Highnote
highnote.com
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Financial Software & Embedded Finance
Cards & Card Issuing
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$179.1M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$125M
Venture round · Dec 2024 · 21 mo ago
Team
143
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +16% in a year
Hiring now
6
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Oak HC/FT, Omega Venture Partners
The money's age
Due for its next round
21 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
7/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 18
Recognition Highnote Named to Forbes Fintech 50 for Second Consecutive Year · natlawreview.com
Jun 17, 2025
Partnership Highnote Partners with BVNK to Launch 24x7 Real-Time Stablecoin Funding for Card Programs · businesswire.com
Dec 16, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $125M · SEC Form D
Apr 9, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $42.6M · SEC Form D
Oct 2, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $11.5M · SEC Form D
2020
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Dec 2024 | $125M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Apr 2021 | $42.6M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Oct 2020 | $11.5M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Highnote Platform, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Kin KeeExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
John MacIlwaineExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Nicola MorrisExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Oak HC/FT 
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News
May 27, 2026 Business Wire Highnote Collaborates with Visa on Agentic Commerce for AI-Initiated Payments
Highnote Collaborates with Visa on Agentic Commerce for AI-Initiated Payments
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Feb 19, 2026 Business Wire Highnote Named to Forbes Fintech 50 for Second Consecutive Year
Highnote Powers a New Era of Commercial Card Issuing for Online Travel
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Netevia Commits Billions in Acquiring Volume to Highnote in Expanded 6-Year Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, 2025--Highnote, the unified platform for issuing, acquiring, credit, money movement, and real-time ledgering, today announced that Netevia has expanded its partnership through a six-year agreement that brings billions in annual
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AI-Native Fraud Prevention Company, Feedzai, Partners with Highnote to Secure Acquiring Business Line
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Highnote Announces Fasten Rewards Partnership to Launch Consumer Credit Card Rewards Program
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Jan 21, 2025 Forbes Fintech Payments Startup Highnote Hits 750 Million-Plus Valuation
Highnote Secures 90 Million Series B, Announces Expansion into U.S. Merchant Acquiring
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Highnote over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
25
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
78/100
Languages
Java
Python
JavaScript
SQL
Frameworks & libraries
AutoGen
CrewAI
LangChain
Databases
BigQuery
Google BigQuery
Cassandra
Google Cloud Spanner
Cloud & platforms
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
Amazon Kinesis
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$240k
Typical range
$180k – $315k
Open positions
5
4
Jobs
Senior
25%
Principal
50%
Architect
25%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 1 | $180k | $180k |
| Principal | 2 | $240k | $240k |
| Architect | 1 | $315k | $315k |
Highest paying role
Head of Finance
$315k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Highnote
By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay
People
Kin Kee
Executive Officer
John MacIlwaine
Executive Officer, Director
Nicola Morris
Executive Officer
Greg Sands
Director
Matt Streisfeld
Director
Gregory Sands
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
50/100
Stable
Open positions
6
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
29 days
faster than 43% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
17% ▲
Networking
17% ▼
Product
17% ▼
Finance
17% ▲
Sales
17% ▼
Customer Success
17% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Rest API to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
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5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 40% engineering $249k Avg Salary
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$190k – $240k per year • In office • 12+ years exp • San Francisco
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$190k – $240k per year • In office • 12+ years exp • San Francisco
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≈ $148k – $270k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • San Francisco
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