Gianna Wurzl and Ashley Sumner, co-founders of female-focused co-workspace provider One Roof, started Quilt with an informal email proposing co-working in member’s homes as a way to reduce costs. In the first 48 hours, 300 women signed up to becomes hosts and Wurzl and Sumner went on to raise $3.8m to formally launch the company in Los Angeles in 2017, later opening branches in San Francisco in New York City. The company takes a 20 percent share of fees charges by its hosts.
Gianna Wurzl and Ashley Sumner, co-founders of female-focused co-workspace provider One Roof, started Quilt with an informal email proposing co-working in member’s homes as a way to reduce costs. In the first 48 hours, 300 women signed up to becomes hosts and Wurzl and Sumner went on to raise $3.8m to formally launch the company in Los Angeles in 2017, later opening branches in San Francisco in New York City. The company takes a 20% share of fees charges by its hosts.