The company was founded in 2014 by Saman Rahmanian and Dan Teran as a management platform including vendors for cleaning and maintenance services.
[1][2] In 2017 the company launched their marketplace which expanded their services to include IT support, inventory management, administrative staffing, and security.
[3] Managed by Q was operating as an independently run business as part of shared workspace provider WeWork, and has offices in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston.
[7] The round was led by RRE Ventures; other investors included entrepreneurs Gary Vaynerchuk and Fabrice Grinda, American actress Jessica Alba, and former NBA commissioner David Stern.
[17] In January 2019, Managed by Q announced they had raised an additional $55 million as part of their Series C funding round.