WeWork Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2010

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 2,500

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Financing Rounds
  • 26

  • Investments
  • 100

WeWork General Information

Description

WeWork Inc is a commercial real estate company that provides flexible workspaces for technology startups and services for other enterprises. It designs and builds physical and virtual shared spaces and office services for entrepreneurs and companies. The company's revenue categories are; Membership revenue consists of fees from members, net of discounts for the access to office space provided, and Service revenue consists of additional billings to members for the ancillary services provided through their memberships in excess of monthly allowances included in membership revenue, commissions earned by the Company on various services.

Contact Information

Website
www.wework.com
Formerly Known As
The We Company, BowX Acquisition, Legacy BowX
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
(Operating Subsidiary)
Financing Status
Formerly PE-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 12 East 49th Street
  • 3rd Floor
  • New York, NY 10017
  • United States
+1 (646)
Primary Industry
Buildings and Property
Parent Company
Yardi Systems
Former Stock Listing
1WE
Corporate Office
  • 12 East 49th Street
  • 3rd Floor
  • New York, NY 10017
  • United States
+1 (646)

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WeWork Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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WeWork Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
WeWork Inc is a commercial real estate company that provides flexible workspaces for technology startups and services fo
Buildings and Property
New York, NY
2,500 As of 2023

New Delhi, India
 

Bengaluru, India
 
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WeWork Competitors (11)

One of WeWork’s 11 competitors is Awfis, a Formerly VC-backed company based in New Delhi, India.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Awfis Formerly VC-backed New Delhi, India
BHIVE Workspace Venture Capital-Backed Bengaluru, India
Mindspace Venture Capital-Backed Tel Aviv, Israel
International Workplace Group Formerly PE-Backed Zug, Switzerland
eOffice Corporation London, United Kingdom
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WeWork Patents

  • 58

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 28

    Granted

  • Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

WeWork Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20220335160-A1 System and method for the generation of privacy-preserving embeddings Inactive 16-Apr-2021
US-20210102671-A1 Low voltage, digitally addressable, modular lighting systems Inactive 19-Sep-2019
US-20210076156-A1 Conference room interface system Inactive 08-Jul-2019
US-20210040737-A1 Demountable modular wall structures Inactive 03-Jul-2019
US-20200349529-A1 Automatically processing tickets Inactive 30-Apr-2019 G06Q10/20
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WeWork Signals

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WeWork Former Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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WeWork Investments & Acquisitions (100)

WeWork’s most recent deal was a Secondary Transaction - Private with Joint Venture (SoftBank Latin America Fund / WeWork). The deal was made on 20-Jan-2025.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Joint Venture (SoftBank Latin America Fund / WeWork) 20-Jan-2025 Secondary Transaction - Private Other Commercial Services
FCTRY LAb 14-Dec-2022 Early Stage VC Footwear
Zoapi 13-Oct-2022 Buyout/LBO Office Services (B2B)
Upflex 01-May-2022 Later Stage VC Business/Productivity Software
Common Desk 01-Mar-2022 Merger/Acquisition Buildings and Property
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WeWork Exits (43)

WeWork’s most recent exit was on 01-Aug-2020 from Moxion. The exit was categorized as .

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
Moxion 01-Aug-2020 Completed
Aquagenuity 29-Jul-2020 Completed
Proxy 16-Mar-2020 Completed
  • 17 buyers
Apparatus 01-Jan-2020 Completed
Discovery Health MD 12-Dec-2019 Accelerator/Incubator Completed
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WeWork Affiliates

Subsidiaries (8)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
ARK Real Estate New York, NY 2019
1411 4th Avenue Tenant New York, NY 2018
WeWork China Shanghai, China 2015
Ww 995 Market New York, NY 2015
Ww 79 Madison New York, NY 2014
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WeWork FAQs

  • When was WeWork founded?

    WeWork was founded in 2010.

  • Where is WeWork headquartered?

    WeWork is headquartered in New York, NY.

  • What is the size of WeWork?

    WeWork has 2,500 total employees.

  • What industry is WeWork in?

    WeWork’s primary industry is Buildings and Property.

  • Is WeWork a private or public company?

    WeWork is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of WeWork?

    The current valuation of WeWork is .

  • What is WeWork’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for WeWork is .

  • How much funding has WeWork raised over time?

    WeWork has raised $15.4B.

  • Who are WeWork’s investors?

    , AdTay Ventures, Aleph (Israel), All Blue Capital, and Alpha JWC Ventures are 5 of 56 investors who have invested in WeWork.

  • Who are WeWork’s competitors?

    Awfis, BHIVE Workspace, Mindspace, International Workplace Group, and eOffice are some of the 11 competitors of WeWork.

  • When was WeWork acquired?

    WeWork was acquired on 30-May-2024.

  • Who acquired WeWork?

    WeWork was acquired by Yardi Systems.

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