https://pitchbook.com/tag/wework wework en-US Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-bankrupcty-timeline-softbank-chapter-11 WeWork was once one of the most valuable startups in the world. Our timeline lays out the events that led to its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-bankrupcty-timeline-softbank-chapter-11 https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/adam-neumann-flow-marc-andreessen Doormen that moonlight as a budtenders. Roommates reimagined as FlowMates. No shoes, no meat. Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/adam-neumann-flow-marc-andreessen https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-investors-learn-lessons-spac-ipo After two years, several books and a deluge of hot takes, WeWork has closed the final chapter on its life as a private company. What lessons can be learned from the saga? Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-investors-learn-lessons-spac-ipo https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wedidit-wework-starts-trading-on-the-nyse Roughly two years after its failed IPO, WeWork has made its public market debut through a blank-check merger with BowX Acquisition Corp. Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wedidit-wework-starts-trading-on-the-nyse https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-softbank-ipo-cult-of-we-adam-neumann A new book by two WSJ journalists explores the heady rise and spectacular implosion of Adam Neumann and WeWork. Sun, 08 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-softbank-ipo-cult-of-we-adam-neumann https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/in-visible-capital-podcast-season-4-ep-1-cult-of-we The Wall Street Journal's Eliot Brown joins us to discuss "The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion," the book he co-authored with Maureen Farrell detailing the rise and fall of WeWork. Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/in-visible-capital-podcast-season-4-ep-1-cult-of-we https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/quibi-collapse-wework-adam-neumann-book Quibi's shutdown and a new WeWork book join futuristic food deals, intrigue at NEA, shrinking SPACs and more in our recap of the week. Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/quibi-collapse-wework-adam-neumann-book https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/weworks-smaller-rivals-are-flashing-warning-lights Knotel's layoffs are another sign that flexible leasing startups are scaling back after a decade of breakneck growth. Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/weworks-smaller-rivals-are-flashing-warning-lights https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-year-of-wework-could-reshape-the-ipo-market-in-2020 For VCs, 2019 was a year filled with more high-profile public offerings than ever before. But as 2020 begins, it's the unicorn IPO that didn't happen that's still on the tip of everyone's tongue.    Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-year-of-wework-could-reshape-the-ipo-market-in-2020 https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/softbank-is-still-writing-big-checkseven-after-the-wework-debacle SoftBank showed a continued appetite for big investments in daring startups during the last two months of 2019. Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/softbank-is-still-writing-big-checkseven-after-the-wework-debacle https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/12-big-things-a-wild-weird-wework-y-year WeWork's meltdown joins VC-backed pro football, Peloton, Beyond Meat, aerial fundings, skyrocketing PE stocks and more in our recap of the year. Sun, 22 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/12-big-things-a-wild-weird-wework-y-year https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-moves-to-curb-costs-but-bond-prices-tumble WeWork has announced plans to lay off around 2,400 employees worldwide, or about 17% of its workforce. The news sent the company's bond prices tumbling to record lows. Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-moves-to-curb-costs-but-bond-prices-tumble https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-tells-investors-to-brace-for-divestitures WeWork says in an investor presentation that it will work over the next three months to jettison a slew of noncore assets and shrink its workforce as part of a revamp intended to slow losses. Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/wework-tells-investors-to-brace-for-divestitures https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/ex-unicorn-stocks-are-tanking-in-a-post-wework-world In the past two months, more than a dozen money-losing former unicorns have experienced significant dips in their stock prices. Is WeWork's collapse to blame? Thu, 31 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/ex-unicorn-stocks-are-tanking-in-a-post-wework-world https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/weworks-flop-renews-questions-about-mutual-fund-bets-on-unicorns A series of flops by high-profile startups journeying to the IPO market this year is a telling reminder of the risks fund managers accept by blending a few high-flying private assets with stocks. Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/weworks-flop-renews-questions-about-mutual-fund-bets-on-unicorns https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/11-big-things-airbnb-is-living-in-weworks-universe Brewers, bakers, stealthy startups and a new tech product from the Vatican join developments from WeWork and Airbnb in our recap of the week. Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/11-big-things-airbnb-is-living-in-weworks-universe https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/6-big-things-is-it-time-for-vc-to-hit-the-reset-button So, is change afoot in the venture world? Is SoftBank's potential U-turn the first domino? However it plays out, industry-wide introspection is one of six things you need to know from the past week. Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/6-big-things-is-it-time-for-vc-to-hit-the-reset-button https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/workspace-provider-industrious-cites-different-approach-in-avoiding-weworks-woes As the drama of WeWork has been playing out, another New York-based co-working space provider, Industrious, has been watching on the sidelines. Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/workspace-provider-industrious-cites-different-approach-in-avoiding-weworks-woes