Flexible work and events are here to stay, and so is Hopin. The Covid unicorn of the UK, the one that got launched during the pandemic, accelerated its growth during the Covid crisis, Johnny Boufarhat’s mastermind product Hopin, a cut-throat rival to Zoom has now raised $450M in a Series D funding co-led by new investors Arena Holdings and Altimeter Capital.

Hopin is continuing its rapid acquisition spree today with the news that it has bought U.S.-based video platforms Streamable and Jamm.Read More

As the digitisation of almost all services results in numerous business opportunities, millions of startups mushroom every year. However, only a few of these startups come out with flying colours. Eventually, only some of these attain the status of a ‘unicorn’ with a valuation of over £1 billion. It is estimated that the 33,860 scaleup businesses in the UK contribute £1 trillion to the UK economy on an annual basis, which represents half of the overall SME economy. However, the scaleups are witnessed a shortfall in funding of up to £15 billion this year, due to the COVID-19 crisis that has left an impact on investments.