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Handshake
Handshake
The #1 way students find jobs.
About
Founded
2014
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Industry
Consumer, Edtech
Company Description
Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required.
Quick Links
Website
Jobs
Funding
Total Raised
$434 million
Valuation
$3.5 billion
Significant Investors
Base10, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Valiant Peregrine Fund, True Ventures, Spark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, GGV Capital, Emerson Collective, EQT Ventures
Company Traction
As of June 2023, Handshake has 12 million+ active students, 1,400+ university partners, and 750K+ employers on its platform.
In 2021, Handshake reported
1.7 million
connections were made between candidates and employers.
Leadership Team
Garrett Lord
: Co-Founder & CEO of Handshake. Former Forward Deployed Engineering Intern at Palantir.
Asif Makhani
: CTO at Handshake. Former Director and GM, Google Images at Google.
Jonathan Stull
: COO at Handshake. Former Head of Business Development and Corporate Development at Flipboard.
Brett Skale
: CRO at Handshake. Former Enterprise Sales Director at BrowserStack.
Luke Baxter
: CPO at Handshake. Former Director of Product Management at Medallia.
Press
Quartz (October 29, 2022):
Handshake opens to all students attending four-year colleges in the US
Forbes (January 19, 2022):
Handshake Takes Aim At LinkedIn With $200 Million Fundraise
TechCrunch (May 12, 2021):
Handshake raises $80M at a $1.5B+ valuation as its diversity-focused recruitment network for grads passes 18M users
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