# Higher Logic

> Higher Logic is a community and engagement software company that helps associations, nonprofits, and businesses build online communities where their members and customers connect, ask questions, and stick around. Its Higher Logic Thrive platform pairs discussion communities with marketing automation built for association member journeys, while Higher Logic Vanilla serves B2B and B2C customer communities. Founded in 2007 and based in Arlington, Virginia, the company supports more than 3,000 organizations and hundreds of thousands of communities used by over 200 million people worldwide.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** Arlington, Virginia, United States
- **Founders:** Rob Wenger (Co-Founder & CEO), Andy Steggles (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 300-400 employees
- **Products:** Higher Logic Thrive Platform, Higher Logic Thrive Community, Higher Logic Thrive Marketing, Higher Logic Vanilla
- **Notable:** Grew to 3,000+ customer organizations and 350,000+ online communities over roughly 18 years, Communities on its platforms are used by 200M+ people across 42 countries, Powers 7+ billion member interactions annually

## Products & services

- **Higher Logic Thrive Platform** — An all-in-one member experience platform combining an online community, marketing automation, and member management, built specifically for associations and nonprofits and integrating with AMS/CRM systems.
- **Higher Logic Thrive Community** — The engagement layer - discussions, Q&A, resource libraries, and events - with an AI Assistant that surfaces answers from existing community content.
- **Higher Logic Thrive Marketing** — Marketing automation for member journeys: triggered communications based on activity or inactivity, pre-built association campaigns, and high email deliverability.
- **Higher Logic Vanilla** — A B2B/B2C customer community platform that helps brands run support communities, grow loyalty, deflect tickets, and gather product feedback.

## Achievements

- Grew to 3,000+ customer organizations and 350,000+ online communities over roughly 18 years
- Communities on its platforms are used by 200M+ people across 42 countries
- Powers 7+ billion member interactions annually
- Completed a multi-year acquisition roll-up (Informz, Real Magnet, Socious, Kavi, Vanilla Forums) into the unified Thrive platform
- Secured a $55M growth investment from JMI Equity in 2016

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Built AI into core Thrive solutions, including an AI Assistant that answers member questions from community content and adds predictive, personalized experiences.
- **2024-01** — Expanded the platform through partnerships adding jobs, credentialing, mobile apps, and learning management features.
- **2023-01** — Co-founder Rob Wenger returned as CEO to lead product innovation and partnerships.
- **2022-01** — Launched Higher Logic Thrive as the central platform unifying community, marketing, and member management.

## Links

- Website: https://www.higherlogic.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/higher-logic/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/HigherLogic
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HigherLogic
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/higherlogic_llc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/higherlogic/

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