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Handshake
Edtech · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2013 Unicorn
Career recruiting platform for college students and universities
Handshake mafia
Startups founded by Handshake alumni
Former Handshake employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Stephanie LiuUnited States
Andrew TannUnited States
Kevin HerasUnited States
David KutalekNigeria
Jay KhatriUnited StatesGlobal footprint
Where Handshake has talent and traffic
(50 of 2,786 staff)
team presence
across markets
Capital deployed
Handshake's 3 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where Handshake appeared as a backer or acquirer, 2022–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
3 deals across Handshake's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
02 · Portfolio market map
Handshake's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Sentiment on X
What X is saying about Handshake
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Handshake on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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Live deal flow, founder pedigree, hiring signals, revenue trajectory, and the full cap table.