Mark Poag is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Fitz Gate Ventures. See sector focus and contact routes.
Mark Poag is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Fitz Gate Ventures, a network-driven venture capital firm based in Houston, Texas that is currently investing out of its third fund. Prior to founding the firm in 2015, Poag served as Founder and CEO of DigiContract, Inc., a SaaS company sold in 2001, and later as Head of Product and CEO at Datacert, Inc., an enterprise software company sold in 2014. Fitz Gate primarily invests in early-stage companies where a Princeton alum, faculty member, or student leads the founding or senior management team, with a geographic focus on the New York and Texas ecosystems. The firm writes initial checks ranging from $500,000 to $2 million, reserves capital for follow-on rounds, and is willing to lead rounds, co-invest, or invest alone. While specific portfolio company names are not detailed in the available search results, the firm has reported top-quartile returns among VC funds according to industry benchmarks. Poag distinguishes his approach by teaching venture capital investing at both Princeton University’s Graduate School and Rice University’s Jones School of Business, leveraging deep regional networks to drive inv
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