Deals
WeWork Buys Meetup to Bring People Together Outside of Work
- Social network lets people find others with common passions
- Startup already hosts hundreds of meetups in WeWork spaces
People work in a common room at a WeWork space in San Francisco.
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WeWork Cos., known for bringing people together in common spaces to work or even live, is buying Meetup Inc., which uses the internet to help people connect in the real world.
The deal is the latest in New York-based WeWork’s drive to multiply the ways it can use its hip co-working spaces around the world and find new ways to grow revenue and justify its nearly $20 billion valuation.