Investing Profile

Mike Smith

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Co-Founder & General Partner at Footwork
footwork.vcSan Francisco Bay Area
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Networks Mike is a member of
NewCo Network
1586 CONNECTIONS
NewCo Network
1586 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1030 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1030 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
842 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Footwork General Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $3.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
7
Current Fund Size
$150M

Mike Smith is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Mike Smith's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Waldo
Series AOct 2025$10M
$30M
Co-investors: Allison Pickens (Bessemer Venture Partners), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Josh Zelman (Insight Partners), Josef Feldman (Tectonic Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Eliot Durbin (Boldstart Ventures), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Scott Belsky (A24), Liu Jiang, Justin Mateen, Sean Rad
Felt
Series UnknownJul 2025$15M
Series AMay 2022$15M
$39M
Co-investors: Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), John Lilly (Greylock), Allison Pickens (Bessemer Venture Partners), Sunil Sharma (Techstars), Keval Desai (InterWest), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Scott Belsky (A24), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Juan Muldoon (Energize Capital), Julia Hartz, Akshay Kothari, Dylan Field, Ed Baker
Tracksuit
Series BJun 2025$25M
Series AFeb 2024$14M
$44M
Co-investors: Phoebe Harrop (Blackbird Ventures Australia), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Samantha Wong (Blackbird Ventures Australia)
Portex
SeedSep 2024$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Jillian Williams (Cowboy Ventures)
Daring Foods
Series ASep 2020$9M
$49M
Co-investors: Natalie Dillon (Maveron), Dan Levitan (Maveron)

Mike Smith's Experience

Series A Co-Lead, Board Observer TracksuitPresent
Investor WatershedPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Member WindBorne SystemsPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Observer ReflexAIPresent
Series Seed Lead PowerPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member FeltPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member HeardPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Member Cradlewise Inc.Present
Series Seed Lead, Board Member Table22Present
Board Director ULTA BeautyPresent
Board Director Herman MillerPresent
Advisor Goal FivePresent
Board Director Food52Present
Board Director Stitch FixPresent
Board Director MayvennPresent
Advisor and Board Director Imperfect FoodsPresent
Board Director Own The RoomPresent
Vice President / COO Walmart.comPresent
Director Walmart.comPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member GPTZeroPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member ProtegePresent
Series A Lead, Board Observer WaldoPresent
Series A Lead, Board Member ConfidoPresent
Series A Co-Lead, Board Observer elicitPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Observer HoneydewPresent
Series Seed Lead, Board Member CradlewisePresent
Co-Founder & General Partner FootworkPresent
Vice President / COO WalmartPresent
Director WalmartPresent
Sr. Manager, Corporate Development Liberate TechnologiesPresent
Senior Director, Business Development Top-PatentsPresent
Associate Morgan StanleyPresent
Sr. Consultant Top-PatentsPresent
Senior Director, Business Development NewCoPresent
Sr. Consultant NewCoPresent
Senior Director, Business Development University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Sr. Consultant University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
President and COO Stitch Fix2018 - 2021
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COO Stitch Fix2012 - 2016