Press

Company overview

Highlight is a mobile app that helps you learn more about the people around you. You can read about the product, view screenshots, and download it in the App Store or in the Google Play Store. It is free and available worldwide.

The company launched to the public in January 2012. It is led by Paul Davison (CEO/Product) and Ben Garrett (Engineering), and is based in San Francisco, California.

Highlight is funded by Benchmark Capital, SV Angel, Crunchfund, and a great group of angel investors.

Recent announcements

We announce new things on our blog. Here are a few of our recent posts:

Highlight 1.2 (July 19, 2012)
Highlight 1.1 (March 8, 2012)
Funding, Worldwide Launch, and SXSW (March 1, 2012)
Introducing Highlight (January 24, 2012)

Highlight in the news

We've been fortunate enough to have the support of tech press and the media. Here are some of our press highlights.

Location-Sharing App Highlight Gets Biggest Update Since Launch - Mashable (July 19, 2012)
The coming automatic, freaky, contextual world and why we're writing a book about it - Scobleizer (July 17, 2012)
What's the next Facebook (or is there one)? - CNN (May 18, 2012)
Hot New App: Highlight - Anderson Cooper (April 11, 2012)
Highlight, the people discovery app that could change the world - CNET (March 3, 2012)

We also have accounts on Facebook and Twitter.

Logos and screenshots

Highlight logo: (large) (medium) (small)
iPhone Screenshots: (splash screen) (activity feed) (profile - top) (profile - bottom) (map) (high fives) (messaging)
Android Screenshots: (activity feed) (profile - top) (post detail) (messaging)
Team: (Paul) (Ben)

Contact

If you have any other questions you can reach us anytime here. Thanks!