Mark Poag
InvestorGeneral Partner at Fitz Gate Ventures
Houston, Texas
Writes $500K β $1M checks Β· typically $750K
About
Mark Poag is a practitioner-educator anchored in the Princeton ecosystem, leveraging a curated network of hundreds of founders, faculty, executives and VCs while teaching venture investing at Princeton and Rice.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintechHardwareHealthtechSector Agnostic
Experience
- Fitz Gate VenturesCo-Founder and General Partnercurrent2015 β presentHouston, Texas, United States
- Princeton UniversityLecturer for Princeton University Graduate School Seminar Series on Venture Capitalcurrent2018 β presentPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
- Rice Business - Jones Graduate School of BusinessAdjunct Professorcurrent2018 β presentHouston, Texas, United States
- Oso SemiconductorInvestorcurrent2026 β presentMountain View, CA
- March BiosciencesInvestorcurrent2025 β presentHouston, TX
- SenseticsInvestor and Board Observercurrent2025 β presentPrinceton, NJ
- PATH EX, Inc.Investor and Board Observercurrent2025 β presentHouston, TX
- Trener Robotics (formerly T-ROBOTICS)Investorcurrent2025 β presentSan Jose, CA
- SmartAssetInvestorcurrent2016 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- OvertimeInvestorcurrent2017 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- Optimal DynamicsInvestorcurrent2017 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- Verge GenomicsInvestorcurrent2020 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Cartful SolutionsInvestor and Board Observercurrent2019 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- Nomad Go AIInvestor and Board Observercurrent2019 β presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- DetraPelInvestor and Board Observercurrent2023 β presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- NewsGuardInvestor and Board Observercurrent2018 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- BlockAppsInvestor and Board Observercurrent2019 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- RealworldInvestor and Board Observercurrent2021 β presentNew York, New York, United States
- CheersInvestor and Board Observercurrent2018 β presentHouston, Texas, United States
- PledgeInvestor and Board Observercurrent2018 β presentLos Angeles, California, United States
Education
- Princeton UniversityAB, History1989 β 1993
- Tulane University Law SchoolDoctor of Law - JD1993 β 1997
- Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of BusinessMBA1993 β 1997
- Memphis University SchoolHigh School Diploma1985 β 1989
Same school
Also attended Princeton University474
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures
+ 468 more
Also attended Tulane University Law School5
Also attended Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business37
Morgan SparOperations Associate at FJ LabsJeff BergerVenture Partner at FJ LabsSean HogeFounder and General Partner at Starship VenturesVeera SomersalmiMember of the Board at IPR.VCSebastian RualesInvestor at MatterScale VenturesJohn FrancisPartner at Unmet Frontier
+ 31 more
Also attended Memphis University School1
Shared employers
Also worked at Trener Robotics (formerly T-ROBOTICS)6
Anupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESJim CohenCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate VenturesPeter ShannonFounder, Managing Director at Radius Capital VenturesLuka TomljenovicPartner at Radius Capital VenturesYvonne LutschInvestment Director at Lam CapitalJim LockheedPrincipal at JetBlue Ventures
Also worked at Verge Genomics6
Also worked at Nomad Go AI2
Colleagues at Fitz Gate Ventures
Network1
Investors connected to Mark in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.

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