Mission

Help the world’s most important organizations move confidently and create lasting impact.

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Matt, AMEC Dublin 2026
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Some of the brands we've worked with
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Early team, Austin 2024
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Matt Allison
Founder & CEO, Handraise
A note from our founder

When I founded TrendKite, we set out to help communications leaders better understand the impact of earned media. We built one of the industry’s most widely used PR analytics platforms and ultimately became part of Cision.

That journey showed me how much influence communications teams have on the direction of an organization, and how little intelligence they have historically been given to guide their work.

Now, the environment around every organization is changing again. News moves faster, narratives form across more channels, and AI increasingly shapes how companies, leaders, products, and decisions are understood.

We founded Handraise because the organizations making the biggest impact in the world need a better way to understand that environment. Our goal is to give them the intelligence to make confident decisions, strengthen trust, and move important ideas forward.

We are still early in what AI will make possible, and I could not be more excited about the future we are building with our customers.

Matt
Built for the enterprise

Experience, technology, and trust for the world's most visible organizations

15+ years
Building enterprise communications technology
1,490+ brands
Supported through platforms our team helped build
80%+ of the Fortune 500
Reached through communications technology built by members of our team
Enterprise-ready
Security, governance, support, and workflows designed for global organizations
Meet the team

Some of the people behind Handraise

Matt Allison
Matt Allison
Founder & CEO
David Perdue
David Perdue
Chief Technology Officer
Nathan Walker
Nathan Walker
Head of Customer Success & Measurement
Justin Papermaster
Justin Papermaster
Head of Revenue & Growth Strategy
Board and advisors

Guided by leaders who have built category-defining companies

Board of Directors
Morgan Flager
Morgan Flager
Silverton Partners
Bill Wood
Bill Wood
Bill Wood Ventures
Mike Maples Jr.
Mike Maples Jr.
Floodgate
Advisors
Bill Kennedy
Bill Kennedy
Advisor
Greg Stock
Greg Stock
Advisor
Kevin Cunningham
Kevin Cunningham
Advisor
Our investors

Backed by investors who share our vision for the future of brand perception intelligence.

Bill Wood Ventures
Active Capital
Firebrand VC
Aperiam VC
Capital Factory
Sputnik VC
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