advisors. Seaplane states that it backs founders it considers exceptional rather than optimising for ownership percentage.

Seaplane Ventures focuses on a defined segment of the US seed market - recurring-revenue software businesses with network effects, where the economics of retention and marketplace dynamics compound over time. Founders seeking a first institutional cheque or a concentrated partner at pre-seed and seed stage are the firm's stated focus.