Nikhil Basu Trivedi
InvestorGeneral Partner at Footwork
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $250K – $10M checks · typically $5M
About
Nikhil Basu Trivedi writes the essay series next big thing and backs founders in those spaces, bringing his Artsy co-founder perspective and a traction-first focus on founders’ slope of learning.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Experience
- FootworkCo-Founder & General Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MonkSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2026 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- London SpiritCo-Ownercurrent2025 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- AnythingSeries A Lead, Board Observercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- ProtegeSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- SnoutSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- ConfidoSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- WALDOSeries A Lead, Board Observercurrent2025 — presentUnited States
- FuseSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- ElicitSeries A Co-Lead, Board Observercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GPTZeroSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- HoneydewSeries Seed Lead, Board Observercurrent2024 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- TracksuitSeries A Co-Lead, Board Observercurrent2024 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
- WatershedInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- WindBorne SystemsSeries Seed Lead, Board Membercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ReflexAISeries Seed Lead, Board Observercurrent2023 — present
- BenableSeries Seed Lead, Board Membercurrent2023 — presentWashington, District of Columbia, United States
- PowerSeries Seed Lead, Board Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- FeltSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HeardSeries A Lead, Board Membercurrent2022 — presentGreater Seattle Area
Education
- Princeton UniversityA.B., Molecular Biology2007 — 2011
- Menlo School2003 — 2007
- Reading School2000 — 2002
Skills & more
Public Speaking8Leadership17Strategy11Entrepreneurship66Venture Capital57Start-ups56Growth Capital9Corporate Development6Angel Investing7Business Development12Program Management5Social Entrepreneurship11
+9 more
Data AnalysisSocial NetworkingProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategyFinancial ModelingMobile ApplicationsSalesforce.comEnterprise SoftwareFrom Nikhil's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Princeton University444
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsAndrewAdvisor at Clear VenturesChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDavid CoatsManaging Director & Co-Founder at Correlation VenturesDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalGeoff YangCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures
+ 438 more
Also attended Menlo School28
Jack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupDaniel BreyerInvestor and founder in San FranciscoTed BreyerPartner at Breyer CapitalBuzz FannInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Sam ParkerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Jenn Kranz GuillenInvestor at Mucker Capital
+ 22 more
Also attended Reading School1
Shared employers
Also worked at Monk2
Also worked at Protege3
Also worked at Lattice10
Cara Brennan AllamanoAdvisor, People Tech & HR at Verissimo VenturesStu SmithPartner at Scribble VenturesFrançois DufourFounder Advisor at Decibel PartnersMatt HayesGeneral Partner at PJCJ Zac SteinVenture Partner at Craft VenturesDini MehtaExecutive-in-Residence at Peak XV Partners
+ 4 more
Colleagues at Footwork
Network3
Ade Olonoh
Investor at Starting Line
Auren Hoffman
General Partner at Flex Capital Partners
Fern Mandelbaum
Managing Director, Venture Investments at Emerson Collective Investing
Investors connected to Nikhil in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
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