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Handshake (United States)

San Francisco, CA · Founded 2018 · Privately Held (backing)

Developer of a decentralized blockchain protocol designed to manage the registration, renewal, and transfer of DNS top-level domains. Handshake (United States) is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded in 2018. Its last reported valuation was $136 million in Jul 2018. It has raised $10.2 million.

Last reported valuation
$136.0M
Oct 2026
Priced at
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Total raised
$10.2M
Last round
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Handshake (United States) key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Developer of a decentralized blockchain protocol designed to manage the registration, renewal, and transfer of DNS top-level domains.
  • Handshake (United States) is valued at approximately $136.0M as of Oct 2026 (last reported valuation).
  • It has raised $10.2M; the latest was Later Stage VC in Apr 2026.
  • Notable investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Greylock, Polychain Capital — 22 tracked in total.
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
Last reported valuation
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$136.0M

Handshake (United States)'s last reported valuation, Jul 2018. Nothing priced has surfaced since.

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Handshake (United States) funding rounds

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Handshake (United States) valuation

Handshake (United States)'s last reported valuation was $136 million in Jul 2018. No priced round, secondary trade or fund mark has surfaced since.

Handshake (United States) investors

22 investors are on record for Handshake (United States), including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund and Greylock. By type, the record holds 9 venture capital firms.

About Handshake (United States)

Developer of a decentralized blockchain protocol designed to manage the registration, renewal, and transfer of DNS top-level domains. The company's software aims to bring people to an agreement on names and has cryptographic keys authorized to represent those names in a decentralized way, enabling businesses to prevent a single party from claiming all the names by using a coin system for name registration.

Sector
Information Technology
HQ
San Francisco, CA, United States
Founded
2018
Employees
2
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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