WeWork sells control of China unit; says unit got $200 million in funding
Summary
The deal effectively offloads the China unit away from the parent, which has faced fundraising issues since a failed attempt to go public in 2019. Trustbridge and Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd [TEM.UL] held talks with WeWork’s Chinese unit over increasing their stakes and taking majority ownership, Reuters reported in January. WeWork shelved its initial public offering in 2019 after investors grew wary of its losses, business model and corporate governance, leading to the resignation of co-founder and former chief executive officer Adam Neumann. It has since undergone significant management change yet remains enmeshed in lawsuits over a $3 billion tender offer to existing shareholders. Last month, the New York-based startup said it had almost halved its cash-burn rate from the end of last year and obtained a $1.1 billion commitment in new financing from Japans SoftBank Group Corp 9984.T.