Press Release

Meetup Sells to WeWork

December 1, 2017

New York – December 1, 2017 – Cooley advised social networking leader Meetup on its sale to WeWork, one of the fastest growing startups in the world. A cross-practice Cooley team was led by partners Adam Dinow in New York and Garth Osterman in San Francisco.

Utilizing WeWork’s 10 million and growing square feet of space, Meetup will obtain the resources needed to host its 15,000+ group gatherings of 35 million members each day.

Headquartered in New York, Meetup brings people together in thousands of cities to do more of what they want to do in life by way of organized, interest-focused group gatherings. WeWork is a global network of workspaces where companies and people grow together, transforming buildings into dynamic environments for creativity, focus and connection.

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