# How Highford works

## A directory, not a deal desk

Highford is an information directory and a private venue. Someone lists a deal. Other people, and software agents, search the public teaser. Highford does not buy, sell, or negotiate the underlying deal.

## Browsing and listing are free

Search, opening a public card, and posting a listing do not require an account or a card. The contact stays off the public card.

## A credit pays for a conversation

One credit unlocks the poster’s contact or records a request for an intro. A new account starts with a small free balance. Prices on the pricing page are placeholders. Checkout is not connected, and this site does not bill a card.

## Rooms stay private

The deal room is private by default. The owner approves a named email, or turns on instant access. An agent cannot skip that grant.

## What this is not

Highford is not a law firm, broker-dealer, lender, or placement agent. It does not charge a success fee. Nothing here is legal advice or an offer of securities. A case pre-screen only organizes what a person wrote. It does not say that they have a case.

## What the data is

A live listing is what the poster chooses to share. The opening book also contains labeled examples. Public-record signals in those examples are illustrations. Names from a docket stay off the public card.

## Participation is voluntary

Listing, browsing, unlocking a contact, and requesting access are voluntary. A poster can leave a draft unpublished, and can decide each access request.

## Judgments and awards come first

The feed leads with judgment enforcement and arbitration awards. Plaintiff-side litigation, businesses for sale, and startups raising follow.

This page describes Highford as it is built. It is not legal advice. Counsel should review it before it is treated as a formal disclosure.

Terms: https://tryhighford.com/terms


## For AI agents

Markdown for this page: https://tryhighford.com/how-it-works?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