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Heygo
Live-streaming travel platform
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Travel
- Digital Media
- Video
- Dreta de l'Eixample, Barcelona, Spain
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Company mission
To break down the barriers to discovery and bring the world closer together.
289% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
The founders of Heygo believe that travel is incredibly important for personal development, but is often an expensive activity that's not accessible to everyone. Heygo aims to change this by creating a live-streaming travel platform allowing local guides to share the places they know best with a large online audience.
Heygo's business model helps make travel accessible: the company runs the tours for free, but tips are encouraged. The majority of the revenue is offered to the guides, while the rest covers streaming and transaction costs. Moreover, the company aims to make the tours as interactive as possible - virtual tourists are encouraged to ask questions via a chat feature, which allows real-time conversations between the participants and the guides.
The company was founded in 2020 and its main priority is improving the user experience and adding additional features. As part of this initiative, the company plans to offer private tours in the future and to allow participants to contact guides individually.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Regular socials with the team, both virtually and at in-person hubs
- Progressive and comprehensive parental leave policy
- A work laptop of your choice (Mac or Windows)
- Unlimited holidays/PTO and a company-wide break at EOY
- Competitive salary
- A fully remote role with flexible working hours
- 2 annual team off-sites where you’ll get to travel to see the team
- Comprehensive healthcare and retirement benefit packages (location dependant)
- £800 annual learning & development allowance, plus access to team seminars and learning platforms
- Wellness support from a yearly budget
- 24/7 mental health support via Spill
- Employee stock options at a growing start-up
- £1000 personal productivity allowance to help pay for co-working or at-home office supplies
- A global, highly capable, no ego (and really fun) team working together to bring more joy, knowledge and connection to the world
Leadership
John Tertan
(CEO)Previously worked for 4 years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, first as Trainee Solicitor for 2 years and then as Associate also for 2 years.
Liam Garrison
(CTO)Previously Full Stack Developer at Medicspot for 1 year and Management Consultant at Newton Europe for 1 year.