VC  Fitz Gate Ventures

http://fitzgate.com/





     Office Locations:

2525 Robinhood Street
Houston, TX 77005

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Stages:

  • Early
  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Business Services
  • Communications & Networking
  • Consumer Products & Services
  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Manufacturing & Industrial
  • Media & Digital Media
  • Retail & Restaurant
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Fitz Gate Ventures I is a $10mm venture capital fund investing $250,000-$500,000 (plus follow-on investments) in early stage companies where a Princeton alum, faculty member or student is a founder or member of the senior management team. Through its 200+ Friends of Fitz network of alumni, faculty, administrators and students, the fund leverages the Princeton community to help its founders succeed. Initial checks are at least $500K (plus follow-on investments) in companies across all industry sectors. Fitz Gate Ventures focuses on early-stage investments, including Seed, Series A, and Series B companies based in the U.S. Fitz Gate Ventures II (launching February 2019) is expected to be a $20mm fund.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name


      Amount


      Date

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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Jim Cohen Co-Founder and Managing Member
    Justin Chang Intern
    Mark Poag Co-Founder and Managing Member

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      09/11/2023


      Detrapel


      MA


      $7,600,000


      Series A


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Celestial AI
        web link


      Cheers


      Detrapel
        web link


      NomadGo


      Overtime


      Paravel


      Pixical


      Pledge


      Predata


      Quantum Circuits Inc
        web link


      Realworld
        web link


      Spruce Housekeeping
        web link


      Uplevel


      Visor


      Wit


     

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