Handshake Ventures

About Handshake Ventures

Handshake Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies across technology and innovation-driven sectors. The firm backs startups at their founding or early growth phases, applying both financial capital and support to help founders scale their businesses. The firm's investment focus is broad but sits primarily within software, deep tech, and technology-enabled services. Its portfolio spans companies working in diverse areas such as consumer tech, enterprise software, data, biotech/health tech, and frontier technologies — reflecting a diversified technology-centric investment thesis. Handshake Ventures’ portfolio includes companies like Aptology, Condati, Directus, ERA Software, Everywhere, Fitted, Hitch.Works, Loft Orbital, Luum, Niantic, PhysIQ, PocketLab, Stream Elements, Skin Spirit, Nipun Capital and 1QBit — a mix of startups spanning software, space tech, health tech, gaming, and more. By backing a wide range of innovative companies, Handshake Ventures seeks to identify high-potential opportunities and support them from early stages toward growth and impact.
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  • Will Elmore, Partner