Handshake Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, making concentrated pre-seed and seed investments in enterprise and consumer technology. The firm was founded in 2017.
Average disclosed round size is $9.2M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
11
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
WE
William Elmore
General Partner
WE
Will Elmore
Partner
DK
David Kemp
Principal
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
13 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Anello | Series B | — | Nov 2024 |
 Fitted | Series A | $8.5M | Jun 2023 |
 Savant Labs | Seed | $11M | Mar 2023 |
 Pimly | Seed | $5M | Feb 2023 |
| Fitted | Series A | $8.5M | Jan 2023 |
 Directus | Series A | $7M | Nov 2022 |
 Luum | Series A | $30M | Jul 2022 |
 FanRally | Unknown | $3M | Jan 2022 |
| Savant Labs | Unknown | — | — |
 Tazi | Seed | $4.6M | — |
 Lative | Unknown | $7.5M | — |
 Lative | Unknown | $7.5M | — |
| AAptology | Series A | $8.4M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Wave Capital2 shared
Cota Capital2 shared
Uncorrelated Ventures2 shared
Bloomberg Beta2 shared
XRC Ventures2 shared
Enterprise Ireland2 shared
Elkstone2 shared
True Ventures1 shared
High Alpha1 shared
HPA1 shared
Build Collective1 shared
Mirana Ventures1 shared
IronGate Capital Advisors1 shared
Lockheed Martin Ventures1 shared
In-Q-Tel1 shared
New Legacy Ventures1 shared
K2 Access Fund1 shared
Trousdale Ventures1 shared
One Madison Group1 shared
Catapult Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026