HighQ

HighQ Solutions Ltd. is a privately owned software as a service (SaaS) company providing cloud-based secure file sharing, team collaboration and social networking software. HighQ was founded in London in 2001 by university friends Ajay Patel and Veenay Shah.[2] The company has offices in the UK (London), Australia (Sydney), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Germany (Frankfurt), USA (New York) and an R&D operation in India (Ahmedabad).[3][4][5] It has customers in the legal, banking and corporate sectors as well as government and life sciences.[2]

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HighQ Solutions
TypePrivate
IndustryCollaboration platform
Founded2001
HeadquartersToronto, Canada
Key people
Co-founder and CEO: Ajay Patel
CFO: Amit Patel
CSO: Stuart Barr[1]
CTO: Saviz Izadpanah
ProductsHighQ Collaborate
HighQ Publisher
HighQ Dataroom
ParentThomson Reuters
Websitehighq.com

In January 2016, HighQ raised its first investment round of $50M from Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and One Peak Partners, to expand into the US market.[6][7]

Thomson Reuters acquired HighQ in 2019.[8]

Industry recognition

HighQ was awarded the "Legal Technology Company of the Year" award at the FT Intelligent Business Awards, 2019.[9]

HighQ was awarded the "Supplier of the Year" award at The British Legal Technology Awards, 2019.[10]

HighQ was included as "One to Watch" in the 2013 Sunday Times Tech Track 100 league table and was ranked 74th in the 2014 Tech Track 100 league table[2][5] and ranked 32nd among UK's top 100 SMEs in the Sunday Times Heathrow SME Export Track 100 2016.[11]

HighQ was ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2011 and 2013[12][13] and ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 UK 2013.[14]

Clients

HighQ's major clients include Barclays, Linklaters, Lex Mundi, Clifford Chance, Osborne Clarke, Clyde & Co and Allen & Overy.[5][15][16][17][18] HighQ's clients include 21 of the top 25 UK law firms, including all of the UK Magic Circle law firms, and 80% of the top 100 UK law firms.[3][5]

Products

HighQ offers file sharing, extranet, collaboration, project management, virtual data room, enterprise social networking, knowledge sharing and publishing solutions.[19] It has three products which each cover different aspects of these use cases: HighQ Collaborate, HighQ Publisher and HighQ Dataroom.

The primary product, HighQ Collaborate, provides secure document exchange, enterprise social collaboration, client extranets and knowledge portals for organizations.[3] In summer 2013, HighQ released a new mobile version of Collaborate[20] which saw a redesign of its existing modules and added features including a responsive design, microblogging, private messaging, centralized notifications and enhanced people profiles.[21]

HighQ Publisher is a digital marketing and publishing platform that supports various publishing formats and channels including publications, videos, events, micro-sites and email campaigns.[21]

HighQ Dataroom is a virtual data room product aimed primarily at law firms, banks and corporations to help users exchange transactional information with clients and partners outside of their company.[22]

See also

References
  1. (Press Release) HighQ Focuses on Evolving Technology Needs of Legal Industry, Speaks at ILTA August 18, 2014
  2. Fast Track 100: 2013 Tech Track Ones to Watch Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, September 15, 2013
  3. Telegraph Business Club: HighQ Leading Provider of cloud-based enterprise software, July 20, 2012
  4. (Press Release) HighQ Extends Europe Operations, Opens New Office in Germany, June 24, 2014
  5. 2014 The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 Archived 2015-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, September 8, 2014
  6. HighQ eyes US market after raising first funding round, June 27, 2016
  7. "Thomson Reuters Acquires HighQ". www.thomsonreuters.com. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  8. "Financial Times Honours HighQ, Thomson Reuters As Industry Leaders - Legal IT Professionals | Everything legal technology". www.legalitprofessionals.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  9. "2019 Winners". British Legal Technology Award. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  10. The Sunday Times SME Export Track 100 league table 2016
  11. Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2011 list, November 25, 2011
  12. Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2013 list, November 29, 2013
  13. Deloitte Technology UK Fast 50 2013 list, November 13, 2013
  14. (Press Release) The Know List: HighQ Forum 23 April, April 30, 2013
  15. (Press Release) Legal IT Insider: How Allen & Overy use HighQ for their extranet solutions, August 28, 2012
  16. Law Technology News: HighQ Unveils Tool to Automate Due Diligence, September 20, 2013
  17. SCC G-Cloud Computing: HighQ Collaborate Archived 2013-11-09 at archive.today, December 12, 2012
  18. CMS Wire: HighQ Collaborate 3 Platform Now Provides Due Diligence Tools, September 25, 2013
  19. The Know List: HighQ Forum reveals ambitious product roadmap to facilitate better internal collaboration and legal project management, April 17, 2012
  20. CMS Wire: HighQ Dataroom
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