# Nikhil Basu Trivedi

> Nikhil Basu Trivedi is a seed investor at Footwork backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Footwork](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/footwork)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilbt
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/nbt
- Website: https://x.com/nbt

Nikhil Basu Trivedi is a seed investor at Footwork in Menlo Park focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Nikhil joined Shasta in 2012 having spent time both at startups and in venture capital.He was previously a member of the investment team at Insight Venture Partners, a $5B growth-stage venture capital firm in New York, where he focused on investments in consumer internet and mobile, enterprise software, and data services. In college, Nikhilhelped to start a number of technology and non-technology ventures, including Art.sy, a platform for discovering, learning about, and collecting art.He founded a social enterprise, My Card My Story, which produces greeting cards that incorporate the stories and artwork of underprivileged children in Mumbai, India.Nikhil served as co-president of the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club for two years, during which he helped to launch popular new programs such as an elevator pitch competition and an idea generation forum, and laid the foundations for an entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus. Nikhil holds an A.B. in Molecular Biology with a Certificate in Finance from Princeton University, where he won the Spirit of Princeton Award. His thesis research focused on computational biology, human genomics, and the path towards personalized medicine. Nikhil grew up in the UK, India, and California, and is an avid follower of soccer, cricket, tennis, and Bay Area sports teams.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 20% |
| Health Care | 6 | 17% |
| Medical | 3 | 9% |
| Internet | 3 | 9% |

65 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 34% |
| Series A | 11 | 31% |
| Series B | 5 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 3% |
| Series F | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 24 | 69% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

## 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 |  |
| Protege | Protege is an AI training data platform that connects data holders with vetted data users. | $30M | Series A | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Felt | Felt is a collaborative software company that wants to make it easier for people to build maps on the internet. | $15M |  | Jul 14, 2025 |  |
| Table22 | Table22 enables local restaurants to create unique subscription experiences for their patrons to help restaurants expand revenue past the 4 walls of their establishment and create unique relationships with their customers. | $11M | Series A | Oct 29, 2024 |  |
| GPTZero | GPTZero is a ChatGPT-detection tool, designed to detect AI-generated text. | $10M | Series A | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| ReflexAI | ReflexAI provides organizations with tools that transform how they train, develop, and empower their frontline teams. It aims to bring machine learning and natural language processing to mission-driven and people-centric organizations. | $3.3M | Seed | Jul 27, 2023 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ACME Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acme-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FirstMark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstmark-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Flex Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flex-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Footwork

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Footwork is an early-stage focused venture capital firm.

2 contacts available at Footwork.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Nikhil Basu Trivedi invest in?

Nikhil Basu Trivedi invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nikhil Basu Trivedi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nikhil Basu Trivedi closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 35 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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