Johnny Boufarhat (CEO)

To meet the significant demand for our platform, we’ve had to ramp up hiring significantly - Hopin has grown from eight employees to over 200 across 38 countries in the same time. Hopin has over 60,000 event organizers including The Atlantic, Miro, Disney, NATO, TNW, Wildlife Conservation, TechCrunch, Twitch, UCLA, and The University of Notre Dame.

Because of the pandemic, there’s been a significant increase in demand for Hopin. Our recent $125 million Series B round will be used to help scale our platform and team to support the exponential amount of business we’ve seen over the past six months, to ensure we can meet the needs of our current — and future — customers.

At Hopin, our mission is to empower people to gather together in a way that is sustainable and accessible to everyone. Our platform is made to give our customers the freedom to create a fully customized event experience and empower event attendees to explore events the way they would in-person, while in a virtual environment.

Ultimately, we want Hopin to make the world smaller — by connecting people in meaningful ways so that geography no longer becomes a barrier to memorable live events and experiences. Virtual events have proved to be a cost-effective means to bring communities and attendees together. And as companies seek to expand their presence to meet demand due to stay-at-home measures, there will be significant growth opportunities for organizers and those in the event space. This opportunity will continue to grow after the pandemic, as businesses recognize the value of reaching larger audiences for their events through a hybrid approach — organizing events simultaneously online and in the real world.