Growth Stage
Aberdeen & North East Scotland
Health & Medicine

Louise Martin

Founder

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From Frontline Health Work to Global Reach

RigRun is a digital health platform founded by Louise Martin that helps remote and offshore workforces manage fatigue, isolation and safety risk standard wellbeing programmes were never built to address.

RigRun joined Techscaler to access the cultural guidance, mentorship and government connections needed to expand into the Middle East. Through the programme, Louise took part in a government delegation, was matched with mentors including one focused specifically on the region, and secured introductions to ADNOC's company doctors in the UAE.

This helped Louise validate RigRun's approach for a new market and build the relationships needed to expand with confidence. RigRun has since secured speaking slots at major regional conferences, achieved B Corp certification, and is aligning its technology for Middle East data standards.

  • Secured speaking slots at major industry conferences across the Middle East, including Abu Dhabi
  • Connected with ADNOC's company doctors through Techscaler-arranged introductions in the UAE
  • Achieved B Corp certification with a high score across social and environmental impact
There's nothing wrong with that initial business idea, because that's often what gives you the deep domain experience that leads you to the place where you can then set up a global, scalable business. So it's not a mistake. If you're quite new to entrepreneurship and you don't have deep domain experience, I think you would struggle. So nothing wrong with that at all. Don't be scared of starting a business and doing it for a few years, then having your next iteration from there.
Louise Martin, Founder, RigRun
Andrew (from CodeBase) was useful in the sense that he introduced me to somebody in Aberdeen who was actually an investor. I've met with him a couple of times, and he's given me really good advice about shareholdings and share structures. He's done it twice, and these kinds of things are really complicated. You can make big mistakes with things like that if you're taking on another co-founder.
Louise Martin, Founder, RigRun
Andrew (from CodeBase) was useful in the sense that he introduced me to somebody in Aberdeen who was actually an investor. I've met with him a couple of times, and he's given me really good advice about shareholdings and share structures. He's done it twice, and these kinds of things are really complicated. You can make big mistakes with things like that if you're taking on another co-founder.
Louise Martin, Founder, RigRun