Our Story

We’re building the system fundraising never had.

HighPath was born out of firsthand frustration with how broken the fundraising process is for most businesses.

Every business eventually needs capital. Accessing it shouldn’t be this painful.

Funding information is fragmented across grants, banks, investors, and alternative lenders. Eligibility rules are opaque. Applications require repetitive, manual work. And founders are expected to navigate all of this while still running their businesses.

After raising capital across multiple ventures, our founder saw the same pattern repeat: the problem wasn’t a lack of funding — it was a lack of infrastructure.

HighPath is about giving founders their time back and helping capital move more intelligently. When businesses understand every funding option available to them — and the trade-offs of each — they make better decisions, build stronger companies, and create more long-term value.

Matt Gubasta · Founder & CEO

The Problem We Set Out to Solve

Most businesses don’t fail because their ideas are bad. They fail because they can’t access the right type of capital at the right time. The existing ecosystem forces founders to juggle four broken layers:

01 · Databases

Manual filtering

Self-categorization. No memory of your business.

02 · Plan Tools

Static & disconnected

Disconnected from real funding outcomes.

03 · Spreadsheets

Repurposed CRMs

Brittle systems built for something else.

04 · Portals

One-off & repetitive

Same information reformatted, again and again.

This fragmentation wastes time, drains energy, and causes businesses to miss opportunities they were actually eligible for.

This fragmentation wastes time, drains energy, and causes businesses to miss opportunities they were actually eligible for.

  • 04 · Portals

    One-off & repetitive

    Same information reformatted, again and again.

  • 03 · Spreadsheets

    Repurposed CRMs

    Brittle systems built for something else.

  • 02 · Plan Tools

    Static & disconnected

    Disconnected from real funding outcomes.

  • 01 · Databases

    Manual filtering

    Self-categorization. No memory of your business.

A Better Way Forward

HighPath was created to unify the entire funding journey into a single, intelligent workflow.

Instead of asking founders to search endlessly, we built a platform that:

01

Automatically matches businesses with funding opportunities across grants, banking products, investments, and alternative capital

02

Adapts planning and diligence materials to the exact requirements of each funder

03

Tracks fundraising activity in one place eliminating redundant work

04

Helps founders model outcomes and make smarter capital decisions — not just faster ones

A Better Way Forward

HighPath was created to unify the entire funding journey into a single, intelligent workflow.

Instead of asking founders to search endlessly, we built a platform that:

01

Automatically matches businesses with funding opportunities across grants, banking products, investments, and alternative capital

02

Adapts planning and diligence materials to the exact requirements of each funder

03

Tracks fundraising activity in one place eliminating redundant work

04

Helps founders model outcomes and make smarter capital decisions — not just faster ones

Our Team

The people building HighPath.

Nick Radford

Founding Engineer

Co-leaders alongside Matt.

Matt Gubasta

Founder & CEO

Has raised capital across multiple ventures. Started HighPath to build the infrastructure he wished existed.

Robert Joy

Software Developer and Engineer

Co-leaders alongside Matt.

Robert Joy

Software Developer and Engineer

Co-leaders alongside Matt.

Taylor Alderdice

Client Operations & People Lead

Andrey Valkov

DevOps & Platform Engineer

Lucas Ywamoto

Junior Frontend Engineer

where we're going

The default infrastructure for business funding.

Our long-term goal is to become the system that connects businesses and capital efficiently, transparently, and at scale.

When founders spend less time on busywork and more time on strategy, better businesses get built. And when capital flows more intelligently, entire ecosystems improve.

We’re building that future with HighPath.

We’re building that future with HighPath.

— Matt

— Matt

Pipeline

$2.1M

+19%

Capital Partners

1,248

+19%

Active
Investors

48

+15%