Smartsheet Inc.

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]

Smartsheet Inc.
TypePublic
NYSE: SMAR
(Class A)
Founded2006
FoundersMark Mader, Brent Frei
HeadquartersBellevue, Washington
Number of employees
1588 (2020)
Websitesmartsheet.com

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


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References
  1. "Smartsheet acquires Converse.AI". Smartsheet (Press release). 16 January 2018.
  2. Martin, Dylan (January 19, 2017). "A Seattle Tech Company Is Expanding to Boston With Plans to Hire 140". BostInno. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  3. Strauss, Karsten (March 12, 2013). "Former Microsoft Analyst Wants To Disrupt MS Excel, Project". Forbes. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  4. Cook, John (June 14, 2007). "Bellevue startup gets $2.69 million financing deal". seattlepi. Hearst Seattle Media. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  5. Hack, Greg (April 2, 2015). "Arena designer Populous also manages events inside". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  6. Romano, Benjamin (May 5, 2014). "Smartsheet Wins Big Customers, $35M From Sutter Hill Ventures". Xconomy. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  7. "Smartsheet Grabs $26M After 'De-Enterprising' its Collaboration Software". WSJ. December 3, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  8. "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.
  9. Grant, Rebecca (December 3, 2012). "Smartsheet gets $26M to keep enterprise workflow under control". VentureBeat. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  10. "Work management startup Smartsheet raises $52.1 million, claims a $852 valuation". VentureBeat. May 24, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  11. "Smartsheet acquires business automation chatbot startup Converse.AI | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com.
  12. Novet, Jordan (27 April 2018). "Software company Smartsheet spikes in IPO". CNBC. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. "Bellevue's Smartsheet Acquires Seattle Tech Company 10,000ft". Seattle Business Magazine. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  14. "Smartsheet Inc. (SMAR)". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
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