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| 2008 || May || Prelude || Future WeWork {{w|CEO}} and cofounder {{w|Adam Neumann}} owns a baby clothing company, working in the same building in {{w|Brooklyn}} as his future cofounder, Miguel McKelvey, a lead architect at a small firm. The partially vacant building would lead to Neumann and McKelvey team up and establish GreenDesk, an "eco-friendly coworking space", aimed at entrepreneurs. Green Desk, the earliest version of WeWork, would focus at offering a sustainable coworking space, complete with sustainable office furniture.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sheftell|first1=Jason|title=WeWork gives alternative to working at home with swanky buildings across NYC|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/wework-alternative-working-home-swanky-buildings-nyc-article-1.1044412?pgno=1#ixzz2e46Iipo5|accessdate=17 October 2017|agency=Daily News}}</ref><ref name="A history of WeWork, the multi-billion dollar company taking over NYC">{{cite web|last1=Majewski|first1=Taylor|title=A history of WeWork, the multi-billion dollar company taking over NYC|url=https://www.builtinnyc.com/2015/12/21/brief-history-wework|website=builtinnyc.com|accessdate=21 October 2017}}</ref>
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| 2010 || || Creation || Neumann and McKelvey sell Green Desk and {{w|WeWork}} opens its doors to entrepreneurs at its first location in SoHo.<ref name="A history of WeWork, the multi-billion dollar company taking over NYC"/>
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| 2011 || April || || WeWork launches the first WeWork Labs, which would function as a startup incubator within WeWork’s network. WeWork Labs provides an open workspace with the goal of encouraging collaboration between entrepreneurial members.<ref name="A history of WeWork, the multi-billion dollar company taking over NYC"/>
 
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| 2011 || October 25 || Funding || WeWork receives US$1,000,000 investment in Seed Round.<ref name="Funding rounds"/>
 
| 2011 || October 25 || Funding || WeWork receives US$1,000,000 investment in Seed Round.<ref name="Funding rounds"/>

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This is a timeline of WeWork, an American company which provides shared workspace, community, and services for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and small businesses.

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Year Month and date Event type Details
2008 May Prelude Future WeWork CEO and cofounder Adam Neumann owns a baby clothing company, working in the same building in Brooklyn as his future cofounder, Miguel McKelvey, a lead architect at a small firm. The partially vacant building would lead to Neumann and McKelvey team up and establish GreenDesk, an "eco-friendly coworking space", aimed at entrepreneurs. Green Desk, the earliest version of WeWork, would focus at offering a sustainable coworking space, complete with sustainable office furniture.[1][2]
2010 Creation Neumann and McKelvey sell Green Desk and WeWork opens its doors to entrepreneurs at its first location in SoHo.[2]
2011 April WeWork launches the first WeWork Labs, which would function as a startup incubator within WeWork’s network. WeWork Labs provides an open workspace with the goal of encouraging collaboration between entrepreneurial members.[2]
2011 October 25 Funding WeWork receives US$1,000,000 investment in Seed Round.[3]
2012 January 30 Funding WeWork receives $6,850,000 investment in Seed Round.[3]
2012 July 1 Funding WeWork receives $17,000,000 investment in Series A funding round.[3]
2013 May 1 Funding WeWork receives $40,000,000 investment in Series B funding round.[3]
2013 October 20 Funding WeWork receives $150,000,000 Series C funding round.[3]
2014 December 15 Funding WeWork receives US$355,000,000 in Series D funding round. T. Rowe Price, Goldman Sachs. 6 investors.[3][4][5][6]
2015 May Partnership WeWork partners with Chase with the purpose to offer WeWork members discounted rates and premium customer service with Chase Paymentech, whose payment platforms support businesses of all sizes to process payments, including credit, debit, and digital, alternative, mobile payment options.[7][8][9]
2015 June 1 Team WeWork announces Time Warner Cable Chief financial officer Artie Minson Artie Minson as President and Chief Operating Officer.[10][11][12]
2015 June 25 Acquisition WeWork receives US$433,934,331 in Series E funding round. Glade Brook Capital Partners. 4 in vestors.[3]
2015 August 5 Acquisition WeWork acquires New York–based CASE, a building information and technology consultancy firm.[13][14][15][16]
2015 October Legal WeWork announces it would hire Union cleaners due to pressure from labor organizers after settling a two-month dispute with its janitorial staff and the Service Employees International Union. Previously, WeWork had fired more than 90% of its contracted cleaners in New York city, following a lengthy dispute over pay and working conditions.[17][18][19][20]
2016 March 9 Funding Chinese firms Legend Holdings and Hony Capital invest US$430 million in WeWork Series F funding round, putting the company’s new valuation at US$16 billion. Both firms would facilitate WeWork’s access to the Chinese market.[21][22][23][24]
2016 March 18 Acquisition WeWork acquires Welkio, a digital sign-in system for guests at an office.

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2016 April 4 Service WeWork launches WeLive in New York city, a service under termed co–living concept – analogous to coworking, by renting out shared living spaces.[29][30][31][32]
2016 October 12 Funding Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels, one of China’s largest hotel companies, puts up US$260 million towards WeWork’s Series F round of financing, bringing its total venture capital to $1.7 billion and valuing WeWork at US$16.9 billion. The investment completes a US$690 million funding round started in March 2016.[33][34][35][36]
2017 February 26 Funding Japanese telecommunications company Softbank invests US$ 3 billion in WeWork Private Equity Round and Secondary Market investment round.[3]
2017 April 25 Service WeWork partners with global customer service software company Zendesk and launches WeWork Service Store, a software-only platform that aggregates business software and services for members.[37][38][39][40]
2017 June 1 Investment WeWork invests in Brave Initiatives.
2017 June 7 Acquisition WeWork acquires Fieldlens –a mobile communication system for the construction industry, in order to help manage construction operations.[41][42][43][44][45]
2017 June 13 Investment WeWork invests in Victor Tech inc.
2017 July 10 Funding WeWork raises US$760 million in a new Series G funding round, putting the coworking company's valuation at US$20 billion according to sources close to the deal.[3][46][47][48]
2017 August 6 Acquisition WeWork acquires Spacebomb.
2017 August 11 Acquisition WeWork acquires Tel Aviv based company Unomy, in order to help its team sell enterprise clients on the idea of opening offices in its workspaces around the world.[49][50][51][52][53]
2017 August 25 Funding Japanese telecommunications company Softbank announces a US$4.4 billion investment in WeWork, with US$3.3 billion to buy WeWork shares, and the rest towards fueling the company’s expansion in Asia.[54][55][56][57]
2017 September 12 Legal WeWork files a complaint with New York’s Southern District Court, alleging that China-based UrWork is guilty of trademark infringement, under the argument is that UrWork is a name that is far too similar to WeWork given that both companies operate in the coworking industry.[58][59][60][61]
2017 October Partnership Wework partners with Airbnb with aims at allowing business travelers using Airbnb for housing to also use WeWork to book a desk, conference room, or other office amenities nearby.[62][63][64][65]
2017 October Service WeWork opens first permanent gym, in Manhattan.[66][67][68][69]

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