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WeWork acquisitions, on the record

The businesses WeWork bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
Flatiron Word for word“Flatiron, acquired in 2017, was sold in August 2020;” 10-K for 2021	divestiture	August 2020	—
SpaceIQ Word for word“SpaceIQ, a workplace management software platform acquired in 2019, was sold in May 2020;” 10-K for 2021	divestiture	May 2020	—
Meetup Word for word“Meetup, a web-based platform that brings people together for face to face interactions acquired in 2017, was sold in March 2020, with the Company retaining a 9% noncontrolling equity interest, accounted for as an equity method investment;” 10-K for 2021	divestiture	March 2020	—
Managed by Q Word for word“Managed by Q, a workplace management platform acquired in 2019, was sold in March 2020;” 10-K for 2021	divestiture	March 2020	—
The 424 Fifth Venture real estate investment Word for word“The 424 Fifth Venture (as defined in "— Liquidity and Capital Resources " below) real estate investment, acquired in 2019, was sold in March 2020; and” 10-K for 2021	divestiture	March 2020	—
Teem Word for word“Teem, a software-as-a-service workplace management solution acquired in 2018, was sold in January 2020.” 10-K for 2021	divestiture	January 2020	—
Conductor Word for word“During the fourth quarter of 2019, we also completed the disposition of Conductor, a search engine optimization and enterprise content marketing solutions software company acquired in 2018, and in 2020 we wound down certain other non-core businesses, including Spacious Technologies Inc. ("Spacious"), Prolific Interactive LLC ("Prolific"), Waltz Inc.” 10-K for 2021	divestiture	fourth quarter of 2019	—
Russia operations Word for word“The Company has suspended all expansion plans in Russia and is in the process of divesting our operations in Russia.” 10-K for 2021	divestiture	—	—
Non-core businesses including Meetup Holdings, Inc. and Managed by Q Inc. Word for word“For example, the Company has divested several non-core businesses, including Meetup Holdings, Inc. ("Meetup"), Managed by Q Inc.” 10-K for 2021	divestiture	—	—
Common Desk Word for word“On March 1, 2022, WeWork closed the acquisition of Common Desk, a Dallas-based coworking operator with 23 locations in Texas and North Carolina, that operates a majority of its locations under asset-light management agreements with landlords to minimize operational and capital expenses.” 10-K for 2022	acquisition	On March 1, 2022	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2019-12-31	$1.04 billion	—
2020-12-31	$0	—
2021-12-31	$0	$0
2022-12-31	$9 million	$10 million

Deal filings since 2016

2024-06-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-12-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-11-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-10-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-08-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-07-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-05-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-04-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-04-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-04-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-03-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-02-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-01-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-12-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-03-11 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-12-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-12-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-11-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-11-15 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-11-15 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-10-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-10-26 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2021-10-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-03-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-08-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from WeWork’s annual reports (10-K for 2022, 10-K for 2021, 10-K for 2020) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2023-03-29. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.