Highlight

company

About

Highlight is a mobile ambient awareness app that sends the user a push notification when they are near another Highlight user.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series A
Last Funding Money Raised
$4M
Industries
Local,Mobile,Search Engine
Founded date
Oct 1, 2011
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active

Highlight is a mobile ambient awareness app. When you come within a few blocks of another Highlight user who is your Facebook friend or that you have friends or interests in common with, Highlight sends you a push notification and lets you message them. The app's homescreen displays a reverse chronological list of all the people you've crossed paths with.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
$5.50M
Highlight has raised a total of $5.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 12, 2013 from a Series A round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 12, 2013 Series A $4M 6 Detail
Feb 1, 2012 Seed $1.50M 4 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
8
Highlight is funded by 8 investors. 2 Punks Capital and Benchmark are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
2 Punks Capital Series A
Benchmark Series A
Greycroft Series A
Haystack Series A
Slow Ventures Series A
Tuesday Capital Series A
Betaworks Seed
SVA Seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
1
Highlight has 1 current employee profiles, including Board member Kamran Ansari
Board member