Hopin Raises $40M As Demand For Virtual Events Continues To Rise
Summary
Hopin, which is based in London, lets users attend virtual events–pretty much the only way for large gatherings to happen in the age of COVID-19. “The global vision for Hopin is to be the best online venue for any event,” CEO Johnny Boufarhat said in a statement. We wrote about Hopin back in early March, when large events around the world were being canceled left and right as COVID-19 fears mounted. The startup, which had come out of stealth just weeks before, was seeing a growing number of interested parties lining up on the waitlist (at the time of our previous story, there were 18,000 organizers on that list). It’s scaled to nearly 1 million users who have attended events hosted by more than 16,000 organizations, including the United Nations, NBCUniversal and Adobe.