Handshake Ventures
Handshake Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in SaaS, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Other
- HQ
- Austin, TX
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-07-11
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focuses on supporting early-stage B2B tech companies solving critical problems in sales operations and enablement.
How Handshake Ventures invests
Handshake Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other. It does not invest in Consumer.
Handshake Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Handshake Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Pipeliner CRM.
Partners & Team
David Kemp
Principal
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
Pipeliner CRM
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Kemp, Principal.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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