Handshake Stock
Recruiting Platform for Students
About Handshake Stock
Handshake is a career network and recruiting platform for college students and alumni aiming to transform the recruiting experience for college students, career centers and employers. Currently, the Handshake community includes 14 million students and young alumni at more than 700 universities - including 100+ Minority Serving Institutions. It connects up-and-coming talent across all 50 states with the 300,000+ employers recruiting on Handshake - from every Fortune 500 company to thousands of local mom and pop shops, nonprofits, startups, and more. Handshake has raised a total of $74 million dollars with support from EQT Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, True Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. In addition, Handshake has received support from social impact investors, including the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Omidyar Network, Reach Capital, among others. Handshake was launched in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
Investors
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
EQT Ventures
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Snap, AppDynamics, Spotify, Magic Leap, DoorDash, Instacart, Epic Games, Bloom Energy, Slack, Dollar Shave Club
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Snap, AppDynamics, Epic Games, LivingSocial, Affirm, Netskope, Rubrik, Nutanix, ThoughtSpot, Guardant Health
Omidyar Network
Spark Capital
Slack, Affirm, Fundbox, Marqeta, Clover Health, InVisionApp, Plaid, Discord, Warby Parker, Rover
True Ventures
Opendoor, Fitbit, Automattic, Personal Capital, Namely, 3D Robotics, Handshake, Blue Bottle Coffee, Madison Reed, Puppet
Funding History
| March 2015 | $4.3M |
|---|---|
| February 2016 | $10.5M |
| October 2016 | $20.0M |
| September 2018 | $40.0M |
| November 2019 | $80.0M |
Management
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Garrett Lord
Co-Founder & Vice President of People
Ben Christensen
Co-Founder
Scott Ringwelski
Chief Operating Officer
Jonathan Stull
Press
Forbes - Mar, 10 2020
Breeze JMU - Feb, 27 2020
UDR Review - Feb, 22 2020
EdSurge - Aug, 22 2019
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