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Handshake

808 employees

Handshake is a college career network that helps students and recent graduates find their next opportunity.

Basic info

Industry

software development

Sectors

Recruiting
entry-level
higher education
HR
Human Resources
careers
diversity
Education
Employment
Technology
College Recruiting
recruiting
internet

Date founded

2014

Funding rounds raised

Total raised

$200M

from 44 investors over 44 rounds

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Handshake raised $200M on January 19, 2022

Investors: Coatue Management, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Reach Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Emerson Collective, EQT Ventures, Spark Capital and GGV Capital

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Handshake raised $80M on May 12, 2021

Investors: Omidyar Network, EQT Ventures, Spark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Emerson Collective, Kleiner Perkins, GGV Capital, True Ventures and Reach Capital

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Handshake raised $80M on October 20, 2020

Investors: Omidyar Network, Imaginable Futures, Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, EQT Ventures, GGV Capital, True Ventures, Emerson Collective and Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Handshake raised $40M on October 31, 2018

Investors: Omidyar Network, Reach Capital, EQT Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Spark Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and True Ventures

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Handshake raised $20M on November 17, 2016

Investors: Kleiner Perkins, True Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Spark Capital

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Handshake raised $11M on February 3, 2016

Investors: GSV Advisors, LLC, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, True Ventures and GSV Ventures

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Handshake raised $3.5M on March 15, 2015

Investors: True Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners

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