Fundraising Fox

Mike Smith

Investor

General Partner at Footwork

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $250K – $10M checks Β· typically $1.5M

About

Mike Smith, ex-Walmart.com COO and Stitch Fix exec, requires culture and values conversations, acts as a COO with founders on operations, and uses Pity City to process setbacks.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. FootworkCo-Founder & General Partnercurrent2021 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. ProtegeSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2025 β€” present
  3. WALDOSeries A Lead, Board Observercurrent2025 β€” present
  4. ConfidoSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2025 β€” presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  5. ElicitSeries A Co-Lead, Board Observercurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. GPTZeroSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2024 β€” presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  7. HoneydewSeries Seed Lead, Board Observercurrent2024 β€” presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  8. TracksuitSeries A Co-Lead, Board Observercurrent2024 β€” presentAuckland, New Zealand
  9. WatershedInvestorcurrent2024 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. WindBorne SystemsSeries Seed Lead, Board Membercurrent2023 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  11. ReflexAISeries Seed Lead, Board Observercurrent2023 β€” present
  12. PowerSeries Seed Leadcurrent2022 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  13. FeltSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2022 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  14. HeardSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2022 β€” presentGreater Seattle Area
  15. PortexSeries Seed Lead, Board Observercurrent2022 β€” present
  16. Cradlewise Inc.Series Seed Lead, Board Membercurrent2021 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  17. Table22Series Seed Lead, Board Membercurrent2021 β€” presentNew York, New York, United States
  18. Ulta BeautyBoard Directorcurrent2019 β€” present
  19. MillerKnollBoard Directorcurrent2019 β€” presentHolland, Michigan
  20. Goal FiveAdvisor2016 β€” 2024

Education

  1. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA
  2. University of VirginiaBA

Skills & more

Management55Leadership79Strategy64Brand Loyalty21E-commerce85Business Development75Financial Modeling44Retail99Entrepreneurship35Multi-channel Retail10Customer Service18Team Building32
+7 moreP&L ManagementOperations ManagementVendor ManagementProduct DevelopmentSupply Chain ManagementAnalyticsStart-ups

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