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Happenstance

Happenstance is an AI-powered network search platform that helps users find sales, recruiting, job search, and fundraising opportunities.

happenstance.ai · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·HAPPENSTANCE·26

StageSeedApril 2025[6]

Raised$625,000disclosed rounds[6]

Headcount7as of Oct 2026[6]

Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger

Founded2023[8]

Money

Raised $625,000 across disclosed rounds.[6]

Seed closed April 2025.[6]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Garry Tan, Elad Gil, Y Combinator.[1][6]

People

Alex Teichman, Founder & CEO[8][13]

Ishan Shah, Founding Engineer[7][4]

Signals

Oct 6 2026newsHappenstance | Design engineers & AI/infra engineers | Bay Area or Remote (US/Ca... | Hacker News[1]

Oct 6 2026newsHappenstance - Search your network with AI | Product Hunt Launch Overview[3]

Aug 31 2026newsHappenstance AI Review: How I Use It to Find Warm Intros[2]

Aug 6 2026newsIntroducing Happenstance 2.0! Happenstance is now an agent that makes your social networks 10x.[15]

Feb 17 2026news🍀 Find warm intros to new customers, investors, hires, and more programmatically, from our new.[14]

Jan 28 2026other🍀 Get 10x better people search results with Happenstance Posts![10]

Comps

Affinity · affinity.co · same workflow: relationship management and deal flow for investors and sales teams[2]

LinkedIn Sales Navigator · linkedin.com/sales · same workflow: sales prospecting and lead generation[2]

Clay · clay.com · same workflow: network management and personalized outreach for sales and recruiting[2][9]

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Editions

Edition 2Oct 6 2026current
Since edition 1
- Stage Seed Round to Seed
- Raised $500,000 to $625,000
- Headcount 6 to 7
- New person Ishan Shah, Founding Engineer
- No longer listed Pavlos M., Founding Engineer
- New signal Happenstance | Design engineers & AI/infra engineers | Bay Area or Remote (US/Ca... | Hacker News · Oct 2026
- New signal Happenstance - Search your network with AI | Product Hunt Launch Overview · Oct 2026
- New signal Happenstance AI Review: How I Use It to Find Warm Intros · Aug 2026
- New signal Introducing Happenstance 2.0! Happenstance is now an agent that makes your social networks 10x. · Aug 2026
- Newly listed 🍀 Find warm intros to new customers, investors, hires, and more programmatically, from our new. · Feb 2026
- Newly listed 🍀 Get 10x better people search results with Happenstance Posts! · Jan 2026
- Sources 4 → 16 (12 new)
Edition 1Jul 2 2026Earliest saved edition

Sourcestracings · 16

[1]Happenstance | Design engineers & AI/infra engineers | Bay Area or Remote (US/Ca... | Hacker News

Oct 2026 · news.ycombinator.com

reported

[2]Happenstance AI Review: How I Use It to Find Warm Intros

Oct 2026 · valueaddvc.com

reported

[3]Happenstance - Search your network with AI | Product Hunt Launch Overview

Oct 2026 · webmail.hunted.space

reported

[4]Ishan Shah

Oct 2026 · ishanshah.me

reported

[5]July 2nd, 2025 tweet by @var_epsilon | Know Your Meme

Oct 2026 · knowyourmeme.com

reported

[6]Happenstance

Oct 2026 · happenstance.ai

company

[7]Ishan Shah

Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[8]Alex Teichman

Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[9]“Who do we know?” is still one of the most powerful questions in VC.

Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[10]🍀 Get 10x better people search results with Happenstance Posts!

Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[11]🍀 happenstance.ai is the world's best AI person search. New today, you can send friend requests to search the social networks of your advisors, personal friends, happy clients, whoever - or to make… | Alex Teichman | 88 comments

Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[12]Pavlos M.

Jul 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[13]Happenstance on GitHub

Jul 2026 · github.com

reported

[14]🍀 Find warm intros to new customers, investors, hires, and more programmatically, from our new Happenstance Search API! | Happenstance

Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[15]Introducing Happenstance 2.0! Happenstance is now an agent that makes your social networks 10x more valuable. Our search lets you describe who you're looking for with as much specificity as you want, … | Happenstance

Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

[16]happenstance

Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

Happenstance is an AI-powered network search platform that helps users find sales, recruiting, job search, and fundraising opportunities.

happenstance.ai · San Francisco

StageSeed

Raised$625,000

Headcount7

Valuationnot publicly disclosed

Founded2023

CompsAffinity +2