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"WeWork, a New York-based startup that leases out offices and other co-working spaces, has authorized the sale of up to $780 million in new stock, according to documents filed on Tuesday in Delaware.\nThe offering comprises what WeWork is referring to as both Series F and Series F Prime convertible preferred shares, both of which are priced at just over $50.19 a piece. That&amp;#8217;s a 52.6% jump from where the company sold its Series E convertible preferred stock last summer, and would give the company a pre-money valuation, which doesn&amp;#8217;t include the new funding it is getting, of around $17 billion (per VC Experts, which first spotted the Delaware filing).\nWeWork previously raised over $900 million in equity financing, from firms like Benchmark Capital, Harvard Management Co., Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price, J.P. Morgan Chase \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJPM\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t, Wellington Management and Goldman Sachs \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGS\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t. There also was a New York Times report in November 2015 that the company was in talks for a $750 million credit facility from J.P. Morgan, Goldman, Morgan Stanley \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMS\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t and Deutsche Bank \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDB\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t. It is unclear if the credit facility ever closed.\nWeWork has not yet responded to a request for comment.\nUpdate: WeWork has confirmed the round, led by Legend Holdings and Hony Capital, in a blog post. Sources say that the round remains open, and that the pre-money valuation is closer to $16 billion than $17 billion."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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