HighQ Solutions Ltd. is a privately owned
software as a service
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(SaaS) company providing
cloud-based
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secure
file sharing
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, team collaboration and social networking software. HighQ was founded in London in 2001 by university friends Ajay Patel and Veenay Shah.
[Fast Track 100: 2013 Tech Track Ones to Watch](_blank)
, September 15, 2013 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).
July 20, 2012[(Press Release) HighQ Extends Europe Operations, Opens New Office in Germany](_blank)
June 24, 2014[2014 The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100](_blank)
, September 8, 2014 It has customers in the
legal
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,
banking
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and corporate sectors as well as government and
life sciences
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.
In January 2016, HighQ raised its first investment round of $50M from
Morgan Stanley
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,
Goldman Sachs and One Peak Partners, to expand into the US market.
[HighQ receives $50m in investment from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and One Peak](_blank)
January 27, 2016[HighQ eyes US market after raising first funding round](_blank)
June 27, 2016
Thomson Reuters
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acquired HighQ in 2019.
Industry recognition
HighQ was awarded the "Legal Technology Company of the Year" award at the FT Intelligent Business Awards, 2019.
HighQ was awarded the "Supplier of the Year" award at The British Legal Technology Awards, 2019.
HighQ was included as "One to Watch" in the 2013
Sunday Times
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Tech Track 100
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league table and was ranked 74th in the 2014 Tech Track 100 league table
and ranked 32nd among UK's top 100 SMEs in the
Sunday Times
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Heathrow
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SME Export Track 100 2016.
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HighQ was ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500
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EMEA 2011 and 2013[Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2011 list](_blank)
November 25, 2011[Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2013 list](_blank)
November 29, 2013 and ranked in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50
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UK 2013.[Deloitte Technology UK Fast 50 2013 list](_blank)
November 13, 2013
Clients
HighQ's major clients include Barclays
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, Linklaters
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, Lex Mundi
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, Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and a member of the " Magic Circle", a group of London-based multinational law firms. It ranks as one of top ten largest law firms in the world measured ...
, Osborne Clarke
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, Clyde & Co
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and Allen & Overy
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.[(Press Release) The Know List: HighQ Forum 23 April](_blank)
April 30, 2013[(Press Release) Clyde & Co chooses HighQ Publisher for key client account management and business development](_blank)
April 4, 2016[(Press Release) Legal IT Insider: How Allen & Overy use HighQ for their extranet solutions](_blank)
August 28, 2012[Law Technology News: HighQ Unveils Tool to Automate Due Diligence](_blank)
September 20, 2013 HighQ's clients include 21 of the top 25 UK law firms, including all of the UK Magic Circle
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law firms, and 80% of the top 100 UK law firms.
Products
HighQ offers file sharing, extranet
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, collaboration, project management
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, virtual data room A virtual data room (sometimes called a VDR or Deal Room) is an online repository of information that is used for the storing and distribution of documents. In many cases, a virtual data room is used to facilitate the due diligence process during ...
, enterprise social networking, knowledge sharing
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and publishing solutions.[SCC G-Cloud Computing: HighQ Collaborate](_blank)
, December 12, 2012 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. In summer 2013, HighQ released a new mobile version of Collaborate[CMS Wire: HighQ Collaborate 3 Platform Now Provides Due Diligence Tools](_blank)
September 25, 2013 which saw a redesign of its existing modules and added features including a responsive design, microblogging, private messaging, centralized notifications and enhanced people profiles.[The Know List: HighQ Forum reveals ambitious product roadmap to facilitate better internal collaboration and legal project management]
April 17, 2012
HighQ Publisher is a digital marketing
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and publishing platform that supports various publishing formats and channels including publications, videos, events, micro-sites and email campaigns.
HighQ Dataroom is a virtual data room A virtual data room (sometimes called a VDR or Deal Room) is an online repository of information that is used for the storing and distribution of documents. In many cases, a virtual data room is used to facilitate the due diligence process during ...
product aimed primarily at law firms, banks and corporations to help users exchange transactional information with clients and partners outside of their company.[CMS Wire: HighQ Dataroom](_blank)
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See also
* Collaboration platform
Collaborative software or groupware is application software designed to help people working on a common task to attain their goals. One of the earliest definitions of groupware is "intentional group processes plus software to support them".
As re ...
* Collaboration software
Collaborative software or groupware is application software designed to help people working on a common task to attain their goals. One of the earliest definitions of groupware is "intentional group processes plus software to support them".
As re ...
* List of collaborative software
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* Cloud collaboration
Cloud collaboration is a method of sharing and co-authoring computer files via cloud computing, whereby documents are uploaded to a central "cloud" for storage, where they can then be accessed by other users.
Cloud collaboration technologies allow ...
* Document collaboration
Document and file collaboration are the tools or systems set up to help multiple people work together on a single document or file to achieve a single final version. Normally, this is software that allows teams to work on a single document, such as ...
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External links
Official Site
Cloud applications
Collaborative software