Nikhil Basu Trivedi

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Nikhil is the Co-Founder & General Partner at Footwork, an early-stage focused venture…

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    Trustee, Board of Trustees

    Menlo School

    - Present 5 years 1 month

    Education

Publications

  • Sleep Technology

    Medium/LinkedIn

    Sleep. We humans spend 1/3 of our life doing it. We all need it, and many of us wish we got more of it. Yet technology, which has transformed so many of our behaviors, has done very little to improve the way we sleep. Some would argue that the impact of technology has been worse sleep.

    5K+ views, 2K+ reads, 100+ recommendations.

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  • What’s Next? 8 Trends I’m Excited About

    Medium

    Eight areas I'm interested in right now for early-stage investments:

    Brands in unloved categories
    Voice-as-a-platform
    Sleep
    Nutrition
    Consumer finance
    Housing
    Genomics
    Self-driving cars

    9K+ views, 6.5K+ reads, 240+ recommendations.

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  • What did Billion Dollar Companies Look Like at the Series A?

    Medium

    5 key traits of consumer unicorns at the Series A. Some may surprise you.

    380K+ views, 176K+ reads, 4000+ recommendations.

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  • What's up with the Series A?

    Medium

    "The $10-25M Series A, while a reality for more companies than before, is not the reality for all. The reality is that the Series A Crunch has led to a Series A Bifurcation."

    18K+ views, 9K+ reads, 100+ recommendations.

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Honors & Awards

  • Top 100 Rising-Star VCs

    Business Insider

    https://www.businessinsider.com/rising-stars-venture-capital-funding-early-stage-startups-2020-11

  • All-Star Alumni of Forbes 30 Under 30

    Forbes 30 Under 30 2019

    https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2019/venture-capital/

  • NVCA Rising Star Award Finalist 2018

    National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)

    https://nvca.org/pressreleases/leaders-venture-industry-honored-nvca-leadership-gala/

  • Forbes 30 Under 30

    Forbes' 30 Under 30 2015: Venture Capital

    http://www.forbes.com/30under30/#/venture-capital

  • 30 and Under in 2014: Rising Stars in Silicon Valley

    Business Insider

    http://www.businessinsider.com/young-star-investors-in-silicon-valley-2014-5?op=1

    List of top under 30 VCs in Silicon Valley.

  • Spirit of Princeton Award

    Princeton University

    For remarkable contributions to various facets of the University, including the arts, community service, student organizations, residential living, religious life, and athletic endeavors. “His selfless service to his fellow students truly exemplifies the spirit of Princeton University.”

  • Henry P. Welton Award

    Menlo School

    Awarded annually to the one girl and one boy in the senior class who have had exceptional academic records, have made major contributions to the school and community, and above all else have exhibited strength of character in their years at Menlo School.

Organizations

  • Menlo School Alumni Executive Committee

    Member

    - Present

  • The Thiel Foundation

    Advisor to 20 Under 20 Fellows

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    Privileged to advise incredibly smart young men and women in the 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellowship program.

  • Princeton Entrepreneurship Club

    Chairman

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    The Princeton Entrepreneurship Club is fast-becoming one of the nation's premier university entrepreneurship groups with the quality of speakers it brings to campus, the popularity of its competitions, and its increasingly innovative mentorship and brainstorming programs. I serve as the Chairman of PEC from 2010-2011, advising the new Co-Presidents, and continuing to develop and oversee our programs and outreach. I served as Co-President of PEC for 2009-2010, and director of our Alumni…

    The Princeton Entrepreneurship Club is fast-becoming one of the nation's premier university entrepreneurship groups with the quality of speakers it brings to campus, the popularity of its competitions, and its increasingly innovative mentorship and brainstorming programs. I serve as the Chairman of PEC from 2010-2011, advising the new Co-Presidents, and continuing to develop and oversee our programs and outreach. I served as Co-President of PEC for 2009-2010, and director of our Alumni Outreach and Relations programs, as well as an adviser to all of our committees. Helped to launch new Social Entrepreneurship Initiatve (along with SE track in TigerLaunch 2010), Curriculum (Entrepreneurship 101), and helped to grow the executive team to over 25 students. In 2008-2009, I served my first term as Co-President, and as the Director of our two main competitions, Princeton Pitch: Princeton's Elevator Pitch Competition, and TigerLaunch: Princeton's Business Plan Competition, and serve as Co-President of the club. We raised over $25,000 for financing our competitions and other events that year, and launched the widely successful Idea Factory and Princeton Pitch programs. Check out www.princetoneclub.com to learn more!

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