Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Nikhil Basu Trivedi has a long history of working in venture capital. In 2012, they began working as a Managing Director at Shasta Ventures, a boutique, early-stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. In 2020, they began working as a VC. In 2021, they became Co-Founder & General Partner of Footwork, an early-stage focused venture capital firm investing its first fund ($175M). Nikhil has since taken on roles as Series Seed Lead, Board Observer at Power, Series A Lead, Board Member at Felt and Heard, Series Seed Lead, Board Member at Cradlewise Inc., Series A Lead, Board Member at Via, Series Seed Lead, Board Member at Table22, and Series A Lead, Independent Board Member at Literati.

Nikhil Basu Trivedi began their educational journey at Reading School from 2000 to 2002. Nikhil then attended Menlo School from 2003 to 2007. After this, they pursued an A.B. in Molecular Biology and Finance at Princeton University from 2007 to 2011.