Fitz Gate Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingHouston · Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked
Investment thesis
Fitz Gate Ventures backs early-stage startups across the United States as a generalist investor with a particular emphasis on deep tech. The firm prides itself on independently sourcing and identifying premium startups and offers strategic support through its proprietary 'Friends of Fitz' community of founders, venture capitalists, university professors, senior executives, and subject-matter experts. Notable outcomes include leading the seed+ round in Celestial AI (acquired by Marvell Technologies) and being the first institutional investor in Quantum Circuits (acquired by D-Wave).
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 20 of 40 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8SaaS ×6Deep Tech ×5Biotech ×3Consumer ×3Fintech ×3Advanced Manufacturing ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2
HQs:United States×15
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathFiscalNote provides AI-powered software that aggregates and interprets legislative and regulatory data to help organizations track and influence policy outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureGovTechSaaS
Tim Hwang(Co-founder)Gerald Yao(Co-founder)Jonathan Chen(Co-founder)Paul Donnell(Chief Accounting Officer)Jon Slabaugh(CFO and Senior VP of Corporate Development)Richard Henderson(Executive Officer)
Fitz Gate Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing out of its third fund, a generalist U.S. fund with a sub-focus on deep tech.
Deep TechSector AgnosticSanta Clara, US
Kelyn Brannon(Chief Financial Officer)Lip-Bu Tan(Director)Bethany Mayer(Director)Alonso Galvan(Director)Peter Tague(Director)Philip Winterbottom(Chief Technology Officer)
The page describes Photonic Fabric, an optical interconnect technology platform for the scale-up interconnect market that enables high-bandwidth, power-efficient links for AI data center infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
DetraPel manufactures PFAS-free protective coatings and stain-repellent technologies for use in textiles, packaging, healthcare, and electronics.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew MaterialsCharlotte, US
David Zamarin(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
March Bioscience is a cell therapy company assembling leading scientists and drug developers to advance cell therapy treatments.
BiotechMedical DevicesHouston, US
Sarah Hein(CEO, Co-Founder)inMaksim Mamonkin(Co-Founder, Chair Scientific Advisory Board)Malcolm Brenner(Co-founder)
BoardThomas Luby(Director)inPeter Olagunju(Director)inJoseph Petrosino(Director)
NewsGuard provides tools and data to rate the trustworthiness of news and information sources and track misinformation, including false claims spread by AI chatbots.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment
NomadGo builds on-device inventory management software using spatial vision AI that allows businesses to count and track inventory via smartphone or tablet in real time.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechKirkland, US
Jonah Friedl(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)David Greschler(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardHeather Redman(Director)
Optimal Dynamics develops a Transportation Decision System that uses advanced analytics and AI to optimize operations and automate decision-making for enterprise trucking companies and carriers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainPrinceton, US
Daniel Powell(Co-founder and CEO)inWarren Powell(Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer)inMichael Droesch(Director)John Hess(Director)Jon Galitzer(Director)Tony Adams(Executive Officer)
Revolutionizing Phased Array Antennas with Novel Chip Designs.
Travel & HospitalityBoston, US
Colby Krantz(Director)Indre V. Rockefeller(Executive Officer, Director)
BiotechHealthtech
Sindead Miller(Executive Officer, Director)Ehsan Jabbarzadeh(Director)Jeffrey Burbank(Director)Alex Wieseler(Executive Officer, Director)
Pixicook is a cooking app offering personalized recipes, tools to import recipes from websites, documents, and newsletters, meal planning with grocery lists, and cooking courses.
ConsumerFoodTech
Quantum Circuits develops superconducting quantum computers using dual-rail qubits with built-in error detection, designed to accelerate the path to fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingMadison, US
Rob Schoelkopf(Sterling Professor, Founder)Luigi FrunzioRay SmetsBrian W Pusch(Executive Officer, Director)
Sensetics develops hardware and software to record, edit, and transmit the sensation of touch, using programmable fabrics that map texture and force at a microscopic level and machine learning to interpret tactile data.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwarePrinceton, US
AdamRayne
Fisher Investments is a global money management and financial advisory firm that provides portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement planning services primarily to high-net-worth individuals and institutional clients.
ConsumerFintechMarketplacesSaaSNew York City, US
Michael Carvin(Founder/CEO)in
Mailchimp is an email and SMS marketing platform that helps businesses of all sizes automate customer communications and drive revenue through AI-powered analytics and campaign tools.
E-commerceMarketing TechSaaS
Verge Labs builds AI models trained on multimodal human patient data to predict drug targets and patient populations for clinical development, primarily in neuroscience and central nervous system (CNS) disease.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Alice Zhang(Founder/CEO)inEmily Ripka(Head of Product & Engineering)Jason Chen(Cofounder)
Irving, US
Laurens Elliot Richard(Director)Royce Earl Henderson(Executive Officer, Director)Russ Calvin Trout(Director)Richard Niel Reese(Director)Calvin Arthur Hills(Director)Howard Edward Rose(Executive Officer, Director)
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Fitz Gate Ventures invest at?
- Fitz Gate Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Fitz Gate Ventures's typical check size?
- Fitz Gate Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $1M.
- What sectors does Fitz Gate Ventures focus on?
- Fitz Gate Ventures focuses on Deep Tech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Fitz Gate Ventures located?
- Fitz Gate Ventures is headquartered in Houston, US.
- Does Fitz Gate Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Fitz Gate Ventures leads investment rounds.
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