Our mission is to enable freedom and safety on the internet
We didn't create Handshake, but just like you are, we are Directors of Handshake.
Handshake will create an Internet that’s more secure, censorship-resistant, seizure-resistant, private, and truly-owned by individuals not corporations.
Our goal is to make Handshake easy-to-use to enable mass adoption.
Our goal is to make Handshake easy-to-use to enable mass adoption.
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Our team
John Xu
Full Stack Engineer
Previously Lead Engineer at Corporate Travel Management, Tech Lead at Endeavour Drinks Group.
Ridvan Ozaydin
Backend Engineer
Previously Software Engineer at Afiniti, Software Architect at Siemens AS.
Anthony Liu
Founder
Previously Software Engineer at Fin, Software Engineer at Datto, MIT ‘18.
Kos Grillis
Frontend Engineer
Previously Software Engineer at Stax, Software Engineer at Leidos.
Johnny Wu
Community Manager
Previously Associate at New Energy Nexus, Consultant at World Bank, UC Berkeley '18.
Liz Kim
Product Design
Previously Product Design at ClassPass, Product Design at Verst.
Tieshun Roquerre
Founder
Previously Thiel Fellowship, MIT.
Jake Schaeffer
Marketing
Previously Growth Marketing Manager at AirDev, Global Outreach Manager at Minerva.
Bennett Hoffman
Backend Engineer
Previously Co-founder at Buttercoin, Software Engineer at Paxos.
Investors & advisors
Fred Ehrsam
Paradigm
Balaji Srinivasan
Earn.com
Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano
Morgan Creek Capital
Eric Meltzer
Primitive Ventures
Robert Leshner
Compound Labs
Steve Jang
Kindred Ventures
Josh Elman (Former Advisor)
Greylock Partners