Rigado

What Rigado does

Rigado is a private IoT infrastructure provider founded in 2010 and headquartered in Salem, Oregon, that operates a unified retail IoT network spanning thousands of retail store locations. The company's core offering is the Rigado Unified IoT Network, a universal sensor management platform built around its Cascade Series Gateways (Cascade-500 and Cascade-5000 IoT Access Point) running Ubuntu Core, with Edge Connect software providing configuration-based edge processing and protocol translation, and Edge Direct as a cloud-based management portal with full API access. The platform is designed to eliminate the proliferation of single-purpose IoT shadow networks inside large retail enterprises by consolidating multiple sensor, tag, and smart-device use cases onto shared gateway infrastructure.

The business operates on a two-sided GTM motion. On the enterprise side, Rigado sells gateway hardware and Edge Direct/Edge Connect software subscriptions to large retail customers, with the Cascade 5000 footprint covering thousands of store locations. On the supply side, the Rigado Ready certification program recruits and qualifies third-party IoT device vendors and developers to integrate their products into the network via a four-step certification process, creating a device catalog and a self-service developer ecosystem. Revenue is generated through hardware sales, recurring software subscriptions, and certification-driven network access, supported by native cloud connectors to Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT Central, Azure Digital Twins, Google Cloud IoT Core, MQTT, HTTP, and WebSocket endpoints.

Rigado has raised approximately $24 million across three funding rounds, most recently a $3.7 million round in August 2022, following a $15 million Series A in 2018 led by Madrona with participation from Oregon Venture Fund, Rogue Venture Partners, Vanedge Capital, FusionX Ventures, and The R-Group Holdings. The Cascade gateway line carries FCC and CE regulatory certifications, supporting distribution into US and EU markets. Headcount is in the 11–50 range, and no AI/ML capabilities are referenced in the company's product or technology disclosures.

Name

Rigado

Legal name

Rigado

Website

https://rigado.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rigado operates a unified retail IoT network built on Cascade Series gateways, Edge Connect edge software, and the Edge Direct cloud platform, serving large enterprise retailers with thousands of store locations and certifying third-party IoT devices through its Rigado Ready program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise IoT Network Infrastructure

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud‑Managed Wi‑Fi Platforms (WLANaaS) (HDAFACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

API-Led Integration Middleware (Integration Gateways) (HDAEACAL), Hybrid Cloud Platforms & Orchestration (HDABAMAA)

Keywords

• Edge IoT infrastructure
• IoT gateway hardware
• Device certification programs
• Unified IoT platform
• Sensor network management

Headquarters

HQ city

Salem

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. IoT Infrastructure Services: Rigado provides unified IoT network infrastructure enabling connection to IoT devices and delivery of data to cloud applications across shared infrastructure at scale. Revenue appears to come from gateway hardware sales, software licensing for Edge Connect, and network access/certification fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Rigado provides a unified IoT network infrastructure platform combining hardware gateways (Cascade Series and Cascade 5000 IoT Access Point) with the Edge Connect edge-processing software and the Edge Direct cloud management platform. The offering enables enterprises—primarily large retail operations—to connect multiple IoT sensors, tags, and smart devices across thousands of locations through shared infrastructure, while the Rigado Ready certification program allows third-party IoT vendors to certify devices to operate on that network.

Product overview

Rigado offers a unified IoT network infrastructure platform comprising hardware gateways (Cascade Series Gateways, Cascade-500 IoT Gateway, Cascade 5000 IoT Access Point), edge processing software (Edge Connect), cloud management platform (Edge Direct), and a device certification program (Rigado Ready). The core value proposition is a universal sensor management platform that eliminates single-purpose gateways by enabling multiple IoT solutions and protocols to operate on shared infrastructure. Edge Connect runs on the gateways providing protocol translation and edge data processing, while Edge Direct provides centralized cloud-based management and monitoring. The Cascade 5000 IoT Access Point serves as the primary retail network access point, with Rigado Ready enabling third-party device certification for the ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rigado Unified IoT Network Universal sensor management platform enabling enterprise customers to connect any IoT device and deliver data to cloud applications across shared infrastructure at scale. Supports multiple IoT protocols and standards with a flexible framework for cross-protocol communication.
• Cascade 5000 IoT Access Point Network edge hardware device that serves as the central access point for the Rigado unified IoT network, enabling connectivity for sensors, tags, and smart devices across thousands of retail store locations.
• Edge Connect Configuration-based edge processing and data delivery software that runs on Cascade Series Gateways, optimized for IoT protocol and sensor identity translation, data transformation, and simultaneous publishing to multiple cloud endpoints.
• Edge Direct Cloud-based management portal providing robust tools to manage multiple IoT solutions, monitor gateway and device health, schedule updates, and manage use cases from a central platform with full API access for third-party integration.
• Cascade-500 IoT Gateway Enterprise IoT gateway hardware providing connectivity infrastructure for the unified IoT network, supporting multiple wireless protocols with enterprise security features including AES-128 encryption, secure key storage, and authenticated connections. Runs Ubuntu Core OS.
• Rigado Ready Certification Program Official certification program for IoT vendors and developers to certify their devices to operate on the Cascade 5000 unified retail IoT network, with self-service tooling, integration specification covering BLE, WiFi HaLow, GATT profiles, security protocols, and data formatting requirements. Certified devices are published to the Rigado Ready catalog.

Quantifiable outcome

• By combining just two use cases, customers can see significant cost savings by reducing/eliminating redundant efforts for dedicated solution gateway hardware purchases, IT/Infosec qualification and network configuration rollout, physical network infrastructure install hardware, planning, and installation, and training/onboarding teams for infrastructure monitoring and management.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Canonical (Ubuntu Core)coreTechnology or IntegrationRigado's Cascade Gateways run Ubuntu Core operating system, a containerized Linux distribution managed by Canonical. Canonical provides security patches including embargoed and zero-day exploit patches to the OS through a secure store model requiring unique registration and authentication.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Particle: Particle sells IoT hardware modules/gateways paired with a cloud management platform and device SDK. Like Rigado, it offers an integrated hardware-plus-cloud stack for enterprise IoT deployments, though with broader developer focus and less retail specialization.
• Advantech: Advantech manufactures industrial IoT gateways and edge computing platforms sold to system integrators and enterprise customers. Comparable to Rigado's Cascade Series Gateways as physical edge hardware, with broader industrial focus.

Broad incumbents

• Samsara: Samsara provides IoT sensors and a cloud management platform for fleet operations, industrial, and physical operations customers. Comparable to Rigado as a managed IoT hardware-plus-cloud stack, but with its own gateways and a focus on transportation/industrial rather than retail.
• Cisco IoT (Cisco Industrial IoT / LoRaWAN): Cisco offers IoT networking infrastructure including industrial gateways, edge compute, and IoT operations dashboards. It competes in the same cloud-managed edge networking category as Rigado but at much greater scale and with broader enterprise networking integration.
• AWS IoT Core: AWS IoT Core provides managed cloud infrastructure for connecting, managing, and ingesting data from IoT devices. It is a key competitive alternative to Rigado's Edge Direct / Edge Connect combination, particularly for customers already standardized on AWS.
• Microsoft Azure IoT Hub: Azure IoT Hub (alongside Azure IoT Central and Azure Digital Twins — all of which Rigado natively integrates with) offers managed device connectivity, telemetry ingestion, and command/control. It competes with Rigado's management layer and is often the platform enterprises default to.
• Google Cloud IoT Core: Google Cloud IoT Core is a managed IoT service supporting MQTT/HTTP device connectivity and integration with Google Cloud data services. Rigado ships a native connector to it, and it represents a competing cloud-side IoT infrastructure choice for shared customers.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE Edgeline): HPE Edgeline converged edge systems and Aruba networking offer ruggedized edge gateways with cloud-managed operations. Comparable to Rigado's Cascade gateways and Edge Direct management for industrial/retail edge deployments, but from a much larger incumbent vendor.
• Cradlepoint (Ericsson): Cradlepoint (now part of Ericsson) delivers cloud-managed 4G/5G wireless edge gateways with a NetCloud management platform. Comparable architecture to Rigado's cloud-managed Cascade gateways, though primarily focused on WAN/branch connectivity rather than IoT sensor aggregation.

Emerging players

• Helium: Helium operates a decentralized wireless IoT network using LoRaWAN-compatible hotspots. It competes with Rigado as an alternative IoT connectivity layer for retail and enterprise deployments, but with a community-operated model rather than enterprise-managed gateways.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rigado

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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