# Footwork: portfolio, investments and team

> Footwork is a vc firm based in United States. 8 investments on record, 5 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/footwork (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Footwork

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 8 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund $225M, Feb 2025

Seed Series A Series B Consumer Technology Enterprise Technology

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**71%** of best year **5** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record

Since the last cheque **43** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$25M** Cheque size, as they say **$250K – $10M** Rounds led **5 of 8** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 88%**

Pitch Footwork

## Footwork highlights

- 01 5 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 75% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $25M

## What they do

> Footwork is an early-stage focused venture capital firm. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $250K – $10M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Consumer Technology Enterprise Technology
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances**

- **2026** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Confido](https://millionrounds.com/company/confido)** Series B · US · AgFunderNews **$55M** With 6 others
- **May** **[Monk](https://millionrounds.com/company/monk)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$25M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[Fuse](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuse)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$25M** *Led*
- **Jan** **[Protege](https://millionrounds.com/company/protege)** Series A · US · TechStartups **$30M** With 7 others
- **2025** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[Onton](https://millionrounds.com/company/onton)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$7.5M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Anything](https://millionrounds.com/company/anything)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$11M** *Led*
- **Aug** **[Protege](https://millionrounds.com/company/protege)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$25M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Tracksuit](https://millionrounds.com/company/tracksuit)** Series B · NZ · Startup Daily **$38M** With 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

MC **Michael Channing Smith** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

NB **Nikhil Basu Trivedi** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **4** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$424M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Footwork Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 315000

Latest fund on file

**$225M**

raised in Feb 2025

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$25M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$25M**

Led 5 of 8 rounds **63%**

- **Said size:** $250K – $10M
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *4*
- Seed said *2*
- Series B said *2*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Footwork. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Liquid 2 Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Footwork put money into.

[**Confido** $55M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/confido)[**Monk** $25M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/monk)[**Fuse** $25M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fuse)[**Onton** $7.5M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/onton)[**Anything** $11M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/anything)[**Tracksuit** $38M · Jun 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/tracksuit)

## Quick answers about Footwork

### What does Footwork invest in?

Footwork invests most often at Series A and Seed (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Consumer Technology and Enterprise Technology.

### How active is Footwork?

8 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 5. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Footwork invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Confido (Series B, Sept 2026), Monk (Series A, May 2026) and Fuse (Series A, Mar 2026).

### How big are Footwork's cheques?

The median round it joins is $25M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $10M.

### Does Footwork lead rounds?

Yes: it led 5 of its 8 investments on record (63%).

### Where does Footwork invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (88%) and New Zealand (13%).

### Is Footwork investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Footwork invest alongside?

Most often Liquid 2 Ventures (3 rounds together).

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