Mark Poag
General Partner at Fitz Gate Ventures
Mark Poag
General Partner at Fitz Gate Ventures
Houston, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder and General Partner
2015 - Current
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.
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.
Education
AB
1989 - 1993
Doctor of Law - JD
1993 - 1997
MBA
1993 - 1997
High School Diploma
1985 - 1989