FootworkCo-founder and General Partner
Apr 2021 — Present
Co-founded the early-stage venture firm focused on consumer and enterprise technology.
Nikhil Basu Trivedi invests in early-stage companies as co-founder and general partner of Footwork. He previously invested at Shasta Ventures and Insight Partners and was on the founding team at Artsy.
Nikhil Basu Trivedi invests in early-stage companies as co-founder and general partner of Footwork. He previously invested at Shasta Ventures and Insight Partners and was on the founding team at Artsy.
Career
Shasta VenturesManaging Director
Oct 2018 — Jun 2020
Promoted to Managing Director in October 2018 after joining as an associate in 2012. Left Shasta in June 2020.
Insight PartnersInvestor
2011 — 2012
Returned to Insight full-time after graduating, following a summer internship in 2010; left for Shasta Ventures in 2012.
Cosigns Received
Featured Media
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Automating Footwork
Nikhil Basu Trivedi explains Footwork’s experiments with AI in investing and firm operations, and why human judgment remains central.
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Founder-Investor Fit
An essay on how founders choose investors, and how those choices shape venture firms’ brands, partnerships, and succession.
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A SF VC in NYC
A personal account of building Artsy and investing in New York companies, with his case for ambition grounded in business fundamentals.