Investing Profile

Mike Smith

VCInvestorFounder

Co-Founder & General Partner at Footwork

footwork.vcSan Francisco Bay Area

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Networks Mike is a member of

NewCo Network

1600 CONNECTIONS

NewCo Network

1600 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

1031 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

1031 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

837 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Footwork General Partner

Investment Range

$250K - $3.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$150M

Mike Smith is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Mike Smith's Investments On Record (5)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Waldo	Series AOct 2025$10M	$31M
Co-investors: Josh Zelman (Insight Partners), Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, LP), Liu Jiang (Pre-Seed Through Pre-Ipo), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Jack Altman (Lattice Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Josef Feldman (Tectonic Capital), Sean Rad (Rad Fund), Justin Mateen (Unknown Ventures), Sylvain Zimmer (Partech Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Nigel Wray, Ben Porterfield
Felt	Series UnknownJul 2025$15M Series AMay 2022$15M	$39M
Co-investors: Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), John Lilly (Greylock), Sunil Sharma (Techstars), Dylan Field (Figma, Inc.), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, LP), Julia Hartz (UCSF Foundation Investment Company), Akshay Kothari (Sdl Ventures), Keval Desai (InterWest), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Scott Belsky (A24), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), Juan Muldoon (Energize Capital), Ed Baker
Tracksuit	Series BJun 2025$25M Series AFeb 2024$14M	$44M
Co-investors: Phoebe Harrop (Blackbird Ventures), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Samantha Wong (Blackbird Ventures)
Portex	SeedSep 2024$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Jillian Williams (Cowboy Ventures)
Daring Foods	Series ASep 2020$9M	$110M
Co-investors: Chase Coleman (Tiger Global Impact Ventures), Steve Aoki (Dim Mak), Chung Ng (Ng Group Development), Natalie Dillon (Maveron), Dan Levitan (Maveron LLC), Jeffrey Lam

Mike Smith's Media (2)

Scoop: Footwork raising $150 million for debut VC fund

www.axios.com

One of the few Black C-suite execs in tech is starting a firm to invest in Black, Latinx, and women entrepreneurs

www.vox.com

Mike Smith's Experience

Sr. Consultant University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Senior Director, Business Development University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Sr. Consultant NewCoPresent

Senior Director, Business Development NewCoPresent

Sr. Consultant Top-PatentsPresent

Associate Morgan StanleyPresent

Senior Director, Business Development Top-PatentsPresent

Sr. Manager, Corporate Development Liberate TechnologiesPresent

Director WalmartPresent

Vice President / COO WalmartPresent

Co-Founder & General Partner FootworkPresent

Series Seed Lead, Board Member CradlewisePresent

Series Seed Lead, Board Observer HoneydewPresent

Series A Co-Lead, Board Observer elicitPresent

Series A Lead, Board Member ConfidoPresent

Series A Lead, Board Observer WaldoPresent

Series A Lead, Board Member ProtegePresent

Series A Lead, Board Member GPTZeroPresent

Director Walmart.comPresent

Vice President / COO Walmart.comPresent

Board Director Own The RoomPresent

Advisor and Board Director Imperfect FoodsPresent

Board Director MayvennPresent

Board Director Stitch FixPresent

Board Director Food52Present

Advisor Goal FivePresent

Board Director Herman MillerPresent

Board Director ULTA BeautyPresent

Series Seed Lead, Board Member Table22Present

Series Seed Lead, Board Member Cradlewise Inc.Present

Series A Lead, Board Member HeardPresent

Series A Lead, Board Member FeltPresent

Series Seed Lead PowerPresent

Series Seed Lead, Board Observer ReflexAIPresent

Series Seed Lead, Board Member WindBorne SystemsPresent

Investor WatershedPresent

Series A Co-Lead, Board Observer TracksuitPresent

President and COO Stitch Fix2018 - 2021

GM, Stitch Fix Men Stitch Fix2016 - 2017

COO Stitch Fix2012 - 2016

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