Highnote is an embedded finance company that develops a virtual payment platform to handle payment processing business f
Highnote is an embedded finance company that develops a virtual payment platform to handle payment processing business flows.
Other Financial Services📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2020
Current Valuation
$750M
as of 2026-Q1
PRIVATE
QL Price
$750M
0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Highnote, published 2026-09-27 — in line with the last disclosed round of $750M (2026-Q1).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$750M
2026-Q1
weight 0.71
Secondary market print
$750M
2026-06-27
weight 0.58
How this price has held up
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Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Highnote going public?
No. Highnote is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Highnote's valuation in 2026?
Highnote is valued at $750M as of 2026-Q1, set by its Series B ($125M, Feb 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Highnote filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Highnote.
How much has Highnote raised?
Highnote has raised $190.5M in total, most recently a Series B of $125M in Feb 2026.
Is Highnote publicly traded — can you buy Highnote stock?
No. Highnote is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Highnote on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
Founded
2020
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
161
Total Raised
$190.5M
Last Round
Series B — $125M (Feb 2026)
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series B · $125M · 7 mo ago
privateTotal raised $190.5M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$10
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series B
$125M
Feb 2026
—
$750M
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-29% vs 2026-08
Open roles
5
via greenhouse
Product-build share
0%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
go-to-market push — Only 0% of open roles build product — hiring is concentrated in sales/marketing/ops (2 of 5 open roles are sales).
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Counted from Highnote's live job board as of 2026-09-16; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.