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Highnote: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)

Highnote is a company that specializes in embedded finance and is creating a virtual payment platform for managing intricate payment processing business processes. Through their user-friendly platform, digital enterprises of varying sizes can seamlessly integrate virtual and physical payment cards, ledger, and wallet features into their products, enhancing user experience and driving revenue growth while establishing a distinctive brand.

highnote.com LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 101-250 employees
Credit Cards FinTech Information Technology Payments Transaction Processing B2B B2C
Total raised
$90.0M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series B
Jan 2025

Highnote has raised $90.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series B of $90.0M announced in Jan 2025.

That round is above the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Highnote Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$90.0M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series B
$90.0M in Jan 2025
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: Jan 2025.

Highnote Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series B
$90.0M

Highnote Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
John Macilwaine
Founder

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Highnote Funding Compared to Other Financial Services Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,722
$7.5M
4,289
$30M

Highnote's latest round of $90.0M is above the median round in Financial Services. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Highnote Funding FAQs

What does Highnote do?

Highnote is a company that specializes in embedded finance and is creating a virtual payment platform for managing intricate payment processing business processes. Through their user-friendly platform, digital enterprises of varying sizes can seamlessly integrate virtual and physical payment cards, ledger, and wallet features into their products, enhancing user experience and driving revenue growth while establishing a distinctive brand.

How much funding has Highnote raised?

Highnote has raised $90.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series B of $90.0M announced in Jan 2025.

When did Highnote last raise funding?

Highnote's most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $90.0M, announced in Jan 2025.

Who founded Highnote?

FundedIQ lists John Macilwaine (Founder) at Highnote.

Where is Highnote headquartered?

Highnote is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does Highnote have?

Highnote is in the 101-250 employee band.

How does Highnote's funding compare to other Financial Services startups?

Highnote's latest round of $90.0M is above the $14M median round size for Financial Services companies on FundedIQ across 5,745 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Highnote Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Highnote is left off this page rather than filled in.

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