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Highnote

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, CA Founded 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
No round has priced for Highnote since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-09-27 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
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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.
How to actually get exposure to Highnote →
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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
Secondary market period returns3-month0.0%6-month0.0%1-year0.0%All-time0.0%
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

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series B$125MFeb 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.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month7Aug '265Sep '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionSales & GTM2Finance & Strategy1Ops & People1Other1
■ product-building   ■ go-to-market / G&A
Enterprise Customer Success ManagerHead of FinanceSenior Account Executive - IssuingSenior Network Operations ManagerSenior Technical Writer
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.
PaymentsCredit CardsFinTech
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.