Handshake
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Location
Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States, North America
Region: California
Country: US
Continent: North America
About
Handshake is a career network and platform focused on Gen Z, uniting college students, employers, and career centers to explore and secure jobs and internships. It positions itself as the leading way for students to connect with early career opportunities on university campuses across the United States. The platform emphasizes helping early talent build their careers by showcasing opportunities, events, and employer connections tailored to students and recent graduates.
Handshake operates a career network platform connecting college students and recent graduates with employers and university career centers. The service facilitates the discovery and application for jobs and internships through a centralized digital marketplace. Its primary customers are higher education institutions and organizations seeking early-career talent.
Stryder Corp.
2014
for_profit
active
Industries
Primary Industry: Business Services
Categories
Funding & Financials
Series F
590500000
50m-100m
private
Investors
Founders
Ben Christensen
Garrett Lord
Glen Coates
Mike Elmgreen
Scott Ringwelski
Leadership
Garrett Lord — Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan Stull — President and Chief Operating Officer
Gene Finley IV — Director of Enterprise Insights
Luke Baxter — Chief Product Officer
Artem Chetverykov — Sr Director of Product Marketing and Growth
Margaret Georgiadis — board_member
Technology Stack
Products
Handshake Student Platform: A platform connecting college students and recent graduates with job and internship opportunities from employers.
Handshake Employer Platform: A recruiting platform for employers to find, engage, and hire early career talent from colleges and universities.
Handshake Career Centers Platform: A platform for college career centers to manage student career services, events, job postings, and outcome tracking.
Handshake Security and Trust Services: Security and trust services that protect student data and ensure employer legitimacy on the platform.
Handshake Events and Virtual Fairs: Tools to host and manage virtual and in-person recruiting events and career fairs.
Handshake targeted sourcing and real-time insights: New Handshake features that let employers target student candidates and use real-time insights to build shortlists and initiate outreach.
Funding rounds
Series F · $200M · (2022-01-19) · Lead: Coatue,Valiant Peregrine Fund
Series E · $80M · (2021-05-12) · Lead: Lightspeed Venture Partners,Spark Capital
Series D · $80M · (2020-10-20) · Lead: Notable Capital
Connect
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Open positions(5)
- Forward Deployed Engineer I, Handshake AIFull-timeWork from OfficeSan Francisco, CA145,000–170,000 / Year
- Senior Product Manager, Forward Deployed — Handshake AIFull-timeWork from OfficeSan Francisco, CA180,000–220,000 / Year
- Senior Product Manager, Coding — Handshake AIFull-timeWork from OfficeSan Francisco, CA180,000–220,000 / Year
- Director of Marketing, Enterprise AIFull-timeWork from OfficeSan Francisco, CA196,000–245,000 / Year
- iOS Engineer IFull-timeWork from OfficeSan Francisco, CA132,000–165,000 / Year