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Mike Smith

Co-Founder & General Partner at Footwork

San Francisco Bay Area

VC
Investor
Founder

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Series A

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $3,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Brand Loyalty
E-commerce
Business Development
Financial Modeling
Retail
Entrepreneurship
Multi-channel Retail
Management
Leadership
Customer Service
Team Building
P&L Management
Operations Management
Vendor Management
Product Development
Supply Chain Management
Analytics
Strategy
Start-ups

Education

Investments

Tracksuit

Series A

Total Funding: $19M

Felt

Series A

Total Funding: $24M

Daring Foods

Series A

Total Funding: $110M

Work Experience

Footwork

2021

  • Co-Founder & General Partner

    2021

    Footwork is an early-stage focused venture capital firm. We lead and co-lead Series A and Seed rounds, in companies with early signs of product-market fit. We focus on consumer technology and the consumerization of enterprise technology. We're inspired by founders, and wake up every day excited to get to work with teams building the next generation of category-defining companies. Our equal partnership combines world-class investing and operating experience.

GPTZero

2024

  • Series A Lead, Board Member

    2024

Tracksuit

2024

  • Series A Co-Lead, Board Observer

    2024

Watershed

2024

  • Investor

    2024

WindBorne Systems

2023

  • Series Seed Lead, Board Member

    2023

ReflexAI

2023

  • Series Seed Lead, Board Observer

    2023

Power

2022

  • Series Seed Lead

    2022

Felt

2022

  • Series A Lead, Board Member

    2022

Heard

2022

  • Series A Lead, Board Member

    2022

Cradlewise Inc.

2021

  • Series Seed Lead, Board Member

    2021