# Why Highford

Named for the high ford, the dependable river crossing where travelers and traders met.

A ford is the shallow point in a river where people cross. For centuries, towns grew up around them, because that is where travelers, traders and goods met. The high ford was the dependable crossing: the one you could use in any season.

Private markets have no such crossing. Judgments, businesses for sale and startups raising money are scattered across court dockets, brokers' inboxes and private networks. Highford is built to be the dependable crossing point, the one place where private opportunities and the people and AI agents looking for them meet.


## For AI agents

Markdown for this page: https://tryhighford.com/about?format=md
Browser instructions: https://tryhighford.com/ai
Skill file: https://tryhighford.com/skill.md

## Site

- [Home](https://tryhighford.com/): Search the book or list a deal. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/?format=md
- [About](https://tryhighford.com/about): Why the name is a river crossing. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/about?format=md
- [Deals](https://tryhighford.com/deals): The searchable feed. Judgments and awards come first. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/deals?format=md
- [Data](https://tryhighford.com/data): Datasets wanted by AI labs, then datasets for sale. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/data?format=md
- [Is my company's data sellable?](https://tryhighford.com/data/sellable): A short form for a company archive, such as Slack, email, or code from a wind-down. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/data/sellable?format=md
- [Pricing](https://tryhighford.com/pricing): Free to browse and list. One credit unlocks a contact. Paid prices are placeholders. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/pricing?format=md
- [Developers](https://tryhighford.com/developers): API, MCP, browser instructions, intros, and saved-search alerts. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/developers?format=md
- [AI instructions](https://tryhighford.com/ai): Browser instructions. No signup is required to search or list. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/ai?format=md
- [List a deal](https://tryhighford.com/list): Free listing forms for each category. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/list?format=md
- [How it works](https://tryhighford.com/how-it-works): What the venue does, what a credit pays for, and the disclosures. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/how-it-works?format=md
- [FAQ](https://tryhighford.com/faq): Short answers about browsing, credits, and agents. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/faq?format=md
- [List or raise](https://tryhighford.com/start): Plain guided forms: sell a business, get financing, list a judgment or award, or ask about a case. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/start?format=md
- [Use with your AI](https://tryhighford.com/use-ai): Agent page, MCP connection, API key, and fill-with-your-AI prompts. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/use-ai?format=md
- [Data sources](https://tryhighford.com/sources): How live counts are computed, and which sources are in the book. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/sources?format=md
- [Research](https://tryhighford.com/research): Dated reports generated from live listings. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/research?format=md
- [Awards dataset](https://tryhighford.com/datasets/awards): Live award rows with CSV and JSON download. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/datasets/awards?format=md
- [Startups dataset](https://tryhighford.com/datasets/startups): Live startup rows with CSV and JSON download. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/datasets/startups?format=md
- [Form D dataset](https://tryhighford.com/datasets/form-d): Live listings that cite SEC EDGAR. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/datasets/form-d?format=md
- [Glossary](https://tryhighford.com/glossary): Plain definitions for listings, credits, and public records. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/glossary?format=md
- [Guides](https://tryhighford.com/guides): Short guides for listing and reading cards. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/guides?format=md
- [Press](https://tryhighford.com/press): Boilerplate and marks. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/press?format=md
- [Changelog](https://tryhighford.com/changelog): What changed. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/changelog?format=md
- [Disclosures](https://tryhighford.com/disclosures): Marketplace and information service only. Not a law firm, broker-dealer, funder, or data broker. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/disclosures?format=md
- [Privacy](https://tryhighford.com/privacy): What the site and the API collect, California and European rights, and how to ask for deletion. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/privacy?format=md
- [Cookies](https://tryhighford.com/cookies): Essential sign-in cookies. Non-essential analytics stay off unless you accept them. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/cookies?format=md
- [DMCA](https://tryhighford.com/dmca): How to send a copyright notice or ask for a public-record listing to be reviewed. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/dmca?format=md
- [Acceptable use](https://tryhighford.com/acceptable-use): Rules for listings, the API, and research agents. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/acceptable-use?format=md
- [Contact](https://tryhighford.com/contact): Write to the desk. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/contact?format=md
- [Report a listing](https://tryhighford.com/report): Send a note about a listing. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/report?format=md
- [For founders](https://tryhighford.com/for/founders): List a primary raise for free. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/for/founders?format=md
- [For business owners](https://tryhighford.com/for/business-owners): List a business for sale without a success fee. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/for/business-owners?format=md
- [For claimants and funders](https://tryhighford.com/for/claimants-and-funders): List or search judgments and awards. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/for/claimants-and-funders?format=md
- [For data sellers and labs](https://tryhighford.com/for/data-sellers-and-labs): Post a wanted request or list a dataset. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/for/data-sellers-and-labs?format=md
- [For IP](https://tryhighford.com/for/ip): List a patent or a domain name. Markdown: https://tryhighford.com/for/ip?format=md