Highlight is a San Francisco-based mobile app founded in 2011 and led by CEO Paul Davison and engineer Ben Garrett that helps users learn more about the people around them. Launched to the public in January 2012, the free app is available worldwide on the App Store and Google Play. The company is releasing version 2.0, which pinpoints users' friends and interesting connections nearby. Highlight raised $4M in the reported round and has $8M in funding to date. Investors include existing backers and several new participants noted in the most recent round. Highlight runs in the background to surface nearby people who share friends or mutual Facebook page likes, showing them on a simple map interface and enabling in-app messaging. Unlike check-in apps, it focuses on passive discovery and immediate, low-friction connections. The company planned a SXSW-focused update to expand ways of surfacing connections and to add the ability to save people for future reference. The update was described as including improvements to search and discovery, new interaction features, and performance and battery life enhancements. Highlight also pushed the app out worldwide ahead of SXSW. Financially, the company announced a seed round led by Benchmark Capital with participation from SV Angel, CrunchFund and unnamed angel investors; the amount was not disclosed.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Dec 2013