Abracadabra

14 June 2018 By Robert Cyran Follow @rob_cyran

The giant Vision Fund may inject more cash into the loss-making shared-office provider at nearly double its previous $20 bln worth. WeWork is growing fast, but that was already priced in. One test is whether SoftBank puts a lot of money where its mouth is, or only a little.

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SoftBank’s Vision Fund is in discussions to invest money in WeWork in a funding round that would value the shared-office provider at $35 billion, according to Rajeev Misra, who heads the nearly $100 billion fund. He made the remarks at a conference in London earlier this week. Misra predicted WeWork would be worth $100 billion in a few years, according to Business Insider.

SoftBank’s fund invested $4.4 billion in WeWork last year in a deal that valued the company at around $20 billion.

WeWork more than doubled its sales in the first quarter of 2018 to $342 million, the Financial Times reported on June 14, citing an internal memo seen by the newspaper.

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