Mark Poag

Mark is a general partner at Fitz Gate Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. Mark teaches venture capital investing at Princeton University's graduate school and also at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business. Mark is a member of the Princeton University dean for research's advisory council, Princeton University's Keller Center eLab advisory committee and a mentor to Techstars NYC, the Rice University Lilie Lab, Rice Alliance and the Princeton Entrepreneurship Council. Mark was awarded the 2022 Clio Hall Award from the Princeton University graduate school in recognition of his contributions to graduate students.

Mark brings to Fitz Gate Ventures 20+ years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive with a proven track record of successfully growing companies from the ground up to mature industry leadership. Prior to Fitz Gate, Mark was the head of product, marketing, legal and alliances and board secretary at Datacert Inc., an enterprise software company (sold 2014) and founder and CEO of Digicontract Inc., a SaaS company (sold 2001).

Mark received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1993 and a JD and MBA with honors from Tulane University in 1997.