Footwork (II)

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.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ecommerce

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early consumer or consumerized-enterprise founder with PMF signals

consumer tech

consumerization of enterprise

Seed & Series A

early PMF signal

category-defining cos

Bullish Signals

$225M Fund II deploying in 2025external

25 portfolio cos across two fundsexternal

Operator + investor equal partnershipexternal

Backed Canva, Watershed, GPTZero, Elicitexternal

Fund I $175M launched April 2021external

25 cos invested as of Q2 2026external

Broad portfolio: Table22, Cradlewise, WindBorne+external

Contact: hello@footwork.vcexternal

Contrarian Signals

SF Dogpatch office — geo preference impliedexternal

Consumer focus — harder market for exitsexternal

Founder Do's

Show early product-market fit signals

Build consumer or consumer-enterprise hybrid

Open to lead or co-lead round

Raise $1M–$15M initial check

Be 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

Key GPs & Partners

Mike Smith

General Partner

operator-turned-investorpublic board memberretail/consumer expert

Nikhil Basu Trivedi

General Partner

former Shasta MDprolific early-stage pickernewsletter writer

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$225M

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Key People

Mike Smith, Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Mike SmithGeneral Partner

Nikhil Basu TrivediGeneral Partner