Highnote, a leading audio collaboration platform, announced that it secured $2.5 million in additional funding, with participation from Dropbox Ventures (an investment initiative of Dropbox investing in the next generation of AI-based apps and tools along with previous investors Afore Capital, Character Capital, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, and Precursor Ventures. This latest funding round also welcomed new notable executives as angel investors from Figma, Atlassian, Abstract, and Dropbox, and several who previously invested from SoundCloud, Auth0, and Splice.
This funding will advance Highnote’s work to serve the needs of producers better, mixing engineers, artists, influencers, and other creators across the growing audio value chain. And the company’s growth is leading to increased demand for tools that allow creators to easily share, discuss, and review audio, mixes, beat packs, and more. Highnote fills this gap in the post-creation process by providing a dedicated space for collaboration and feedback.
By centralizing communication, reducing rounds of revisions, and streamlining the workflow from demo to distribution, Highnote enables creators to collaborate efficiently on projects of any scale. Last month, a new Dropbox integration was added, which enables users to open any audio file from their Dropbox directly in Highnote for lossless playback, review, and notes. This month, the company will introduce a full 2-way integration, creating a seamless audio layer on top of any Dropbox account.
The partnership with Dropbox Ventures supports early-stage startups developing next-generation AI-based tools and aims to reshape how people across the creative industries collaborate on audio projects. And with this investment, Highnote plans to explore AI-powered features aimed at enhancing the creative process, including comment summarization, tone analysis, and creative recommendations — all seamlessly integrated into editing software to streamline the audio workflow and improve efficiency for creators.
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“We have so many opinions all of the time whether it’s from our own creatives, our teams, and the artist teams. To be able to understand and execute is so important. If you don’t understand what they want immediately, because of communication, you might lose out on a huge opportunity. Highnote just streamlines the communication process. Instead of having a million different text threads or emails, it just puts it all into one platform so everybody can access it and see the same thing.”
- Malibu Babie, producer for artists such as Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj
“As AI accelerates content creation, content collaboration is at an all-time high. We built the industry’s best audio workflow layer so that collaborators can stay organized, efficient, and in control—no matter how fast things are moving. This partnership with Dropbox Ventures allows us to deepen our commitment to creators and accelerate our plans to provide a foundational layer for AI-powered audio workflows.”
- Jordan Bradley, CEO and co-founder of Highnote
“Freelancers and creators use Dropbox to store, share and collaborate on their content. Highnote’s platform and customer base align with our own, and we’re thrilled to partner with the team to help accelerate their goal of reshaping how people across the creative industries collaborate on audio projects.”
- Donald Tucker, Head of Corporate Development and Ventures at Dropbox
