Connect With Leading VCs
Leading experts, investors and innovators from the industry will be coming together to discuss the technology’s impact, challenges facing the industry, and the growing significance and impact of investing in ventures.
COMING SOON
Panelists
Joe Magyer
Founder & Managing Partner
Joe Magyer is the Founder and Managing Partner of Seaplane Ventures, an early stage venture firm based in Austin, TX. He 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.
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 with his family in Austin.
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. He has also 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.
Minh Q. Tran
Partner
Minh is the Managing Partner of Mandalore Partners, which seeks to create an innovative framework that enables investors in firms in their early stages to achieve scale exposure to a range of traditional, alternative, and tech venture capital assets. In addition to his experience as one of the founders’ teams at AXA Ventures, Minh was also an integral part of several other VC firms, including Nokia Ventures, Bertelsmann Ventures, and Truffle Capital.
Ike syed
Senior Vice President
.png){kind=logo}
(Panel Moderator)
Ike Syed, works at KiwiTech as Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, where he leads the Enterprise and SaaS engagements within the startup community. Before KiwiTech, Ike served at the U.S. Department of State, where he advised the senior leadership on economic impacts of foreign investments, digital economy and emerging technologies. In that role, Ike liaised closely with other government/international entities (such as the National Security Council, the Departments of Defense and Commerce, other Executive Branch departments, etc.) and the private sector.
Prior to entering public service, Ike worked as a Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Connectloud, a next-generation Cloud Computing company. Previously, he was a management consultant at Oliver Wyman and a finance executive at Fidelity Investments, where he advised corporate leaders globally on critical strategic and business issues. As an experienced veteran of the ICT industry, Ike has led product development and technical research initiatives at Cisco Systems in Silicon Valley and Lucent Technologies/Bell Laboratories in the past.
In 2012, Ike was selected to be part of Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Future Leaders program. From 2005 to 2007, he served on the executive committee of the MIT-Stanford Venture Lab, a Silicon Valley non-profit organization dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and private investors. Ike received his BASc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada and a MS in Computer Science from Boston University. A licensed Professional Engineer, he obtained his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Presenters
.jpg)
