# WeWork: portfolio, investments and team

> WeWork is an accelerator based in United States. 7 investments on record, latest Oct 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# WeWork

Last cheque observed Oct 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet New fund $132K, Oct 2022 Accelerator

Seed Series A Series B Advanced Materials Commercial Real Estate Coworking

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **2573** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$14M** Rounds led **1 of 7** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## WeWork highlights

- 01 7 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 67% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $32M

## What they do

> Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2021-03 From their own website

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Advanced Materials Commercial Real Estate Coworking
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Jones](https://millionrounds.com/company/jones)** Seed · US · Getjones **$4.6M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[OpenSpace](https://millionrounds.com/company/openspace)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$14M** With 7 others
- **Mar** **[Proxy](https://millionrounds.com/company/proxy)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$14M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Laird Superfood](https://millionrounds.com/company/laird-superfood)** US · FinSMEs **$32M** Sole investor
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[The Wing](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-wing)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$75M** *Led*
- **Feb** **[Loris.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/loris-ai)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.0M** With 9 others
- **2017** 1 round
- **Nov** **[The Wing](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-wing)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$32M** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **12 named**

AN **Adam Neumann** Authorized signatory and member of the management committee of the GP of the affiliated management company. i Filing they signed

AG **Ashish Gupta** Authorized signatory and member of the management committee of the GP of the affiliated management company. i Filing they signed

DD **David Dowell** Authorized signatory and member of the management committee of the GP of the affiliated management company. i Filing they signed

EG **Eric Gross** Authorized signatory and member of the management committee of the GP of the affiliated management company. i Filing they signed

FB **Franz-Ferdinand Buerstedde** Member of the management committee of the GP and of the affiliated management company. i Filing they signed

JB **Jean-Marc Besson** Member of the management committee of the GP. i Filing they signed

LF **Lawrence Fuchs** Member of the management committee of the GP. i Filing they signed

MG **Michael Gross** Authorized signatory and member of the management committee of the GP of the affiliated management company. i Filing they signed

PE **Peter Ezersky** Authorized signatory and member of the management committee of the GP of the affiliated management company. i Filing they signed

RG **Richard Gomel** Authorized signatory and member of the management committee of the GP of the affiliated management company. i Filing they signed

SM **Sandeep Mathrani** Member of the Management committee of the GP i Filing they signed

SL **Steven Langman** Authorized signatory and member of the management committee of the GP of the affiliated management company. i Filing they signed

We also hold **31** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**[CASE](https://millionrounds.com/company/case)** **Undisclosed** Aug 2015

New fund on file

**$132K**

raised in Oct 2022

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$14M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$32M**

Led 1 of 7 rounds **14%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *2*
- Series A *2*
- Series B *1*
- Series C *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2017 2019

Often in the room with

- [Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) 2
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as WeWork. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Kleiner Perkins** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## Recently backed

The latest companies WeWork put money into.

[**OpenSpace** $14M · Aug 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/openspace)[**Proxy** $14M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/proxy)[**Laird Superfood** $32M · Jan 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/laird-superfood)[**The Wing** $75M · Dec 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-wing)

## Quick answers about WeWork

### What does WeWork invest in?

WeWork invests most often at Seed and Series A (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Advanced Materials, Commercial Real Estate and Coworking.

### How active is WeWork?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

### What has WeWork invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Jones (Seed, Oct 2019), OpenSpace (Series A, Aug 2019) and Proxy (Series A, Mar 2019).

### How big are WeWork's cheques?

The median round it joins is $14M.

### Does WeWork lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 7 investments on record (14%).

### Where does WeWork invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is WeWork investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2019.

### Who does WeWork invest alongside?

Most often Kleiner Perkins (2 rounds together) and Y Combinator (2 rounds together).

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