WorkOS is a technology company.
WorkOS has raised $95.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at WorkOS.
WorkOS has raised $95.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at WorkOS.
WorkOS has raised $95.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
WorkOS's investors include Abstract Ventures, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, BITKRAFT Ventures, Browder Capital, Carya Venture Partners, Cedar Capital Group, Cherry Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, FasterCapital, Gaingels.
WorkOS is a developer-focused API platform that provides enterprise-ready tools for identity and access management (IAM), enabling SaaS companies to quickly integrate features like Single Sign-On (SSO), Directory Sync (SCIM), User Management, Audit Logs, and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).[1][2][3][4][5] It serves high-growth SaaS developers and teams at companies such as Vercel, Webflow, Netlify, Perplexity, and Indeed, solving the "enterprise chasm" where startups struggle to meet complex IT security and compliance requirements for large customers, often taking months of engineering effort.[1][3][4][5] This allows them to expand from self-serve models to wall-to-wall enterprise adoption, with strong growth evidenced by a team of 80+ employees since its 2019 founding and adoption by over a dozen notable tech firms.[3][6]
WorkOS was founded in 2019 by Michael Grinich in San Francisco, California, after he recognized that SaaS companies needed to satisfy stringent enterprise IT standards—like SSO and SCIM—to achieve sustainable growth, a process that previously demanded massive engineering investment.[1][2][3][4][6] Grinich, a builder at heart, launched the company to bridge this gap with modern APIs, starting with core IAM tools and evolving into a full suite including Admin Portals for self-service onboarding.[4][5] Early traction came from developers praising features like customizable SSO UIs and seamless integrations, which turned weeks of work into minutes, fueling rapid adoption among startups eyeing enterprise markets.[1][4]
WorkOS stands out in the crowded IAM space through developer-centric design and comprehensive coverage:
WorkOS rides the enterprise-readiness wave in SaaS, where startups must "cross the chasm" from SMB self-serve to Fortune 500 contracts amid rising cybersecurity demands and compliance like SOC 2.[1][4] Timing is ideal as B2B SaaS matures—market forces like remote work, zero-trust security, and AI-driven apps amplify IAM needs, with enterprises rejecting non-compliant tools.[2][7] By influencing the ecosystem, WorkOS empowers hundreds of devs to unlock billion-dollar markets, reducing barriers for innovators like Perplexity and Vercel while challenging incumbents with modern, affordable alternatives to in-house builds or legacy providers.[3][5]
WorkOS is poised to dominate as the go-to IAM layer for next-gen SaaS, expanding into areas like fine-grained authorization (Radar) and deeper B2B auth amid AI and multi-tenant app booms.[5][7] Trends like unified APIs and self-service enterprise tools will accelerate its growth, potentially pressuring competitors through network effects from its customer base. Its influence may evolve into a full auth/user identity platform, solidifying startups' paths to enterprise scale and proving the formula for sustainable expansion that Grinich envisioned.[1][4]
WorkOS has raised $95.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $80.0M Series B in May 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2022 | $80.0M Series B | Abstract Ventures, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, BITKRAFT Ventures, Browder Capital, Carya Venture Partners, Cedar Capital Group, Cherry Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, FasterCapital, Gaingels, Gradient Ventures, Index Ventures, LAUNCH, LGF, Lowercarbon Capital, Menlo Ventures, Metagrove Ventures, Moonfire Ventures, Motier Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Speedinvest, Stripe, Thirty Five Ventures, Adam Gross, Alexander Ljung, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Andreas Bodczek, Arash Ferdowsi, Ariel Finkelstein, Bradley Horowitz, Charles Gorintin, Chris Schagen, Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss, Francis Santora, Greg Brockman, Jean Charles Samuelian, Riccardo Zacconi, Ron Pragides, Roxanne Varza, Scott Banister, Sebastian Knutsson, Spencer Kimball, Ted Serbinski, Varsha Rao, Guillermo Rauch | |
| May 1, 2020 | $15.0M Series A | Andreessen Horowitz, FasterCapital, Gaingels, LGF, Metagrove Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Greg Brockman, Ted Serbinski |
