Xuan Yong, Founder of Workrise

About Xuan Yong

Xuan Yong is the co-founder of Workrise, formerly known as RigUp, which was founded in 2014 as a workforce management and vertical labor marketplace. Workrise announced a $300 million Series E in May 2021 and said it had expanded beyond its original oil-and-gas focus into additional verticals.

Xuan Yong at a glance

• Company: Workrise
• Total raised: $753M
• Latest round: Series E
• Investors: Baillie Gifford, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Bedrock Capital, Brookfield Growth Partners, Franklin Templeton
• Location: Austin, Texas

More founders in Austin, Texas (44)

• Travis Kalanick — CloudKitchens
• Lassaad Dhiab — Tunisie Télécom
• Matt Randall — Spot Insurance
• Oscar Werner — Sinch
• Nello Mainolfi — Kymera Therapeutics
• Kristina Saffran — Equip Health
• Danny Rice Rice — NET Power
• Ming Dong — Volant Aerotech
• Jeff Goldberg — Aeglea BioTherapeutics
• Sameer Nigam — PhonePe
• Alejandro Flores — StarPlus Energy
• John Lee — Divvy Homes
• Bruce Flatt — EduCo
• Steven Simoni — Allen Control Systems
• Peter Michelson — EcoDataCenter
• Dennis Ho — Martello Re
• Rita Selvaggi — ActivTrak
• William Shu — Deliveroo
• Richard Liu — JD Health
• John Berkowitz — OJO Labs
• Anthony Kam — PDD Holdings
• Tony Davis — Linden Capital Partners
• Kurt Workman — Owlet Baby Care
• Hans Bishop — Grail
• Amnon Shashua — Mobileye
• Sharad Sanghi — Neysa
• Stuart Jackson — Octopus Energy
• dave Mackie — Olea
• Maximilian Tayenthal — N26
• Michael Gelband — ExodusPoint
• Greg Mercer — Jungle Scout
• Christian Henry — PacBio
• Sujal Shah — CymaBay Therapeutics
• Joel Ross — Torchy's Tacos
• Vlad Yatsenko — Revolut
• Armon Dadgar — HashiCorp
• Joey Agree — Agree Realty
• Ariel Cohen — TripActions
• Andrew Flanagan — Iris Telehealth
• Merck Mercuriadis — Hipgnosis Songs Fund
• Rony Abovitz — Magic Leap
• Heidi Farris — ActivTrak
• Wang Xiaogang — SenseTime
• Marcos Peigo — Scala Data Centers

Browse related founder lists (6)

• Founders in Austin, Texas
• Founders backed by Baillie Gifford
• Founders backed by Andreessen Horowitz
• Founders backed by Founders Fund
• Founders backed by Bedrock Capital
• Founders who raised $50M+

Full founder directory · Investor directory · Company funding database · Fundraising library