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 400% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is series-a (72% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.1M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
16
Fund Size
$225M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
4
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
18 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Snout | Series A | $10M | Jan 2026 |
| SSnout | Series A | $10M | Jan 2026 |
 Onton | Series A | $7.5M | Nov 2025 |
 Anything AI | Series A | $11M | Sep 2025 |
 Protege | Series A | $30M | Aug 2025 |
 Felt | Unknown | $15M | Jan 2025 |
 Anything | Series A | $11M | Jan 2025 |
| PProtege AI | Series A | $30M | Jan 2025 |
 Table22 | Series A | $11M | Oct 2024 |
 GPTZero | Series A | $10M | Jun 2024 |
 WindBorne | Series A | — | May 2024 |
 Heard | Series A | $15M | Jun 2023 |
| WindBorne | Seed | — | Jun 2023 |
 Withpower | Seed | $7M | Aug 2022 |
 Felt | Series A | $15M | Jan 2022 |
 Cradlewise | Seed | $7M | Nov 2021 |
| Onton | Seed | — | — |
 Elicit | Series A | $22M | — |
Top Co-Investors
CRV4 shared
Liquid 2 Ventures4 shared
Pear VC3 shared
Uncork Capital3 shared
Alt Capital2 shared
Human Ventures2 shared
Convective Capital2 shared
Khosla Ventures2 shared
Hearst Ventures2 shared
Ubiquity Ventures2 shared
Jetstream2 shared
M132 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners2 shared
Flex Capital2 shared
Shaper Capital2 shared
Bloomberg Beta2 shared
Bain Capital Ventures2 shared
Energize Capital2 shared
Forerunner Ventures1 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026