Fitz Gate Ventures
About Fitz Gate Ventures: * Fitz Gate Ventures is an early stage, network-driven venture capital firm formed in 2015 with a focus on the New York and Texas ecosystems where the firm’s principals have deep networks and teach at the Princeton University Graduate School and Rice University Jones School of Business. * The firm brings a unique strategic advantage to its portfolio companies by leveraging its proprietary “Friends of Fitz” network, comprised of hundreds of venture capitalists, startup founders, educators, senior executives and subject matter experts. * Fitz Gate’s results in Funds I and II are exceptional, and Fitz Gate has recently launched its third fund with a committed anchor investor. * Fitz Gate’s GPs (Jim Cohen and Mark Poag) are mentors to Techstars NYC, the Princeton Entrepreneurship Council, the Rice Alliance, the Rice Lilie Lab and the northeast National Science Foundation I-Corps Hub program, and they are members of Princeton’s Keller Center eLab Advisory Committee and the Princeton Dean for Research’s Advisory Council. Jim and Mark were each awarded the Clio Hall Award in 2022 from the Princeton Graduate School in recognition of their contributions to Princeton’s graduate students. * Fitz Gate writes initial checks of $500K - $2M, reserving for follow-on rounds and has a special focus on deep tech, hard tech, and climate tech. Fitz Gate will lead rounds, co-invest with other funds or invest alone. * World class investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Bessemer, Canaan, 8VC, Eli Lilly, Temasek/Xora, Blackrock, Greycroft, Spark, Bezos Expeditions, Merck, Fidelity, MIT Engine Fund, Morgan Stanley, Blackstone, First Round, Sapphire, KKR, Fusion Fund, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Fidelity, Liberty Media, Porsche and others have invested in follow-on rounds in Fitz Gate portfolio companies. * To learn more visit www.fitzgate.com
Spruce develops a platform that enables individuals to receive services in their homes through a mobile app. Its services range from full housekeeping to a quick tidy up or a dog walk for a furry friend. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Realworld simplifies and automates the complexities of adulthood -- finance, health, insurance, and more, all in one place.
BlockApps is making digital ownership real through the development of the STRATO Mercata Blockchain Protocol and Marketplace. With a network of verified partners, whiskey casks, precious metals, carbon offsets and collectibles are available for anyone to purchase. Born from the launch of Ethereum, BlockApps has worked with some of the world’s largest enterprises and governments and has raised approximately $50 million in investment. BlockApps was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
Celestial AI is a machine learning accelerator company developing an optical interconnect technology platform for data centers and AI solutions. It utilizes the advantages of photonics, mixed-signal ASICs, and advanced packaging to offer a sustainable improvement in computing performance that helps clients deliver superior AI acceleration hardware and software alternatives. The company's Photonic FabricTM provides the foundational technology for optically scalable, disaggregated data center computing and memory to unleash advancements in AI with sustainable and profitable business models.
Unlike disconnected spreadsheets and complicated integrations, Visor unifies three crucial capabilities in one product: Visor is flexible to evolve as your needs do, it has built-in two-way integrations you can trust, and its real-time collaboration features bring everyone together. Achieve amazing things by bringing people and data together in one place with Visor.
Cartful Solutions provides eCommerce sites with a fast and persuasive product recommendation solution. Cartful uses a “needs-based” recommendation approach: shoppers describe how they plan to use a product and the platform translates those needs into personalized recommendations. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.
Optimal Dynamics was created from decades of research at Princeton University focused specifically on freight and logistics. We believe continual learning and challenging ourselves allows us to stay at the leading edge of innovation. Our technology has already managed billions of dollars in assets for some of the largest companies in the world, and we’re just getting started.
Realworld simplifies and automates the complexities of adulthood -- finance, health, insurance, and more, all in one place.
Mr. Fusion is an internet company specialized in digital marketing and advertising services. The company was founded in 2009 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
Optimal Dynamics was created from decades of research at Princeton University focused specifically on freight and logistics. We believe continual learning and challenging ourselves allows us to stay at the leading edge of innovation. Our technology has already managed billions of dollars in assets for some of the largest companies in the world, and we’re just getting started.
Spruce develops a platform that enables individuals to receive services in their homes through a mobile app. Its services range from full housekeeping to a quick tidy up or a dog walk for a furry friend. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Cartful Solutions provides eCommerce sites with a fast and persuasive product recommendation solution. Cartful uses a “needs-based” recommendation approach: shoppers describe how they plan to use a product and the platform translates those needs into personalized recommendations. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, United States.
Wit Labs is a mobile application for the video contest.
Paravel is a designer and manufacturer of luggage bags and travel accessories. The company's product catalog includes luggage, kits, and accessories handpainted and customized with applique designs and monograms.
Cheers is a brand of products designed to reduce alcohol negatives, support your liver, and help you feel better the next day. Simply put: Cheers is the best thing to happen to alcohol, since alcohol.
Verge Genomics transforms drug discovery with artificial intelligence. Verge was founded by a unique combination of the field's top machine learning experts and seasoned neuroscience drug developers. Together, they share the vision that exponential advances in computational genomics combined with new insights into neuroscience has created a breakthrough opportunity to discover drugs that dramatically improve the lives of patients suffering from neurodegenerative disease.
Overtime Sports Inc. is a New York-based company that focuses on enhancing the sports experience for younger audiences. Founded in 2016, it has developed an application that allows users to film and edit highlights of school and amateur sporting events, incorporating features like slow-motion to showcase key moments. This application enables users to create a professional-looking feed of sports content. In addition to its digital offerings, Overtime also markets a range of merchandise, including clothing items like skullies, socks, shirts, and snapbacks, through its online store. The company has garnered significant investment from notable venture capital firms and prominent figures in the sports industry.
ABOUT PLEDGE: Pledge is an award-winning fundraising platform that makes it easy for businesses, nonprofits and individuals to make a positive impact in their communities and around the globe. With Pledge, every Zoom call, Clubhouse chat, Shopify store, and virtual event can become a fundraising opportunity and demonstrate real-time impact. Pledge powers donations through leading online platforms, such as Zoom, Evite, Shopify, and Legacy.com, as well as other major brands like Discovery, Cost Plus World Market, Snap and Bird. It processes donations to over two million verified nonprofits and charitable organizations of all sizes, from local to global reach and is a proud member of the UN Global Compact, Pledge 1%, Conscious Capitalism, and PledgeLA. Interested in making a difference? Visit https://www.pledge.to and make your #PledgeToDoGood.
Quantum Circuits www.quantumcircuits.com is emerging as a leading innovator in the delivery of full-stack quantum computers designed to efficiently scale. Founded on a next generation quantum strategy by Yale’s highly decorated Sterling Professor and Director of the Yale Quantum Institute, Dr. Robert Schoelkopf, of “correct first, then scale”, and an innovative dual-rail quantum qubit with built-in hardware error detection and error conversion, the company is leading a path to a highly scalable error corrected system that requires 10x less physical qubits per logical qubit, and has a faster more efficient, practical path to fault tolerant quantum computing. Quantum Circuit’s founder and team are the pioneers in the development of superconducting quantum science and quantum electrodynamic circuits.
Predata uncovers predictive behavior by applying machine learning techniques to online activity. The company has built the most comprehensive predictive analytics platform for geopolitical risk, enabling customers to discover, quantify and act on dynamic shifts in online behavior. The Predata platform provides users with quantitative measurements of digital concern and predictive indicators for different types of risk events for any given country or topic.
Optimal Dynamics was created from decades of research at Princeton University focused specifically on freight and logistics. We believe continual learning and challenging ourselves allows us to stay at the leading edge of innovation. Our technology has already managed billions of dollars in assets for some of the largest companies in the world, and we’re just getting started.
Unlike disconnected spreadsheets and complicated integrations, Visor unifies three crucial capabilities in one product: Visor is flexible to evolve as your needs do, it has built-in two-way integrations you can trust, and its real-time collaboration features bring everyone together. Achieve amazing things by bringing people and data together in one place with Visor.
Overtime Sports Inc. is a New York-based company that focuses on enhancing the sports experience for younger audiences. Founded in 2016, it has developed an application that allows users to film and edit highlights of school and amateur sporting events, incorporating features like slow-motion to showcase key moments. This application enables users to create a professional-looking feed of sports content. In addition to its digital offerings, Overtime also markets a range of merchandise, including clothing items like skullies, socks, shirts, and snapbacks, through its online store. The company has garnered significant investment from notable venture capital firms and prominent figures in the sports industry.
Quantum Circuits www.quantumcircuits.com is emerging as a leading innovator in the delivery of full-stack quantum computers designed to efficiently scale. Founded on a next generation quantum strategy by Yale’s highly decorated Sterling Professor and Director of the Yale Quantum Institute, Dr. Robert Schoelkopf, of “correct first, then scale”, and an innovative dual-rail quantum qubit with built-in hardware error detection and error conversion, the company is leading a path to a highly scalable error corrected system that requires 10x less physical qubits per logical qubit, and has a faster more efficient, practical path to fault tolerant quantum computing. Quantum Circuit’s founder and team are the pioneers in the development of superconducting quantum science and quantum electrodynamic circuits.
Uplevel Security is the industry’s first adaptive system of intelligence that uses graph theory and machine learning to modernize security operations. Uplevel Security ingests and contextualizes incoming and historical security data, allowing the past to inform the present and the present to inform the past, which predicts how attacks may manifest in the future. Enterprises rely on Uplevel Security to activate intelligence from the security stack, provide a system of record for security data and become stronger with every attack.
SmartAsset is an online destination for consumer-focused financial information and advice that powers SmartAdvisor, a national marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors. Reaching approximately 75 million people each month (as of Sept. 2021) through its educational content and personalized calculators and tools, SmartAsset’s mission is to help people make smart financial decisions. Ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in 2021, SmartAsset recently closed a $110 million Series D round, valuing the company at over $1 billion. SmartAsset was also named to Y Combinator’s list of Top 100 Companies of all time, 2021 Best Financial Planning Technology Company in New York by Wealth & Finance International, and Forbes’ list of America’s Best Startup Employers in 2020.
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