Smartsheet Inc.
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| NYSE: SMAR (Class A) | |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington |
Number of employees | 1588 (2020) |
| Website | smartsheet |
Smartsheet Inc. is a publicly-listed company that develops and markets the Smartsheet application. As of 2019, it had 1588 employees[1] and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington[2] The company was founded in the summer of 2006, shortly after co-founder Brent Frei sold his prior company, Onyx Software.[3][4][5] Initially it was funded mostly by Frei.[3] About a year after its founding, Smartsheet had raised $4 million in funding and had just nine employees.[4] By early 2012 it had raised $8.2 million in funding over three rounds and hired its first salesperson.[6][7]
After the Smartsheet software was redesigned in 2010, the company's revenues grew by more than 100 percent each year, for four consecutive years.[8] It raised $26 million in funding in December 2012[9][7] and another $35 million in May 2014.[6] In 2017, the company raised an additional $52.1 million in funding.[10] In 2018, it was announced that Smartsheet acquired Converse.AI, a Scotland-based company that develops software for creating business automation bots.[11]
The company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on April 27, 2018.[12] In May 2019, Smartsheet announced it had acquired 10,000 ft, a SaaS platform that provides real-time resource and capacity planning.[13]
Executive Team
- Mark P. Mader - President, CEO & Director
- Michael J. Arntz - Chief Revenue Officer & Exec. VP of Worldwide Field Operations
- Kara Hamilton - Chief People and Culture Officer
- Jennifer Ceran - Chief Financial Officer
- Paul T. Porrini - Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
- Anna Griffin - Chief Marketing Officer
- Gene Farrell - Chief Product Officer
- Praerit Garg - Chief Technology Officer
Source:[14]
References
- ^ "Smartsheet acquires Converse.AI". Smartsheet (Press release). 16 January 2018.
- ^ Martin, Dylan (January 19, 2017). "A Seattle Tech Company Is Expanding to Boston With Plans to Hire 140". BostInno. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Strauss, Karsten (March 12, 2013). "Former Microsoft Analyst Wants To Disrupt MS Excel, Project". Forbes. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Cook, John (June 14, 2007). "Bellevue startup gets $2.69 million financing deal". seattlepi. Hearst Seattle Media. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Hack, Greg (April 2, 2015). "Arena designer Populous also manages events inside". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
- ^ a b Romano, Benjamin (May 5, 2014). "Smartsheet Wins Big Customers, $35M From Sutter Hill Ventures". Xconomy. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ a b "Smartsheet Grabs $26M After 'De-Enterprising' its Collaboration Software". WSJ. December 3, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "100 Best Companies to Work For 2014: Midsize Companies – Washington and Puget Sound Business News Source". Seattle Business Magazine. July 2014. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ Grant, Rebecca (December 3, 2012). "Smartsheet gets $26M to keep enterprise workflow under control". VentureBeat. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
- ^ "Work management startup Smartsheet raises $52.1 million, claims a $852 valuation". VentureBeat. May 24, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "Smartsheet acquires business automation chatbot startup Converse.AI | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com.
- ^ Novet, Jordan (27 April 2018). "Software company Smartsheet spikes in IPO". CNBC. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Bellevue's Smartsheet Acquires Seattle Tech Company 10,000ft". Seattle Business Magazine. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ "Smartsheet Inc. (SMAR)". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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External links
- Official website
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