Investing Profile

Nikhil Basu Trivedi(609)

VCInvestor
Co-Founder & General Partner at Footwork
footwork.vcSan Francisco Bay Area
Photo of Nikhil Basu Trivedi, General Partner at Footwork
Your Intro Paths to Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Signal uses Gmail to reveal intro paths. Email content is never read.

Sign in with Google →

Nikhil Basu Trivedi's investing connections

Picture
Picture
Picture

102 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 99 other investors on Signal.

Networks Nikhil is a member of
NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
Princeton University Network
245 CONNECTIONS
Insight Partners Network
138 CONNECTIONS
Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli) Network
119 CONNECTIONS

Find Nikhil Basu Trivedi on

cb
Current Investing Position
Footwork General Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
54
Current Fund Size
$150M

Nikhil Basu Trivedi is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Nikhil Basu Trivedi's Investments On Record (37)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Monk
Series AApr 2026$25M
$29M
Co-investors: Anthony Danon (Speedinvest)
Fuse
Series AMar 2026$25M
$85M
Co-investors: Emily Man (Redpoint Ventures), Lee Hower (NextView Ventures), Jason Shuman (US Investment Partners), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Sky Dayton (Craft Ventures), Tom Blomfield, Adrian Aoun, Tellef Thorleifsson
Protege
Series AJan 2026$30M
Series AAug 2025$25M
$65M
Co-investors: Saar Gur (CRV), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Travis May (Theodore Health), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Adam D'Angelo
Waldo
Series AOct 2025$10M
$31M
Co-investors: Josh Zelman (Insight Partners), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Sylvain Zimmer (Partech Ventures), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures), Mike Smith (Footwork), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Scott Belsky (A24), Josef Feldman (Tectonic Capital), Sean Rad, Liu Jiang, Justin Mateen, Nigel Wray, Ben Porterfield
Anything
Series ASep 2025$11M
$17M
Co-investors: David Cowan (Bessemer Venture Partners), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Ben Tossell (Ben Tossell's Rolling Fund), Tobias Lutke, Mathilde Collin
Felt
Series UnknownJul 2025$15M
Series AMay 2022$15M
$39M
Co-investors: Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), John Lilly (Greylock), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Sunil Sharma (Techstars), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Keval Desai (InterWest), Mike Smith (Footwork), Scott Belsky (A24), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Juan Muldoon (Energize Capital), Guillermo Rauch, Akshay Kothari, Julia Hartz, Dylan Field, Ed Baker
Table22
Series AOct 2024$11M
SeedApr 2021
$11M
Co-investors: Alex Taussig (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Nicole Johnson (Forerunner Ventures), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Ron Rofe (Vaizra Investments), David Barber (Astanor Ventures), Taylor Greene (Twelve Below)
GPTZero
Series AJun 2024$10M
$14M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), Sara Du (Greylock), Thomas Glocer (Angelic Ventures)

most interested in

Health and Wellness

not interested in

I personally am not interested in pre-launch companies.

Nikhil Basu Trivedi's Experience

Series Seed Lead, Board Member PowerPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member SnoutPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member MonkPresent
VC Stealth Company (Jean-Michel Autelli)Present
Series A Lead, Board Member FusePresent
Series A Lead, Board Observer WaldoPresent
Series A Lead, Board Observer AnythingPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Observer HoneydewPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member ConfidoPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member ProtegePresent
Founding Team ArtsyPresent
VC NewCoPresent
Series Seed Lead CradlewisePresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Member BenablePresent
VC Top-PatentsPresent
Co-Founder & General Partner FootworkPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Member CradlewisePresent
Series A Co-Lead, Board Observer elicitPresent
Series B Investor Color GenomicsPresent
VC VCPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Observer PortexPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Observer PowerPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Observer ReflexAIPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Member WindBorne SystemsPresent
Investor WatershedPresent
Series A Co-Lead, Board Observer TracksuitPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member GPTZeroPresent
Investor Insight PartnersPresent
Series A Lead, Board Observer HingePresent
Series A Lead, Board Observer ClassDojoPresent
Founder My Card My Story LLCPresent
#1 Beta Tester + Series A Lead Investor TonalPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member The Pill ClubPresent
Series A Co-Lead, Board Observer Imperfect FoodsPresent
Series A Investor, Board Observer Frame.ioPresent
Series A Investor FlyhomesPresent
Series B Investor ColorPresent
Series Seed Investor AthelasPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member The Farmer's DogPresent
Series Seed Investor TandemPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Member Table22Present
Series Seed Investor Let's Do ThisPresent
Series Seed Investor AllStripesPresent
Board Observer Smule, Inc.Present
Series Seed Lead, Board Member Cradlewise Inc.Present
Series A Lead, Board Member HeardPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member FeltPresent
Series A Lead, Independent Board Member LiteratiPresent
Series B Lead Investor LatticePresent
Series Seed Investor KapwingPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member ViaPresent
Series Seed Investor CanvaPresent
Series Seed Investor Bloomberg Second MeasurePresent
Series A Lead, Board Member Tally IncPresent
Co-Founder ArtsyPresent
Managing Director Shasta Ventures2012 - 2020
Analyst Insight Venture Partners2010 - 2012

Nikhil Basu Trivedi's Education

Princeton University A.B. Molecular Biology, Finance
Menlo School
Reading School