Early stage venture capital fund investing primarily in startups founded, managed or owned by alumni, faculty or students of Princeton University
Location: United States, Texas, Houston
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B
Portfolio 21
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 06.11.2023 | Visor | visor.us | - | United Sta... |
| 06.11.2023 | Pixical | pixical.com | - | United Sta... |
| 19.07.2022 | SpruceCrew | getspruce.com | $37M | United Sta... |
| 08.09.2016 | SmartAsset | smartasset.com | $165.6M | - |
| - | Verge Geno... | vergegenomics.com | $68M | United Sta... |
| - | FiscalNote | fiscalnote.com | $198.2M | United Sta... |
| - | BlockApps | blockapps.net | $41M | United Sta... |
| - | Optimal Dy... | optimaldynamics.com | $95M | United Sta... |
| - | Cheers | cheershealth.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Pledge | pledge.to | $3M | United Sta... |
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Persons 3
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Kevin | Dowdell | "Frie... | linkedin.c... | - | i**o@fitzg... | - |
| - | Jim | Cohen | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | j*m@fitzga... | - |
| - | Mark | Poag | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | m**k@fitzg... | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.11.2025 | Sensetics: $1.75 Million In Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Advance Digital Touch Technology | Sensetics, a Princeton-based haptics and touch data startup that develops technology to bring realistic tactile experiences into the digital realm, has raised $1.75 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate product development across its in... |
| 10.06.2022 | Realworld Raises $3.2M to Solidify Position as #1 App to Navigate Adulthood | In the last year, we tripled the size of our team and launched our mobile app with 40+ step-by-step ‘playbooks’ across everything from credit cards to health insurance. NEW YORK (PRWEB) June 10, 2022 Realworld, the #1 platform to navigate a... |
| 07.06.2022 | Realworld Raises $3.2M to Solidify Position as #1 App to Navigate Adulthood | In the last year, we tripled the size of our team and launched our mobile app with 40+ step-by-step ‘playbooks’ across everything from credit cards to health insurance. NEW YORK (PRWEB) June 07, 2022 Realworld, the #1 platform to navigate a... |
| 09.04.2021 | Community driven adulthood simplifying platform Realworld secures US $ 3.4 million | Realworld, a New York based startup, announced on 9th April 2021 that it has raised US $ 3.4 million in its seed funding round. The round was led by Fitz Gate Ventures along with participation from Techstars, Knightgate Ventures, Human Vent... |
| 15.05.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Halfway through May, the state is tip-toeing back into normality, and non-COVID-related news is starting to resurface — like a Houston startup raising $17 million. However, top news still leaned coronavirus focused. 3 Houston... |
| 11.05.2020 | Houston-based venture firm closes recent fund and reflects on COVID-19's effect on investing | It's no secret that — in light of coronavirus-caused closures, market disruption, and historic unemployment — venture capitalist might be a little more hesitant to join in on a startup's investment round. Yet one Houston VC group has manage... |
| 05.05.2020 | Fitz Gate Ventures Closes Second Flagship Venture Capital Fund, at $25M | Fitz Gate Ventures closed second flagship venture capital fund, at $25M. Fund II will invest primarily in startups from the Princeton University ecosystem. The vehicle will typically write initial checks of $500k reserving additional capita... |
| 17.08.2017 | Fitz Gate Ventures Raises $10M for Princeton-Focused Venture Capital Fund | Fitz Gate Ventures, a Princeton, NJ-based Princeton focused venture capital firm, raised $10m for its first fund. Founded in July 2016 by Jim Cohen and Mark Poag, Fitz Gate Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm focused on the Prin... |
| 03.08.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, Aug. 3 | MARKDOWNS AGAIN After we wrote about mutual fund markdowns to Uber’s share price, a few readers wrote in asking how mutual funds determine their markdowns. Paid Content What you need to know about growing cyberattacks From ExtraHop • This i... |
| 28.10.2016 | Fitz Gate Ventures Holds First Close of First Fund, at $5.945M | Fitz Gate Ventures, a Houston, Texas-based early stage venture capital firm with a focus on companies founded, managed or owned by Princeton alumni, faculty or students, has held the first close of its first fund, at $5.945m. According to a... |
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