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Nikhil Basu Trivedi

General Partner at Footwork

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Nikhil Basu Trivedi is the Co-Founder & General Partner at Footwork in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in entrepreneurship, venture capital, and start-ups. He has led investments in notable companies like GPTZero and ReflexAI, showcasing a strong track record in seed and series A funding rounds. Trivedi's career highlights include co-founding Footwork and leading investments in various successful startups, such as GPTZero and ReflexAI, demonstrating expertise in venture capital and business development.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder & General Partner

    2021 - Current

    Footwork is an early-stage focused venture capital firm investing its first fund ($175M). We lead and co-lead Series A and Seed rounds, in companies with early signs of product-market fit. We focus on consumer technology and the consumerization of enterprise technology. We're inspired by founders, and wake up every day excited to get to work with teams building the next generation of category-defining companies. Our equal partnership combines world-class investing and operating experience. Footwork Portfolio: Table22 - Series Seed Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/table22 Cradlewise - Series Seed Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/cradlewise Trendsi - Series A Investor Portex - Series Seed Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/portex Heard - Series A Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/heard Felt - Series A Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/felt Power - Series Seed Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/power ReflexAI - Series Seed Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/reflexai Unannounced - Series A Lead WindBorne Systems - Series Seed Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/windborne Watershed - Investor - https://nbt.substack.com/p/watershed Tracksuit - Series A Co-Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/tracksuit GPTZero - Series A Lead - https://nbt.substack.com/p/gptzero

Footwork is an early-stage focused venture capital firm.

  • Series A Lead, Board Member

    2024

GPTZero develops an AI detection platform that discerns the generated content as AI produced or human written.

Raised $13,500,000.00 from Altman Capital, Reach Capital, Neo, Footwork and Uncork Capital.

  • Series A Co-Lead, Board Observer

    2024

  • Investor

    2024

Watershed serves as an enterprise climate platform utilized by companies to assess, report, and address their carbon emissions.

Raised $239,000,000.00 from Galvanize Climate Solutions, Greenoaks, Emerson Collective, Elad Gil, Kleiner Perkins, Neo and Sequoia Capital.

  • Series Seed Lead, Board Member

    2023

WindBorne collects atmospheric data using smart weather balloons for weather forecasting, climate research, and environmental monitoring.

Raised $20,999,997.00 from Convective Capital, Pear VC, Footwork and Khosla Ventures.

  • Series Seed Lead, Board Observer

    2023

ReflexAI provides organizations with tools that transform how they train, develop, and empower their frontline teams.

Raised $12,077,582.00 from 645 Ventures, Emerson Collective, Footwork, Gaingels and Alt Capital.

  • Series Seed Lead, Board Observer

    2022

  • Series A Lead, Board Member

    2022

  • Series A Lead, Board Member

    2022

  • Series Seed Lead, Board Observer

    2022

Portex removes manual freight procurement for shippers and their partners to save money and time.

Raised $6,250,000.00 from Footwork, Susa Ventures, Base10 Partners and Cowboy Ventures.

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