Hopin Sold for $15M After Raising $1B

Re:Hopin Sold for $15M After Raising $1B by stefanos82 on Friday August 11, 2023 @04:46AM (#37086481)

This is taken directly from the article:

A Unicorn Journey’s – The Hopin Timeline

    • Founded in June 2019 by Johnny Boufarhat
     
    • Raises an undisclosed amount in Pre Seed Round in October 2019
     
    • Releases beta version of virtual events platform in February 2020
     
    • Raises $6.5 million in February 2020 in Seed Round in February 2020
     
    • (Covid pandemic lockdowns start in March 2020)
     
    • Raises $40 million in a Series A in June 2020
     
    • Raises $125 million in a Series B in November 2020
     
    • Acquires Topi (mobile app) in December 2020
     
    • Acquires StreamYard for $250 million in January 2021
     
    • Recognized as Europe’s fastest-growing startup of all time
     
    • Raises $400 million in a Series C at a valuation of $5.65 billion in March 2021
     
    • Acquires Streamable and Jamm in March 2021
     
    • Acquires Boomset (on-site event technology) in June 2021
     
    • Founder sells $140 million worth of secondary shares in June 2021
     
    • Acquires Attendify (mobile app) in July 2021
     
    • Raises $450 million in a Series D at a valuation of $7.75 billion in August 2021
     
    • Lays off 12% of its workforce in February 2022
     
    • Lays off 29% of its workforce in July 2022
     
    • Splits product offerings and launches Session product in November 2022
     
    • Events platform and Session product assets sold for $15 to $50 million to RingCentral in August 2023

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Re:Hopin Sold for $15M After Raising $1B by 2Gkashmiri on Friday August 11, 2023 @06:39AM (#37087146)

i read that but did not get

going from

> Raises $450 million in a Series D at a valuation of $7.75 billion in August 2021

> Lays off 12% of its workforce in February 2022

so where did this $450M go?

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