Our vision is for Handprint to become an end-to-end hiring platform that helps companies hire smarter, hire for engagement, and build diverse, values-aligned teams.
QUICK FACTS
Women-led Social Purpose Corp
B2B SaaS Hiring Platform
Full launch late summer 2023
HQ: Seattle, Washington
Team: 100% remote
Read our Story Deck to learn more about Handprint and see some product highlights.
Reach out to the co-founders:
Maren Keeley & Cecilia Lopez
We're looking for seed investment partners
Our full MVP will be live in August. We've launched company profiles and talent profiles. If you'd like to view our prototype, please reach out! We'd love to walk you through our software.
We're raising seed investment to help accelerate our progress, develop new features, and acquire more customers.
Investment Opportunity
- Round: Seed
- Format: SAFE “Simple Agreement for Future Equity”
- Amount: $750,000
- Offering Type: Equity
- Discount Rate: 15%
- Valuation Cap: $7M
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Why invest in Handprint?
- We’re at the forefront of a movement. People are eager to find meaningful work, and we specialize in it. We aim to disrupt the $28.5B US Employment & Recruiting market and lead with a better offering.
- We’re innovating in a space that desperately needs it. Talent and companies are frustrated with the hiring process, and we’re solving key pain points on both sides. Handprint makes the job search more efficient and less frustrating for talent, while helping companies avoid costly mis-hires.
- We’re the right team for the job. We’re passionate about this issue. We’ve conducted extensive research, and we have the skills, know-how, and expertise to solve this problem.
- Our business model is highly scalable in both profitability and impact.
It's time for hiring to evolve.
We need to stop wasting human potential, change the way we hire, and leverage the power of engagement to drive impact. We will never address our environmental and social issues if we don't start here. Handprint helps companies that believe in business as a force for good amplify the impact they make with an engaged workforce.
The US has a disengagement problem.
1/3
We spend 1/3 of our lives at work, but most people hate their jobs.
7/10
7 out of 10 employees in the US are disengaged.
$550B
Disengagement costs the US economy $550B per year.
Disengagement starts with bad hiring.
Traditional hiring solutions are outdated and biased across the board. They have been designed to maximize the volume of candidates and speed to hire. This results in the misalignment of values and expectations, homogenous teams, toxic company cultures, and high turnover rates.
Lost in translation...
Job Seekers
Talent are struggling to find work that gives them a sense of purpose and belonging, and they’re fed up with frustrating, time-consuming, and ineffective job search solutions.
Employers
Companies are having a hard time finding diverse, qualified, and values-aligned candidates, avoiding overwhelm in their hiring flow, and mitigating bias along the way.
Say hello to
The hiring platform that increases engagement by design.
We’re making the job search and hiring process feel like an opportunity, not a burden.
- Free profiles share talent and company stories.
- Advanced matching algorithm connects talent and companies based on what matters most to them.
- Transparent job listings that give the information job seekers need up front.
- Easy applications - talent apply with their profile and answer a few thoughtful questions. It's simple, saves time, and helps level the playing field.
- Built-in tools to combat bias like our proprietary Fair Hire Filter, which hides candidate identity information from companies until after initial screening.
Timeline
2021-2022
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
- Surveyed and interviewed over 100 job seekers and hiring managers to understand their needs.
- Brand development
- Product design & software development
- Team build-out
2023 Q1 & Q2
PHASED PLATFORM LAUNCH
- Company profiles launched in February
- Talent profiles launching in March
2023 Q3
EXPANSION & NEW FEATURES
- Job listings launching by Q3
- Expanded profile and job listing detail
- Fair Hire Filter - proprietary bias mitigation tool
- Partners page (values-aligned service providers)
2023 Q4 & beyond
EXPANSION & NEW FEATURES
- AI matching algorithm
- Advanced talent and employer dashboards
- Built-in messaging tools
- Interview scorecards
- Onboarding support
- And more to come!
Our Story
We have often found ourselves in conversations with coworkers at all levels who were feeling disconnected and undervalued. The fact that 70% of people are miserable at work breaks our hearts. How will we ever address the massive environmental and social challenges we face - not to mention the mental health crisis - if we don't stop wasting so much human potential?
With more than 25 years of combined management and hiring experience, we are driven by a desire to align our careers with our values. We met at Bainbridge Graduate Institute in 2014 while earning our MBA degrees in Sustainable Business & Systems. After launching & selling her first start-up, Conscious Company Media, Maren knew she wanted her next company to help people find meaningful work so they, too, could make a positive difference. And after more than 10 years in corporate finance, Cecilia realized that she was ready for a change and wanted to explore her love of mentoring people and helping them find their professional path. We reconnected in 2020 and teamed up to pursue a shared vision for a better way to hire.
We want to live in a world where people love what they do, are proud of their contributions, and treated with kindness and dignity at work. We also want to support businesses that are striving to be more diverse and inclusive, and committed to creating better global outcomes for their stakeholders. That's why we’re building Handprint. So much of what’s going wrong within companies can be solved by fostering healthy work relationships from the start. On average, people spend ⅓ of their lives at work, and we want to connect them with opportunities to make the most of that time - both for their own well-being, as well as that of society and the planet at large.
Maren Keeley & Cecilia Lopez
Co-founders of Handprint
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