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    Handshake Ventures

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2017
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    Handshake Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2017 that primarily focuses on seed-round investments in United States-based startups. Their investment strategy spans a diverse range of sectors, including Enterprise Applications, High Tech, and Retail.

    40% of their portfolio is in AI. Their most common stage is seed (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.7M (across 3 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    5

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    5 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    ANELLO Photonics logoANELLO PhotonicsSeries B—Nov 2024
    Savant Labs logoSavant LabsSeed$11MMar 2023
    Pimly logoPimlySeed$5MFeb 2023
    Directus logoDirectusSeries A$7MNov 2022
    Savant Labs logoSavant LabsUnknown——

    Top Co-Investors

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    Trousdale Ventures1 shared
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    K2 Access1 shared
    IronGate Capital Advisors1 shared
    True Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 13 March 2026