# WeWork funding: rounds and investors

> WeWork has raised $12B across 13 rounds since 2012. Investors include SoftBank BB Corp, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/wework (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *WeWork*

13 rounds we have observed, with the 14 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$12B** raised across 13 rounds since 2012, from 13 sources

**$6.8M** Seed **$17M** Series A **$40M** Series B **$150M** Series C **$355M** Series D **$434M** Series E **$260M** Series F **$300M** Round **$500M** Round **$4.4B** Round **$3.0B** Round **$2.0B** Round **$450M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $450M Apr 2024
- **Biggest round:** $4.4B Round · Aug 2017
- **Investors:** 14

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$6.8M** Seed

**$17M** Series A

**$40M** Series B

**$150M** Series C

**$355M** Series D

**$434M** Series E

**$260M** Series F

**$300M** Round

**$3.0B** Round

**$2.0B** Round

**$450M** Round

- **First round:** Seed, $6.8M
- **Biggest round:** $4.4B
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months

[**WeWork** Enterprise 1 / 36 Their pitch deck **WeWork's pitch deck, 36 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/wework)

## The rounds

- **Apr 2024** Round **$450M** *3 new* *4 returning* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [JP Morgan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jpmorgan) [JP Morgan Chase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-p-morgan-chase) Source recorded
- **Jan 2019** Round **$2.0B** *1 returning* [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Nov 2018** Round **$3.0B** *1 returning* [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Aug 2017** Round **$4.4B** *1 new* [SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Jul 2017** Round **$500M** *1 new* *1 returning* [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) [Hony Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hony-capital) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Mar 2017** Round **$300M** *1 new* [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) Reported by Bloomberg
- **Oct 2016** Series F **$260M** *1 new* [Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shanghai-jin-jiang-international-hotels) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jun 2015** Series E **$434M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [JP Morgan Chase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-p-morgan-chase) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) From a historical funding record
- **Dec 2014** Series D **$355M** *6 new* [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [JP Morgan Chase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-p-morgan-chase) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Harvard Management Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harvard-management-company) From a historical funding record
- **Feb 2014** Series C **$150M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **May 2013** Series B **$40M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2012** Series A **$17M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2012** Seed **$6.8M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by venturebeat.com

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Sandeep Mathrani** Chief Executive Officer and Director i
- **Benjamin Dunham** Chief Financial Officer i
- **Jared DeMatteis** Chief Legal Officer i

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series E** 2015 **Series F** 2016 **Round** 2017 **Round** 2017 **Round** 2017 **Round** 2018 **Round** 2019 **Round** 2024 [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) [JP Morgan Chase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-p-morgan-chase) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [JP Morgan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jpmorgan)

## Everyone who backed them

[SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) Company **4** rounds

[JP Morgan Chase](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-p-morgan-chase) Corporate VC **3** rounds

[Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity **2** rounds

[Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) VC firm **2** rounds

[Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) VC firm **2** rounds

[T. Rowe Price](https://millionrounds.com/fund/t-rowe-price) Private equity **2** rounds

[Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **1** round

[BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **1** round

[JP Morgan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jpmorgan) Investment bank **1** round

[SoftBank Vision Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank-investment-advisers) VC firm **1** round

[Hony Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hony-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Harvard Management Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harvard-management-company) Private equity **1** round

[Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shanghai-jin-jiang-international-hotels) Growth equity **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=wework).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 11 firms list WeWork as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[DAG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dag-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[MetaProp Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaprop-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Silvertech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silvertech-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[MetaProp NYC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaprop-nyc) VC firm Per its own site

[Joule Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/joule-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Star Farm Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/star-farm-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[3SPOKE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3spoke) Private credit Per its own site

[Goldbriar Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldbriar-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[InvestX Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investx-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Midway Venture Partners, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/midway-venture-partners-llc) Growth equity Per its own site

[Vault Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vault-innovation) Venture studio Per its own site

## Quick answers about WeWork

### Who invested in WeWork?

WeWork's investors include SoftBank BB Corp, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Benchmark and Wellington Management, and 9 more on record.

### How much has WeWork raised?

WeWork has raised $12B across 13 rounds since 2012.

### When did WeWork last raise?

WeWork's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $450M in Apr 2024.

### What was WeWork's biggest round?

WeWork's largest round on record is $4.4B (Undisclosed round), in Aug 2017.

### Who backed WeWork first?

WeWork's first round on record, in Dec 2014, was backed by Goldman Sachs, Benchmark and Wellington Management and 3 others.

### What stage is WeWork at?

WeWork's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Apr 2024.

### Where is WeWork based?

WeWork is based in the United States.

## Companies like WeWork

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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## The book about them

- The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion Eliot Brown · 2021 4.26 from 7,528 ratings on Goodreads About the book The definitive inside story of WeWork, its audacious founder, and what the company's epic unraveling exposes about Silicon Valley's delusions and the financial system's desperate hunger to cash in--from the Wall Street Journal reporters whose scoops hastened the company's… On AmazonListen on Audible
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