# Footwork

> Footwork is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 74%
- Last fund: Feb 2025
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/footworkvc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/footworkvc?lang=en
- Website: https://www.footwork.vc/

Footwork is an early-stage focused venture capital firm.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Footwork. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Footwork. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/footwork?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 26% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 18% |
| Health Care | 4 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 12% |
| Internet | 3 | 9% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 17 | 50% |
| Seed | 8 | 24% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 62% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Smith | Co-Founder & General Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-smith-9 |
| Nikhil Basu Trivedi | Co-Founder & General Partner | 35 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nikhil-basu-trivedi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Monk | Monk is an accounts receivable automation platform designed to help modern finance teams streamline invoice follow-ups and improve collections efficiency. As businesses scale, managing receivables manually becomes time-consuming and inconsistent, often leading to delayed payments and unpredictable cash flow. Monk addresses this challenge byautomating the entire collections workflow, allowing companies to stay on top of outstanding invoices without increasing operational overhead.The platform enables finance teams to create structured follow-up sequences, ensuring that every customer receives timely and consistent communication. Instead of relying on manual reminders or scattered spreadsheets, Monk centralizes all collections activities into a single system. This improves visibility into receivables, reduces missed follow-ups, and helps teams take action proactively.Monk also focuses on improving the quality of customer communication. By enabling personalized and well-timed outreach, businesses can maintain strong relationships while still ensuring payments are collected efficiently. This balance between automation and thoughtful communication helps reduce friction in the collections process.With integrations across accounting systems and payment platforms, Monk fits seamlessly into existing finance workflows. It allows businesses to connect their invoicing data, track payment status in real time, and optimize their collections strategy based on performance insights.Ultimately, Monk helps companies accelerate cash flow, reduce manual effort, and build a more predictable financial operation. It is particularly valuable for growing businesses that need to scale their finance processes without adding headcount. | $25M | Series A | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Fuse | Fuse develops software that automates and streamlines the loan origination process across various types of lending. The company offers a low-code platform featuring customizable workflows and AI agents, enabling financial institutions to handle consumer, vehicle, solar, debt consolidation, credit card, business, and property-related lending. Itsplatform supports automation and integration with other systems, facilitating faster decision-making and efficient loan processing for banks, credit unions, and other lenders. Fuse also provides solution options for personal, small business, commercial real estate, and equipment financing, along with tools for direct and indirect financing, payment deferral plans, and business operations funding. | $25M | Series A | Mar 16, 2026 |  |
| Snout | SnoutID is a veterinary technology solution that helps the practice support team to concentrate on customer service and patient care. | $10M | Series A | Jan 28, 2026 |  |
| Protege | Protege is an AI training data platform that connects data holders with vetted data users. | $30M | Series A | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| Onton | Find, research, and buy products from any e-commerce site | $7.5M | Seed | Nov 26, 2025 |  |
| Waldo | Waldo is a corporation that provides research services. By making Google search more productive, Waldo assists in finding what is needed faster, such as data points, contact information, insights, and more. X-ray examination Rather than relying on Google's restricted page previews, Waldo thoroughly examines each result and extracts therelevant information in a skimmable, searchable format. | $10M | Series A | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Waldo | Waldo is a corporation that provides research services. By making Google search more productive, Waldo assists in finding what is needed faster, such as data points, contact information, insights, and more. X-ray examination Rather than relying on Google's restricted page previews, Waldo thoroughly examines each result and extracts therelevant information in a skimmable, searchable format. | $10M | Series A | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Benable | Benable is a platform that makes it easy to find & share trusted recommendations. The site enables you to create beautiful lists of recommendations that can be shared with friends, followers, or clients. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Anything | Create offers a platform that converts plain-language descriptions into fully functional websites, mobile apps, internal tools, and full-stack applications. The platform generates UI components, page structures, integrations, backend logic, and databases from conversational prompts. It supports a wide array of integrations, including AI models likeGPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Stable Diffusion, payments, APIs, and custom REST endpoints, and allows users to preview, iterate, deploy, and export code in one flow. | $11M | Series A | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| Protege | Protege is an AI training data platform that connects data holders with vetted data users. | $25M | Series A | Aug 13, 2025 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [boldstart ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boldstart-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Flex Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flex-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Footwork invest in?

Footwork invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Footwork?

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### Who are the partners at Footwork?

The team at Footwork includes Mike Smith (Co-Founder & General Partner) and Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Co-Founder & General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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