Hopin began as one of the fastest‑growing virtual event platforms of the COVID era, enabling organizations to recreate conferences, trade shows, and community events entirely online. Its product introduced a multi‑area virtual venue with a reception, stage, breakout sessions, networking, and expo booths, helping attendees learn, interact, and connect from anywhere while organizers managed registration, sponsorships, and analytics in a single platform.
Founded in 2019 by Johnny Boufarhat as a remote‑first company headquartered in London, Hopin raised over $1 billion in venture funding and reached a peak valuation of around $7.8 billion. During that period it rapidly expanded its portfolio through acquisitions, including live‑streaming studio StreamYard, video hosting platform Streamable, onsite event tech provider Boomset, and mobile event app Attendify. These moves positioned Hopin as a multi‑product suite for virtual, hybrid, and physical events as in‑person gatherings returned.
In August 2023, RingCentral acquired Hopin’s flagship Events platform and Session product lines and subsequently rebranded them as RingCentral Events. The technology, customers, and much of the events-focused team joined RingCentral, which now sells and supports the product as part of its broader video and communications portfolio. Hopin, meanwhile, continued operating its video brands StreamYard and Streamable before being acquired by Bending Spoons in 2024.
Today, prospective buyers looking at “Hopin” in the events and webinar category are effectively evaluating RingCentral Events (formerly Hopin Events). The platform retains the core Hopin experience—multi‑track virtual venues, rich engagement tools, and extensive integrations—while benefiting from RingCentral’s global infrastructure, AI roadmap, and enterprise support. The Hopin name primarily survives as a historical brand and on legacy listings, but the underlying product is very much active in market.