Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Co-Founder and General Partner at Footwork · Joined 2021

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Biography

Nikhil Basu Trivedi is co-founder and a general partner of Footwork, the early-stage venture firm he started with Mike Smith in April 2021. He was previously a Managing Director at Shasta Ventures, where he invested in Athelas, Brigit, Canva, ClassDojo, Color Health, Frame.io, Imperfect Foods, Lattice and The Farmer's Dog. Before Shasta he worked at Insight Partners and was on the founding team of Artsy. He describes himself as having been a venture capitalist since 2010, focused on consumer technology and enterprise companies building consumer-like products. He writes the Next Big Thing newsletter on Substack.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

AthelasBrigitCanvaClassDojoColor HealthFrame.ioImperfect FoodsLatticeThe Farmer's DogTallyThe Pill ClubGrinColor GenomicsFlyhomesLiteratiTonalKapwingGrainRoam Researchneo.tax

Career Timeline

2010
Began career as a venture capitalist
2021
Co-founded Footwork with Mike Smith

Sources & References

Footwork website ↗Nikhil Basu Trivedi Substack about page ↗