Empowering global innovation
Join our global community of early-stage start-ups to access membership benefits including workspace, mentorship and education.
Our purpose
WeWork Labs is The We Company's global platform for early-stage start-ups and forward-thinking enterprise companies. We empower inventive humans and organisations to shape the present and influence the future.
Our start-up labs
We start with thoughtfully designed spaces that inspire our global community of entrepreneurs to experiment, collaborate and grow. Within these spaces, we foster meaningful connections between start-ups and the educational, mentorship and financial resources needed to drive their businesses forward.
Mentorship
Our global mentor network comprises more than 1,300 professionals. Mentors engage with members one on one, in roundtable settings and virtually. Each WeWork Lab also hosts an entrepreneur in residence.
Growth
We create customised educational programming to meet our members’ personal and professional development needs. Curriculums are developed and facilitated in partnership with our network of mentors and experts.
Labs Manager
Each WeWork lab is operated by a dedicated Labs Manager. Pulling from their own entrepreneurial experiences and networks, Labs Managers serve as coaches and super-connectors for our members.
Global Network
By the end of 2019, we will operate more than 100 WeWork Labs on five continents. Our WeWork Labs satellite programme provides members with opportunities to access programming in any of our global locations.
Community
It is no secret that The We Company has harnessed the power of community unlike any business before it. We know that entrepreneurs working alongside one another creates the ideal environment for learning and development.
Member exclusives
More than 50 international service providers have partnered with WeWork Labs to offer exclusive member benefits and discounts.
Partner with us
Support our members by becoming a WeWork Labs mentor, content contributor or service provider today!
Find out more about partnering with us
- Learn more about the Small Business Program
Meet Our Programs: Small Business Labs
An intensive 10-week digital program centered around educating and supporting the growth of WeWork small businesses. - Learn more about the Emerge program
Emerge - Powering the Next Generation of Innovative Founders
SoftBank Investment Advisers & WeWork Labs are accelerating diversity in tech and entrepreneurship by connecting underrepresented founders with the tools and network to help them scale. - Learn more about WeWork Food Labs
Powering the future of food
We're building a community of entrepreneurs, industry experts and investors to fix food, now and for the future. Food Labs offers two programming tracks to companies moving the needle in sustainability -- Food Labs Membership and the Food Labs Accelerator. - Learn more about WeWork Consumer Labs
Meet Our Programs: WeWork Consumer Labs
A home for consumer startups in the heart of Soho, WeWork Consumer Labs is an equity-free incubator that aims to build an environment, community and program that empowers entrepreneurs to invent the future of the consumer experience. - Learn More about Maritime Blue Innovation Accelerator
Maritime Blue Innovation Accelerator Programme
Maritime Blue Innovation Accelerator is the first Washington state maritime accelerator, and among only a handful that exist in the US, established by Washington Maritime Blue, the Port of Seattle and WeWork Labs. Selected startups will be housed and supported by WeWork Labs in Seattle, to make the Puget Sound Region a leading hub for sustainable maritime and ocean industries. - Learn more about the programme and apply here
Danske Bank +impact accelerator
WeWork Labs is partnering with Danske Bank for batch 4 of the +impact accelerator. If you are a Nordic Based startup with a circular business model apply for the bootcamp today! Join from 8-10 May in Stockholm and learn from leaders in circular business, improve your proposition and meet like-minded founders. Batch 4 applications now open!
Labs global locations
WeWork Labs is expanding to more than 100 locations around the world in 2020.
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- Meet our WeWork Labs managers
Meet our WeWork Labs managers
The community of WeWork Labs managers is the driving force behind the success of our start-up programmes. Each Labs manager is a veteran in their respective local start-up ecosystem and, together, this global team's unifying passion for supporting founders is unmatched. - Watch video
One-year anniversary + pitch competition
To celebrate our one-year anniversary, we held a pitch competition in New York City, with $250,000 in funding distributed among the winners. The grand prize went to Lilu, a start-up making a compression bra that helps mothers pump milk. Stojo came in second place with the world's first collapsible cup, while Lucky Iron Fish, a Canadian social enterprise dedicated to solving iron deficiency and anemia in developing countries, came third.
Join our community of start-ups today!
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