We (Jesse and Matt) co-founded WeWork Labs along with the founders of WeWork in 2011. In only a few years, WeWork Labs has become a home to thousands of entrepreneurs spread out across 7 cities around the world. WeWork Labs focuses on supporting young companies by providing them the connections they need to VCs, angels, brands, agencies, press and talent long before they would have otherwise had access. In addition, through a large series of events, office hours and demo days, these entrepreneurs get the time and support to practice pitching, to test their products and to build their companies within a much larger community of successful startups and small businesses.
We have personally helped hundreds of startups craft their pitch, develop their products, raise capital and hire amazing talent. Our portfolio (advisor and investor roles) include:
- 3Claps
- Authenticated Digital
- Backstory (founded by Jesse)
- Benny
- Camelot Metrics
- Caseflex
- ClassPass
- CoffeeMeetsBagel
- Consumr (acquired by Care.com)
- DealBurner (acquired by CityPockets)
- fitmob (acquired by ClassPass)
- Handshake
- inDinero
- JackPocket
- Leo Health
- Loverly
- OnePager (founded by Matt)
- Rukkus
- Sombrero
- Symple
- Thunderclap
- Tout
- Uptown House
- YourTrove (acquired by LiveNation)
As far as investments go, we prefer companies that make money from day one and have a clear idea of how to scale their revenues starting from their very first round of capital. These are the type of businesses that we and our network are best suited to support.
We are planning to seek out very young, smart, hard-working entrepreneurs – founders who are the last people out and the first people into the office every day – and those who are passionate about the actual problem their business is solving. In return for their dedication we will be their best partner. We'll focus on connecting them with the talent, brands, clients and the investors that they need to be successful.