 WeWork, a dominant player in the market for flexible office space, has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm BowX Acquisition Corp NASDAQ:BOWX that values the start-up at 9 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal said WeWork would raise 1.3 billion, including 800 million in a so-called private investment in public equity, or PIPE, from Insight Partners, funds managed by Starwood Capital Group, Fidelity Management, and others. 