Startup profile for Rigup: what they do, why they are interesting, stage (growth), industries, and links to our funding articles. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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Rigup

Workforce management platform for skilled trades in energy and infrastructure (now Workrise).

Stage

growth

Status

private

Coverage

full

Why Rigup is interesting

Rigup/Workrise digitizes staffing and payments for oilfield and clean-energy contractors — a16z led the 2019 Series D before the company rebranded and scaled nationally.

Key facts

  • Series E (May 2021): $300M led by Baillie Gifford; a16z, Founders Fund among existing backers (Workrise blog)
  • Series D (Oct 2019): $300M led by a16z at ~$1.9B valuation (TechCrunch)
  • Source: https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/20/workrise-once-known-as-rigup-raises-300m-at-a-2-9b-valuation/

Investors in our directory

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Industries

Generalist Technology

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Related funding articles

Venture Capital Tracker pieces that cover Rigup's financing or category context.

Last updated: 2026-07-24