Investing Profile

Mike Smith

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Co-Founder & General Partner at Footwork
footwork.vcSan Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Mike is a member of
NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Footwork General Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $3.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
7
Current Fund Size
$150M

Mike Smith is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Mike Smith's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Waldo
Series AOct 2025$10M
$31M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Josh Zelman (Insight Partners), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Josef Feldman (Tectonic Capital), Sylvain Zimmer (Partech Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Justin Mateen, Nigel Wray, Liu Jiang, Sean Rad, Ben Porterfield
Felt
Series UnknownJul 2025$15M
Series AMay 2022$15M
$39M
Co-investors: Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), John Lilly (Greylock), Sunil Sharma (Techstars), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Scott Belsky (A24), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Juan Muldoon (Energize Capital), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Keval Desai (InterWest), Dylan Field, Julia Hartz, Akshay Kothari, Ed Baker, Guillermo Rauch
Tracksuit
Series BJun 2025$25M
Series AFeb 2024$14M
$44M
Co-investors: Phoebe Harrop (Blackbird Ventures Australia), 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 Management), Steve Aoki (Dim Mak), Natalie Dillon (Maveron), Dan Levitan (Maveron), Jeffrey Lam, Chung Ng

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