Footwork is an early-stage focused venture capital firm founded by Mike Smith and Nikhil Basu Trivedi in 2021. The firm leads and co-leads Seed and Series A rounds in companies with early signs of product-market fit, focusing on consumer technology and the consumerization of enterprise technology.
Deal activity increased 67% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is series-a (64% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $17.1M (across 22 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
21
Fund Size
$225M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
5
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
25 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Monk | Series A | $25M | Apr 2026 |
 Snout | Series A | $10M | Jan 2026 |
| SSnout, Inc. | Series A | $10M | Jan 2026 |
 Fuse | Series A | $25M | Jan 2026 |
 Protege | Series A | $30M | Jan 2026 |
 Onton | Series A | $7.5M | Nov 2025 |
 Anything AI | Series A | $11M | Sep 2025 |
| Protege | Series A | $30M | Aug 2025 |
 Tracksuit | Unknown | $25M | Jun 2025 |
 Felt | Unknown | $15M | Jan 2025 |
 Anything | Series A | $11M | Jan 2025 |
| PProtege AI | Series A | $30M | Jan 2025 |
 Felt | Unknown | $15M | Jan 2025 |
| Tracksuit | Series B | $38M | Jan 2025 |
 Table22 | Series A | $11M | Oct 2024 |
 Gptzero | Series A | $10M | Jun 2024 |
 Windborne Systems | Series A | — | May 2024 |
 Heard | Series A | $15M | Jun 2023 |
| Windborne Systems | Seed | — | Jun 2023 |
 Power | Seed | $7M | Aug 2022 |
 Felt | Series A | $15M | Jan 2022 |
 Cradlewise | Seed | $7M | Nov 2021 |
| Onton | Seed | — | — |
 Portex | Seed | $6.3M | — |
 Elicit | Series A | $22M | — |
Top Co-Investors
CRV5 shared
Liquid 2 Ventures4 shared
Uncork Capital3 shared
Flex Capital3 shared
Shaper Capital3 shared
Bloomberg Beta3 shared
Bain Capital Ventures3 shared
Energize Capital3 shared
Alt Capital2 shared
Human Ventures2 shared
Convective Capital2 shared
Khosla Ventures2 shared
Hearst Ventures2 shared
Ubiquity Ventures2 shared
Pear VC2 shared
Jetstream2 shared
M132 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners2 shared
Andreessen Horowitz2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026