Sometimes you go in for a Handshake, but they refuse to let go and end up buying your entire company.
Well, at least that seems to be the case with European virtual and hybrid recruiting platform Talentspace, which just got acquired by a talent network Handshake. It is Handshake’s first acquisition to date and follows a $200 million Series F in January that valued its business at $3.5 billion. The company also hit $100 million in annual recurring revenue.
Handshake helps students and alumni build rapport and secure jobs with recruiters, a community that led to over 1.7 million connections in 2021. To date, the company has successfully attracted over 21 million students and alumni to its platform hailing from over 1,400 educational institutions, which range from private universiti …
