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Footwork (II)

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $225M
Focus: E-Commerce and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Footwork (II)

Footwork (II) is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in E-Commerce, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

E-Commerce

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early consumer/consumerized-enterprise founder with PMF signals

consumer tech

consumerization of enterprise

Seed & Series A

early PMF signal

category-defining

Bullish Signals

$225M Fund II deploying in 2025website

25 portfolio cos across two funds Q2 2026website

Operator + investor equal partnership modelwebsite

Backed Canva, Watershed, GPTZero, Elicit, otherswebsite

Fund I $175M launched April 2021website

Diverse portfolio: Table22, Cradlewise, Trendsi, Portex, Heard, Felt, Power, ReflexAI, WindBorne, Tracksuit, Honeydew, Benable, Fuse, Confido, Waldo, Snout, Protege, Anything, Monk+website

Mike boards: MillerKnoll, Ulta Beauty; ex-Walmart.comwebsite

Nikhil Shasta track: Athelas, Brigit, ClassDojo, Color, Frame.io, Imperfect Foodswebsite

Daily SF Dogpatch office presencewebsite

Lead and co-lead Series A, Seed roundswebsite

Inspired by founders building category-defining companieswebsite

Contrarian Signals

SF Dogpatch office — geo preference impliedwebsite

Consumer focus — harder market for exitsexternal

Founder Do's

Show early product-market fit signals

Build consumer or consumerized-enterprise hybrid

Open to lead or co-lead round

Raise $1M–$15M initial check

Based or open to SF Dogpatch

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch pre-PMF deep enterprise SaaS

Don't expect solo-GP dynamic — equal partnership

Don't pitch Series B+ as first check

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$225M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Mike Smith, Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Mike SmithGeneral Partner

Nikhil Basu TrivediGeneral Partner

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