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Mark Poag

Co-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate Ventures

Houston, Texas

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $750,000.00

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder and General Partner

    2015

    Fitz Gate Ventures is an early stage, network-driven venture capital firm currently investing out of its third fund. The firm brings a unique strategic advantage to its portfolio companies by leveraging its proprietary “Friends of Fitz” network, comprised of hundreds of venture capitalists, startup founders, professors, and senior executives.

  • Lecturer for Princeton University Graduate School Seminar Series on Venture Capital

    2018

    I teach an annual seminar series about startup companies and venture capital to Princeton University graduate students. The Princeton Graduate School awarded me the Clio Hall Award in 2022 in recognition of the value of this seminar to Princeton graduate students.

  • Adjunct Professor

    2018

    I teach a class to undergraduate and MBA students in the spring semester -- Student Venture Fund: Evaluating Startup Investment Opportunities.

  • Investor

    2016

    SmartAsset connects customers to financial advisors and financial products to ensure their financial security.

2017

  • Investor

    2017

    Overtime is a digital sports media company that creates short form content and builds disruptive new sports leagues aimed globally at the next generation of sports fans and athletes.

  • Investor

    2017

    Optimal Dynamics provides advanced AI driven logistics and supply chain optimization solutions.

  • Investor

    2020

    Celestial AI is the creator of the Photonic Fabric™, which unleashes advancements in AI.

  • Investor

    2020

    Verge develops therapeutics for serious genetic diseases using human genomics and machine learning.

  • Investor

    2017

    Quantum Circuits is building revolutionary quantum computing systems using advanced superconducting technology.

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2019

    Cartful Solutions transforms marketing and on-site personalization with unique zero-party data.