# Handraise: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/handraise/
Covers: Nov. 16, 2023 to Sept. 9, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-12
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "Handraise: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/handraise/, updated 2026-11-12

> Handraise is on 2 Newsprint research maps: the PR software map and the AI visibility map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Sept. 9, 2026.

"From Media Monitoring to Narrative Intelligence." An enterprise platform that tracks news, broadcast, podcast and social coverage with AI-built newsfeeds (no Boolean), groups articles into narrative clusters with brand-centric sentiment, publication tiers and dynamic share of voice, and tests how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and others describe and cite the brand across repeated model runs. It adds risk alerts, recommended actions (amplify, clarify, counter, create), daily briefings, board-ready reports and Herald, a chat assistant that answers questions with a sourced briefing. It has no media database and no pitching tools. Built by the founder of TrendKite. Source: [handraise.com](https://www.handraise.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [handraise.com](https://www.handraise.com/)
- Founded: [2023](https://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2023/11/16/handraise-lands-6-3-million-in-funding-to-create-ai-powered-pr-platform/)
- Category: Media monitoring and analysis
- Status: Active
- Price: not published; sales-led ('Book a briefing', 'See your brand', 'Request Demo'); targets large brands and communications leaders; SOC 2 Type I completed, SSO offered (FAQ)

## On the research maps

### [The PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-handraise)

"From Media Monitoring to Narrative Intelligence." An enterprise platform that tracks news, broadcast, podcast and social coverage with AI-built newsfeeds (no Boolean), groups articles into narrative clusters with brand-centric sentiment, publication tiers and dynamic share of voice, and tests how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and others describe and cite the brand across repeated model runs. It adds risk alerts, recommended actions (amplify, clarify, counter, create), daily briefings, board-ready reports and Herald, a chat assistant that answers questions with a sourced briefing. It has no media database and no pitching tools. Built by the founder of TrendKite. Source: [handraise.com](https://www.handraise.com/).

- Category: Media monitoring and analysis
- Price: not published; sales-led ('Book a briefing', 'See your brand', 'Request Demo'); targets large brands and communications leaders; SOC 2 Type I completed, SSO offered (FAQ)
- Covers: Discover and Measure
- Scale: Funded challenger: institutional funding disclosed (seed round of $6.3 million announced 16 Nov 2023, led by Silverton Partners with Floodgate and others (Silicon Hills; other outlets report $6.4 million); a Form D filed 9 Sep 2026 reports $4.5 million sold toward a $10.5 million offering (RuntimeWire, citing the SEC filing); customers are unnamed ('a Fortune 100 customer'); the site's '1,490+ brands' and 'Fortune 500' figures describe platforms the team built earlier, not Handraise)

Sources: [handraise.com](https://www.handraise.com/) and [10 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-handraise).

### [The AI visibility map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/ai-visibility/#co-handraise)

Enterprise media monitoring, narrative intelligence and AI brand perception platform with risk analysis, action plans, daily briefings, reports and a chat assistant (Herald). Source: [handraise.com](https://www.handraise.com/).

- Category: PR and monitoring
- Capabilities: Tracks answers, Cited sources and Content (partial)
- Founded: [2023](https://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2023/11/16/handraise-lands-6-3-million-in-funding-to-create-ai-powered-pr-platform/)

Sources: [handraise.com](https://www.handraise.com/), [siliconhillsnews.com](https://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2023/11/16/handraise-lands-6-3-million-in-funding-to-create-ai-powered-pr-platform/), [handraise.com](https://www.handraise.com/platform) and [handraise.com](https://www.handraise.com/media-monitoring).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Handraise files Form D for an equity offering

Funding round, Sept. 9, 2026. A Form D filed with the SEC on 9 Sep 2026 reports $4,531,175 sold toward a $10,531,276 equity offering, first sale on 25 Aug 2026, eight investors; the sold amount includes a converted SAFE.

Source: [SEC EDGAR Form D (Handraise Inc.)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2000910/000200091026000004/0002000910-26-000004-index.htm). From [the launch record](https://www.newsprint.com/launches/).

### Herald, an AI assistant that answers questions about your coverage

Product launch, June 18, 2026. Herald lets communications teams ask plain-language questions about their brand, competitors, coverage, risk and AI perception and get sourced briefings. A 'Herald Thinking' mode handles deeper multi-period and risk analysis.

Source: [Handraise blog](https://www.handraise.com/blog/meet-herald-ai-intelligence-partner-for-communications-leaders). From [the launch record](https://www.newsprint.com/launches/).

### Handraise raises $6.3 million seed round

Funding round, Nov. 16, 2023. Former TrendKite founder Matt Allison raised $6.3 million in seed funding to launch Handraise, backed by Silverton Partners, Floodgate, Bill Wood Ventures, Firebrand VC and others.

Source: [Silicon Hills News](https://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2023/11/16/handraise-lands-6-3-million-in-funding-to-create-ai-powered-pr-platform/). From [the launch record](https://www.newsprint.com/launches/).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology