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ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS NASDAQ: ZM

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Background of Zoom Video Communications

  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc., also known as Zoom, is a United States-based communications technology company which is headquartered in California.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc.’s history can be traced back to 2011 when Eric Yuan, a former corporate vice president for Cisco Webex, left the company along with 40 engineers to establish a new company, initially known as Saasbee, Inc.
  • Saasbee, Inc. faced challenges in obtaining investors as many people considered the videotelephony market as saturated. In June 2011, Saasbee, Inc. raised $3 million (43 million ZAR) in seed funding from WebEx founder, Subrah, Iyar along with other venture capitalists such as Matt Ocko, TSVC, and Bill Tai.
  • In 2012, Saasbee, Inc. was renamed to “Zoom”, inspired by the children’s book “Zoom City”, by Thacher Hurd.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. launched a beta version of its software in September 2012, allowing for the hosting of conferences allowing 15 video participants.
  • By November 2012, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. had signed Stanford University as its first customer and by January 2013, the service was officially launched after raising $6 million (87.6 million ZAR) Series A funding from Qualcomm Ventures, Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang, WebEx founder Subrah Iyar, and the former SVP and General Counsel of Cisco, Dan Scheinman.
  • Version 1.0 of Zoom was launched during the same period, allowing the maximum number of participants per conference to be 25 and by the end of its first month, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. had 400,000 users, increasing to 1 million by May 2013.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. established partnerships with B2B collaboration software providers in July 2013, including Redbooth (then known as Teambox). In addition, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. also created a program called “Works with Zoom”, which solidified partnerships with Logitech, Vaddio, and InFocus.
  • In September 2013, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. had raised $6.5 million (94.9 million ZAR) in Series B funding from Horizon Ventures and its existing investors. During this time, Zoom Video Communications, Inc.’s client base portfolio had grown to 3 million users.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. received $30 million (438 million ZAR) in Series C funding from Emergence Capital, Horizons Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Jerry Yang, and Patrick Soon-Shiong. During this time Zoom Video Communications, Inc. reported a customer base consisting of 40 million users with 65,000 subscribed organisations and a total of 1 billion meeting minutes since the company was established.
  • Between 2015 and 2016, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. integrated its software with Slack, Salesforce, and Skype for Business.
  • Version 2.5 of Zoom was released in October 2015 and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. increased the maximum number participants allowed per conference to 50, and later to 1,000 where business customers are concerned.
  • In January 2017, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. had raised $100 million (1.4 billion ZAR) in Series D funding which was received from Sequoia Capital at a $1 billion (14.6 billion ZAR) valuation, making it a so-called “Unicorn”.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. launched a scalable telehealth product which allowed for doctors to host remote consultation with their patients in April 2017, and in May, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. announced integration with Polycom’s conferencing systems. This enabled unique features such as multi-screen and device meetings, HD, and wireless screen sharing along with calendar integration with Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, and iCal.
  • On April 18, 2019, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. held its initial public offering, and it became a publicly traded company. The price per share at the start of the trading day was $36 (525.74 ZAR) and it rose by more than 72% on its first day of trading, resulting in Zoom Video Communications, Inc. reaching a value of $16 billion (233 billion ZAR) at the end of its first trading day.
  • In May 2025, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. announced its successful acquisition of Keybase, a company which specialises in end-to-end encryption and in June 2025, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. hired its first chief diversity officer, Damien Hooper-Campbell.
  • Today, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. serves a global client base and has more than 4,422 employees that form its staff complement.

Zoom Video Communications Shares Growth Driver

  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. achieved a $1 billion (14.6 billion ZAR) valuation in 2017 as result of the company’s aggressive revenue growth and perceived reliability and ease-of-use, resulting in it becoming a “Unicorn” company.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. became profitable in 2019 and it completed its initial public offering (IPO) during the same year. During the same year, Zoom Video Communications, Inc.’s shares started trading on the NASDAQ-100 stock exchange under the stock symbol ZM.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is one of the most popular video conferencing software as result of quarantine measures which were adopted in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. was used especially for remote work, distance education, and online social relations during the Covid-19 pandemic. There were thousands of educational institutions which switched to online classes using Zoom.
  • By February 2025, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. had gained 2.22 million users and by March 2025, the Zoom app had been downloaded 2.13 million times. Daily meeting participation rose from 10 million in December 2019 to more than 300 million in April 2025.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. also saw an increase in its stock value early in 2025 despite overall stock market downturn and Zoom went from less than $70 (1,022.28 ZAR) in January 2025 to $150 (2,190.60 ZAR) by the end of March, resulting in Zoom Video Communications, Inc. reaching a value of more than $67 billion (978 billion ZAR) by June 2025.
  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. acquired Kites in June 2025, which is an Artificial Intelligence-based language translation company, aiming to reduce language barriers in video calls.

Zoom Video Communications Investor Tip

  • Zoom Video Communications, Inc. trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol Zoom Video Communications, Inc. forms part of the NASDAQ-100 component.
  • An analysis on the market performance for Zoom Video Communications, Inc., reported on June 1 indicated an actual earnings per share of $1.32 (19.28 ZAR) along with an actual revenue of $956.24 million (13.9 billion ZAR).
  • The outstanding performance that Zoom Video Communications, Inc. has seen during this quarter is attributed to the fact that it remains the leading video communications company being used around the world, despite economies opening post-pandemic.
  • While there is a significant customer base, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is dedicated to expanding and improving its services by integrating AI technologies to combat and reduce language barriers in video calls.
  • Data from the analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.

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Technology

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Software – Application

Sub industry

Online video and voice communication software application

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