Handshake Stock
Student Recruiting Platform
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About Handshake Stock
Handshake is a recruitment platform for college students. Handshake claims college students can join for free, create a profile, connect with employers, and apply to jobs and internships through their app.
Handshake was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Notable investors include EQT Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and Spark Capital.
Investors
Annox Capital
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Coatue
Swiggy, Lacework, Caris Life Sciences, Relativity Space, Hopin, Snyk, Rapyd, SpotOn, Attentive, Fireblocks
Emerson Collective
Devoted Health, Carbon, Deel, Guild Education, Handshake, Color, Boom Supersonic, Aurora Solar, Udacity, The Athletic
EQT Ventures
Handshake, Standard Cognition, Netlify, HackerOne, HeadSpin, Inc., Instabox
GSV Capital
Spotify, Instacart, Pinterest, Bloom Energy, Dataminr, Course Hero, Handshake, Hotchalk, General Assembly, Jamf
Imaginable Futures
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Snap, AppDynamics, Spotify, Instacart, Stripe, Magic Leap, DoorDash, Bloom Energy, Slack, Brex
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Snap, OYO, AppDynamics, TripActions, Faire, Affirm, Netskope, LivingSocial, Weee!, ThoughtSpot
Lowercase Capital
Stripe, Slack, Twitter, Automattic, Lookout, Handshake, Twilio, Tala, Mark43, Medium
Omidyar Network
Chime, Quikr, Goodera, Aspiration, Handshake, Andela, Prosper Marketplace, d.light design, Skillshare
Reach Capital
Spark Capital
Anduril Industries, Slack, Affirm, MessageBird, Discord, Rapyd, Plaid, Cybereason, Plume Design, Deel
True Ventures
Opendoor, Zymergen, Fitbit, Automattic, Handshake, InterVenn, Personal Capital, Madison Reed, Namely, 3D Robotics
Funding History
| March 2015 | $4.3M |
|---|---|
| February 2016 | $10.5M |
| October 2016 | $20.0M |
| September 2018 | $40.0M |
| November 2019 | $80.0M |
| December 2020 | $80.0M |
| October 2021 | $210M |
Management
Chief Executive Officer
Garrett Lord
Chief Financial Officer
Brian Kreiner
Press
prnewswire - Jul, 1 2022
Handshake UK: Good news for grads - employers increasing number of new hires in the coming yearprnewswire - May, 16 2022
Handshake boosts graduate recruitment for world's largest employersmna - Apr, 13 2022
Handshake, acquired TalentSpace GmbHprnewswire - Jan, 19 2022
No Network Required: Handshake Raises $200M to Help Gen Z Launch CareersTechCrunch - May, 12 2021
Handshake raises $80M at a $1.5B+ valuation as its diversity-focused recruitment network for grads passes 18M usersForbes - Mar, 10 2020
What This Handshake Executive Says Is Essential For Building Your Own CareerBreeze JMU - Feb, 27 2020
New feature on Handshake allows students to search for jobs and internshipsUDR Review - Feb, 22 2020
Handshake security breach affects thousands of university studentsEquityZen does not have an affiliation with, formal relationship with, or endorsement from any companies featured above. This profile is based on publicly available information and is intended to be informative in nature.
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